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    Sitting Shiva for ‘Star Trek’

    Stupid and short-sighted TV executives manage what entire fleets of Klingons never could: Destroying the USS Enterprise and its precious progressive legacy

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Sherwood Schwartz, 1995.(Alan Levenson/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
    Sherwood Schwartz, 1995.(Alan Levenson/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
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    The Med-School Reject Who Created ‘Gilligan’s Island’ and ‘The Brady Bunch’

    A new book on sitcoms shows how the late Sherwood Schwartz, N.J. Jew in L.A., invented the modern high-concept comedy

    bySaul Austerlitz
  • Matt DeCaro as Clyde Hill and Amber Heard as Maureen in The Playboy Club.(Matt Dinerstein/NBC)
    Matt DeCaro as Clyde Hill and Amber Heard as Maureen in The Playboy Club.(Matt Dinerstein/NBC)
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    Women in Love

    Like this week’s parasha, TV’s fall lineup—with shows about Playboy bunnies, sultry stewardesses, and pretty P.I.s in tight pants—offers women nothing but humiliation

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Alan Reed, in the 1940s.(Collage: Tablet Magazine; Alan Reed photo: Photofest)
    Alan Reed, in the 1940s.(Collage: Tablet Magazine; Alan Reed photo: Photofest)
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    Yabba Dabba Jew

    Fred Flintstone, who turned 50 last week, was voiced by a New York Jew who modeled his delivery on the immigrants he grew up among

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Mamet and his wife, Rebecca Pidgeon, last year.(Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
    Mamet and his wife, Rebecca Pidgeon, last year.(Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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    David Mamet Tells You How To Write

    ‘THE SCENE MUST BE DRAMATIC’

    byMarc Tracy
  • Cohen at a Brüno premiere earlier this year.(Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
    Cohen at a Brüno premiere earlier this year.(Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Al-Aqsa Leader Sues Sacha Baron Cohen, Letterman

    Wants $110M because of scene in ‘Brüno’

    byMarc Tracy
  • Hewitt and his wife, Marilyn Berger, at CBS’s 75th anniversary celebration in 2003.(Matthew Peyton/Getty Images)
    Hewitt and his wife, Marilyn Berger, at CBS’s 75th anniversary celebration in 2003.(Matthew Peyton/Getty Images)
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    Don Hewitt on His Judaism

    The ‘60 Minutes’ creator died today at 86. For the book ‘Stars of David,’ he talked about his religion.

    byAbigail Pogrebin
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    Anything but Average

    Gertrude Berg conquered America. Why is she still something of a mystery?

    byBen Birnbaum
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