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The Guide to Thursday TV: Bones, An Office Visitor, A Country Christmas, and More!

• Dec 1, 2011 09:14 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

Always a popular (if sometimes contentious) topic in my Ask Matt forum, Fox's Bones refutes any notion that its heart isn't in the right place in this week's ultimately touching episode (9/8c). Ralph Waite (forever Papa Walton to many of us, though nowadays better known as Jethro's dad on NCIS) makes a welcome return as Booth's grandfather, bearing some unwelcome news that has the very pregnant Bones (Emily Deschanel) wondering how best to reach ...
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Ask Matt: Parks and Recreation, The Office, Arrested Development, and More!

• Nov 28, 2011 10:21 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

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Question: Now that we are about at the mid-season break for shows, I have been thinking about which returning shows are having the best, most satisfying seasons. Fringe, Castle, Community and Bones are at the top of my list, but I have to single out Parks and Recreation as the best returning show. I wasn't sure Parks and Rec could sustain the consistently funny run it had last season, but it has easily lived up to the expectations of Season 3. I think what has made this season even better ...
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Fall TV: Who Did It Better?

• Oct 23, 2011 10:43 PM ET
• by Adam Bryant

Ever feel like your favorite TV shows are sharing the same brain? Thanks to contract negotiations, pilot trends and similar cliff-hangers, we've seen several shows treading similar story line territory already this fall. CSI, Law & Order: SVU, The Office and Two and Half Men all replaced lead characters while NCIS and Castle both saw characters on a shrink's couch. But which shows did it better? Below, we pit them against one another and pick a winner... read more

Catherine Tate Reprising Her Role on The Office

• Oct 21, 2011 05:11 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

Catherine Tate is returning to The Office, NBC announced Friday.

The British actress, whose credits include Doctor Who and Gulliver's Travels, will reprise her role as... read more

Cheers & Jeers: The Office — California, Here He Comes ...

• Sep 30, 2011 09:11 AM ET
• by Bruce Fretts

Jeers to The Office for mismanaging the transition to the James Spader era.

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