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Wednesday TV in Review: Mistresses, CSI, Royal Pains - And Idol's Back!

Before ABC's Revenge came along to revive the prime-time soap in all of its shamelessly melodramatic splendor, there was an irresistible British potboiler called Mistresses, a sort of Desperate Housewreckers about four glam chums with a knack for making a mess of their torrid relationships. Of which they've had plenty.

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Weekend Reviews: Downton Abbey, House of Lies, AbFab and More!

Who says you can't go home again? Not that any of us ever lived in a place as grand and as teeming with character — highborn and low, selfless and treacherous — as Downton Abbey. read more

Exclusive: Absolutely Fabulous Special Gets Premiere Date

Mark your calendars: The Absolutely Fabulous 20th Anniversary Special will premiere Sunday, Jan. 8 at 10/9c on BBC America and Logo, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

The special is one of three the networks are planning with ...
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Joanna Lumley: Videos

Maybe, Baby
Ella Enchanted
James McAvoy, Joanna Lumley & John Bishop
The Pink Panther Film Collection

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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
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Ella Enchanted
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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
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Ella Enchanted

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Season 10, Episode 2
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Inspector Lewis: The Dead Of Winter
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Jenny Eclair and Louis Walsh
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Huntin' Shootin' Fishin'

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Year Title Description
2010 Joanna Lumley's Nile TV Show Series, Host
2007 Clatterford TV Show Series, Actor - Deliah Stagg
2005 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Movie, Actor - Maudeline Everglot
2004 Ella Enchanted Movie, Actor - Dame Olga
2004 Eurotrip Movie, Actor - Hostel Clerk

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How Absolutely Fabulous! BBC America Resurrects Ab Fab

They're back, darlings!

BBC America and Logo plans to resurrect Absolutely Fabulous for three new specials, starring everybody's favorite drunken dynamic duo Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley).

Is Absolutely Fabulous on your Watchlist? Add it and your other favorites now and never miss an episode

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Book of Mormon Tops Tony Nominations

The Book of Mormon — from the creators of South Park — leads the 65th annual Tony nominations with 14, including best musical and best direction.

The Scottsboro Boys follows with 12 nominations. Both productions will vie for the best musical honors against Catch Me If You Can and Sister Act.

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Good People, Jerusalem, The Motherf**ker with the Hat and War Horse are up for best play.

The Book of Mormon  — written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone  — also earned four ...
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I keep seeing pictures from ...

Question: I keep seeing pictures from the movie Doogal and something is bothering me — I know I've seen the characters before. Was it a TV show or a previous movie or something in the 1980s? It's driving me nuts!


Answer: Doogal (2005) is an English movie based on a French-made children's TV show that started airing in the U.K. (dubbed into English, it probably goes without saying) in the mid-1960s as The Magic Roundabout. I can only assume that the Weinstein Group, which distributed Doogal in the U.S., figured there were two good arguments for changing the name. First, the target audience was young American kids and their parents, who would never have seen the original show. And second, "roundabout" isn't an American term — it's what we call a merry-go-round. The Weinstein Group also redid the voice track, changing the dialogue to reflect U.S. rather than U.K. pop culture and replacing most of read more

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