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Ask Matt: How Scandal-ous, Smash's Crash, PBS Is Hot, Middle Graduation, More

• Feb 11, 2013 09:33 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

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Question: [SPOILER ALERT for anyone who's fallen behind on Scandal] I'm a loyal reader of your column, and always enjoy hearing your well-thought-out and articulate opinions on TV's hottest topics. I'm writing to you for the first time now because I wanted to know your take on the latest installments of Scandal. I saw in your last column the tag line "Scandal is the new Revenge," and I agree Scandal has been far more gripping lately than Revenge. read more

The Weekend Playlist: Spurt-acus Returns, a Pivotal Downton, the SAG Awards

• Jan 25, 2013 08:31 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

Here's blood in your eye. And your hair, chest, ears, anywhere and everywhere it might pool. Gird your loins to make way for TV's most relentless avenging gladiator/terminator in Starz' Spartacus: War of the Damned (Friday, 9/8c), kicking off the final season of the premium channel's signature series of lust and bloodlust.