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10 TV Shows You Probably Forgot Debuted Right After the Super Bowl

Convergent TV

The long-term effect of airing a "special episode" of an established show in the plum Super Bowl lead-out position has waned in recent years.


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Sweeping Changes in Store at Fox

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When the Knights of the Laptop begin to examine the fall broadcast schedule in earnest, expect a deluge of think pieces on how, after a seemingly robust return to form [...]

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The Story of Kids TV Mastermind Fred Seibert

Convergent TV

Fred Seibert is sitting in his New York office, filled with Legos and comic books, talking enthusiastically about his first big failure.

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Drinking With H. Jon Benjamin and Eugene Mirman

Convergent TV

When Bob’s Burgers returns to Fox’s Sunday night lineup this weekend, it will do so after a five-week hiatus—and in a new time slot. Bumped back to 7 p.m.

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Fox Is Bringing Metaphysics Back to the Masses With a Reboot of Cosmos

Convergent TV

It’s an early January afternoon on the Upper West Side, just days after the Earth began heaving itself along on yet another elliptical voyage around the sun, and a polar [...]