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If you’re like me, you’re sick of seeing the latest fashions modeled on people who don’t look like anyone you’ve ever met in your life.

It’s either a bunch of sullen, hard-muscled teenagers, or some woman with ridiculous ’80s hair, or “plus sized” women with perfect figures who never exceed a size 12. It’s always the same.

But the upscale U.K. department store Harvey Nichols has changed all that with their new models: Wallace and Gromit.

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Newsflash: people loved watching the Olympics. Me, I am shocked by this news, after hearing EVERY SINGLE FEMALE ACQUAINTANCE explain how Michael Phelps is so hot and yeah I know his teeth and his ears but look at that body and he’s just so sweet and ohmygod watch him swim OHMYGOD. (I don’t get it, myself.) The Olympics have always been a little sexualized - given that they feature some of the most toned and fit people in the world, how could they not be? - but this year was even more hormonal than most. And there is no more powerful human drive to tap into, as NBC has discovered.

It was a little difficult to schedule live events on Beijing that would still be aired during peak T.V. hours in the three different time zones in the U.S., but as it turns out, it didn’t matter. A survey of Olympics watchers revealed that 76% had no problem losing sleep to watch their favorite events. The result? The 2008 Olympics, over its 17-day run, had more viewers than any T.V. event in history.

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Well, summer is coming to a close. A lot of your favorite shows will be starting up again in just a week or two, mercifully. The dead time is over! And me? I’m just trying to catch up on all the years of T.V. that I missed.

I grew up mostly without cable, and I just got used to not watching T.V. I’d get ahold of shows online or on DVD when I could, but for the most part, I didn’t participate in that great uniting factor that brings us all together to argue about the things we love.

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ABC, NBC, and Lifetime all have some new shows planned in the near future, and those of us who plan to spend many hours planted on the sofa in front of the T.V. this fall should be aware of them. It’s our duty as citizens of T.V. Land.

First up, we have ABC’s new Supernanny spinoff - Supermanny. Get it? Because the nanny is a man. But he’s not really a nanny, he’s a “gruff” child therapist (…okay) who will make an effort to “connect with the dads” and whip them into shape as parents. I made that last part up, but I really hope he wears a drill sergeant uniform and screams a lot. I can’t picture the show going any other way. Look for a pilot this fall.

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I love you, China. Really I do. You’ve turned the world’s oldest reality TV show into a complete hash with your heavy-handed despotism and absolutely godawful PR. You’ve given Big Brother a whole new name, and given me all sorts of fun things to write about.

Thank you, China, for botching this so thoroughly.

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That’s right, diaper set–crank up your YouTube because you’re NOT getting any TV in France. From the Francophiles who brought you rage against McDonalds comes no BabyFirst TV.

For those of you who aren’t familiar, BabyFirst TV is the oft-maligned television channel catering exclusively to children under the age of three. Lots of bright colors, simple themes, counting, language drills, you get the picture. Basically, BabyFirst TV purports to be yet another learning tool in a parent’s arsenal to try and get their kid ready for Harvard by the age of nine (because that’s the current goal, you know), but what it more likely amounts to is a colorful babysitter.

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If you’ve been following the Olympics, you’ve probably noticed that the Chinese gymnasts look awfully…young. And even if you haven’t been following them, you’ve no doubt heard some of the speculation that’s been flying around…speculation that some of these girls might be younger than they claim.

So what, many say? Sure, you are supposed to be 16 to compete, but why? Is this important?

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I was born in 1987, so I have many fond memories of watching America’s Funniest Home Videos with your host, Bob Saget! At the time, I thought he was basically the God of comedy. It helped that my parents didn’t let me watch much T.V. Oddly, they didn’t consider any of the groin injury humor on the show to be objectionable. And there was always groin injury humor. Every other video, and the audience always laughed.

In case you’re wondering why I introduced him as the host of America’s Funniest Home Videos instead of Full House’s Danny, well, I wasn’t allowed to watch Full House. I guess because of the whole “single parent” issue, which is okay for a Disney movie, but just too controversial and confusing for a kid watching a sitcom.

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Remember when I put up that piece not too long ago about how the Chinese government was a bunch of cheating bastards who went so far as to cheat themselves completely out of credibility before the Olympics even started?  Funny thing…someone took that ball and just RAN with it.

A series of at least four videos has cropped up, available on YouTube (among others), tongue-slightly-in-cheek cautionary tales about the lengths Beijing might well go just to take home that gold medal, mostly revolving around one character, a probable Chinese infantry regular, who regularly executes any Olympian who doesn’t happen to be Chinese.

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It is, I’m sure, oh-so-tempting to revive your failed television series into a film. You’re tempted to blame the bad ratings and bad reception on bad luck. Bad marketing. Bad time slot. Bad mojo. Whatever.

It happened with Joss Whedon’s Firefly. Firefly was so poorly marketed that even most Buffy fans didn’t know about it, or didn’t bother to tune in. Fox literally ran late-night radio commercials that described it as a show about “a space hooker and a girl in a box.” Complete with a Wacky Announcer Voice. What audience were they going for?

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