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'Law & Order: SVU' Says Gender Fluidity Is 'Cool' But 'Confusing'
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In an overt nod to the continued liberal outcry about North Carolina's House Bill 2, Law and Order: SVU took up the transgender cause once again on Wednesday in the episode “Broken Rhymes” by depicting an innocent male to female transgender getting brutally beaten and raped in a public restroom.
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The Simpsons: VA Hospitals Are 'America's Shame'
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In “Havana Wild Weekend,” the Fox show The Simpsons is rife with shots at the Veterans Administration and historically referenced zingers to life in today’s Cuba.
MSNBC's Brian Williams Gets Called Out on ‘Notorious’
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Thursday night’s Notorious, ABC's navel-gazing news media drama, called out Brian Williams in an episode that revolved around the lead character Julia George's (Piper Perabo) disgraced former mentor, Dana Hartman. The former anchor was canned after it came out that she had fabricated an interview for her show. The fake interview led to the assassination of its real-world subject and Julia turned…
CW Show: Abortion is Ok If You Don’t Tell Your Priest
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Friday night’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on the CW presents abortion as an acceptable option if the couple doesn’t tell their priest - because then the priest won’t tell God. What kind of liberal mumbo-jumbo rationalization is this?
'The Exorcist' Features Mercy-Killing Nun
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To follow-up on the adulterous priest (which still continues by the way), Friday night’s episode of Fox's The Exorcist delivers yet another awful depiction of religious figures. This time, it is a nun who must be demeaned as she actually suggests “mercy killing” as an option.
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Chelsea Handler, Barbara Boxer Break Down in Tears Over Hillary Loss
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California Senator Barbara Boxer was called upon to counsel Chelsea Handler on her Netflix show that was taped the day after the presidential election results. Talk about a meltdown – in Thursday's episode titled “The Day After with Sen. Barbara Boxer,” both women were in tears that Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump. It was a ridiculous spectacle.
'The Great Indoors' Mocks Coddled Millennials Having to Face Real Work
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When you’re in the real world, you have to work for a living. But when you’re in the coddled special snowflake millennial world (or maybe a liberal campus), you can work with all of the amenities of a five-star hotel. Because, as we all know, no job can be done without a frozen yogurt machine.
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Unborn Baby Proven to Be More Than Clump of Cells on 'Big Bang Theory'
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CBS’s Big Bang Theory has kept the pro-life message going with the storyline of Bernadette's pregnancy this season. This time, they focus on the baby’s development including how it already “hears voices.”
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'Superstore' Tells Employees Under Pressure to 'Stay Obama Cool'
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It’s okay to call President Obama cool again, according to NBC’s Superstore. Quite the change from 2012 when almost anything said about him was considered racist, including the word “cool.”
ABC Drama: 'Few U.S. Citizens Could Pass Scrutiny' of Syrian Refugees
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After an episode about the illegal detention of Muslims, the ABC drama Designated Survivor has now moved on to the cause of championing the rights of Syrian refugees. They’ll take any excuse to lecture on Islamophobia after an Islamic terrorist attack. (Although, the way the show is going, it’s going to turn out to be some evil cabal of rich white conservative men who planned the attack that…
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'South Park' Skewers Clintons After Historic Election Loss
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South Park creators Trey Stone and Matt Parker are known for their quick turnaround of new episodes, but airing a new episode on Wednesday night, less than 24 hours after the election results came in, was particularly impressive.
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Hollywood’s Fantasy of Assisted Suicide Plays Out on 'Code Black'
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In “Hero Complex,” Wednesday night’s episode of CBS’s Code Black, two doctors practicing at Angel’s Memorial Hospital clash over California’s End of Life Option Act – state-sanctioned assisted suicide.
Blackish & Bluish: ABC Comedy Hits Blue-Collar Workers After Election
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Though they may not have known it, Blackish just tackled one of the biggest issues surrounding the election: the blue-collar worker. Of course, I believe it was probably all a coincidence, but it actually is funny how it worked out - and I don’t say that often about ABC shows.
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'Speechless' Promotes Sexting for Minors
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ABC seems to have a fascination with sexualizing kids lately. In Wednesday night’s episode “D-a-t-e-Date?” on ABC’s Speechless, Ray (Mason Cook) organizes a boys’ night after a girl breaks his heart. When his mother (Minnie Driver) embarrasses him, the only way he can get back in with the guys is to show a fake picture of his nipple, pretending it is his girlfriend’s.
