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Think of Flight of the Conchords as Cheech and Chong in the East Village, or Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels in Alphabet City, or Vladimir and Estragon Do CBGB.

After a lackluster season three, in which every story line felt wearily familiar as the gang ambled ever more aimlessly around L.A., the show seemed in serious need of a reboot.

In Meadowlands, a whole town is under surveillance� which doesn’t prevent some truly creepy behavior.

John From Cincinnati, HBO’s new surf drama, offers an unlikely mix of salty spirituality and gnarly waves.

HBO’s Western epic is thoughtful, gorgeous, well acted� and wearyingly familiar.

America argues that no other country should lock up juveniles for life�which is ironic, given that we have 2,000 times more prisoners like that than the rest of the world combined.

As Law & Order founders, SVU still thrives, thanks to sex, sadism, and two very screwed-up cops.

Among returning dramas, The Sopranos hogs the attention. But though it started out great, it never got better.

Why executive producer David E. Kelley should be so hard on marriage is a mystery to me. After all, isn’t he married to Michelle Pfeiffer?

Karbala, in Iraq, is the site of the murder and butchering of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson in 680 A.D., in this remarkable Wide Angle documentary from Kevin Sim.