Family Mashup: Insecurities, generic plots and wasted cameos
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This week, “Modern Family” delivered another solid half-hour, while “Young Sheldon” churned out a head-scratchingly bad episode.
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Family Mashup: Reunions, resolutions and bear-shaped slippers
“This Is Us” wrapped up its second season with an unexpectedly Kleenex-free finale. “Modern Family” delivered a crackling half-hour.
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Family Mashup: No tears this time around
This week, “This Is Us” returned, “Modern Family” delivered a Valentine’s Day special and “Young Sheldon” offered brief moments of promise.
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Family Mashup: Who knew Super Bowls were so sad?
“Super Bowl Sunday” offered a satisfying hour of “This Is Us.” It wrapped up the prolonged mystery surrounding Jack’s untimely demise.
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Family Mashup: Damn you, George!
Perhaps to compensate for the overarching feeling of impending doom, the story arcs are largely on the lighter side of the emotional spectrum.
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Family Mashup: Milestones, lost memories and mediocrity
“This Is Us” returned with another packed episode, “Modern Family” marked its 200th episode and “Young Sheldon” stretched out its plot.
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The Daily Californian Arts Awards: Television of 2017
Whether on our laptops or in our living rooms, television has always been a space of escape, in which our ideologies are reflected back to us.
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Family Mashup: Goodbyes, Celebrities and Rockets
“This Is Us” wrapped up its Big Three trilogy, “Modern Family” devoted an episode to celebrity run-ins and “Young Sheldon” centered on theoretical physics.
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Family Mashup: Origin Stories, Thanksgiving Revelries
This week, “Modern Family” returned for its annual Thanksgiving episode, “Young Sheldon” gave viewers a reason for its protagonist’s well-documented obsession with comic books, and “This Is Us” delivered the first out of the three gut-punches it has planned before it breaks for winter. ‘This Is Us’ “This Is Us”
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Family Mashup: We need to talk about Kevin
This week, “This Is Us” set the stage for what looks to be a very heartbreaking story for Randall and Beth. “Young Sheldon,” on the other hand, opted to give viewers a dollop of warmth, and “Modern Family” took a one-week break.
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