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• Vexing Questions of Jewish Identity
  Jamie Kastner calls his documentary “Kike Like Me” a “black comic road movie about identity.”
• Changing Courses at the Food Network
  Having taken food and chefs from what was once the domain of public television to new celebrity heights, the Food Network is now undergoing a transformation.
• Television Review | 'Paranormal State': Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You
  This show chronicles the adventures of some extremely earnest students from Penn State as they investigate supposed paranormal phenomena.
• Television Review | 'Hard as Nails': Tough Love, Conveyed With Nails and a Cross
  Religion isn’t easy, but it’s rarely looked tougher than it does in this intimate and disturbing film.
• Television Review | 'Seven Ages of Rock': The Early Years of Rock, Later Than Previously Thought
  Any documentary series about the history of rock music that manages to get through its first show without mention of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly or Chuck Berry, and only a passing reference to the Beatles — well, you have to admire its assertiveness.
• Letterman Seeks Deal With Writers’ Union
  The deal, which would allow David Letterman’s show to return in January, could be the first break in a strike.
• Nobody Knows the Tribbles He’s Seen
  David Gerrold seems destined to be forever remembered as the guy who brought the alien race of tribbles into this world. And he’s OK with that.
• Television: They’re Not Asking, ‘Christina Who?’
  Christina Applegate, a showbiz veteran, emerges as one of the few bright lights in a TV season marked by uncertainty.
• The TV Watch: The Latest Reality Show: Die-Hard, Freeze-Frame Politics With a Life of Their Own
  Primary debates have become the raw footage of political discourse, with highlights culled from hours and hours of material and showcased on television and the Internet.
• Gone Wild and Gone All Wrong
  Is Joe Francis, the multimillionaire creator of “Girls Gone Wild,” his own worst enemy?
• Domains: Chelsea Handler: Laugh Inn
  Chelsea Handler, the comedian, author and host of the late-night chat show “Chelsea Lately” on the E! network, lives in a three-bedroom condo in Marina del Rey, Calif.
• The TV Watch: Taxi TV, Brisk as the Traffic You’re Stuck In
  Suddenly television screens are part of the Manhattan cab ride experience. Is anything worth watching? Stay tuned.
• Television Review | Flood: Estranged Londoners, Waist-Deep in Trouble
  “Flood is the kind of disaster movie that when you meet an estranged father and son early on, you know that they will have a wet scene of redemption.
• ABC’s ‘Lost’ Is to Return, and ‘Grey’s’ Will Move
  ABC announced on Friday that it would increase the reality programming on its schedule by more than 50 percent, beginning next month.
• Going Out, Gervais Picks Bang Over Whimper
  Ricky Gervais says he decided to make an 80-minute finale to his HBO series “Extras” because he had a few things left to say about the wages of fame, and the people who pay them.
• TV Review | 'Extras': Extra Who Found Fame Has Now Found the Exit
  The series finale may be predictable and sentimental toward the end, but the maudlin is balanced with one of the funniest scenes television has served up in a while.
• With Writers Out, Directors Offer Their Own Talks
  Movie and television directors said that they were set to begin contract negotiations, jolting the striking writers.
• Lawyer Who Showed Producer Around Wants a Cut From ‘The Sopranos’
  A lawyer is claiming that he is owed money and credit for helping the producer David Chase gather the ideas, people and locations for the HBO series “The Sopranos.”
• MTV to Let Freelancers Stay on Its Insurance
  Acknowledging the concerns of hundreds of freelance workers, MTV Networks on Wednesday reversed some of the cuts it had intended to make to benefits packages.
• Television: A Flock of Shows, Touched by Faith
  This year the annual adventures in December hedonism come at the end of a fall television season that has taken a vivid interest in Christian faith.
• A Network for Blacks With Sense of Mission
  Executives at the fast-growing TV One, in 42.2 million homes, are betting that there is a hunger among black viewers over 25 for programming aimed at them.
• Video Games: A Place to Play With Your Old Friends
  Created by Turner Broadcasting, GameTap is a bit like Turner Classic Movies meets online Netflix for video games.
• Television Review: A Post-Thatcher Crime Fighter in a Pre-Thatcher England
  The return of “Life on Mars” for a second season on BBC America seems as good a time as any to ask why time travel has become such a popular theme on television recently.
• ‘Masterpiece Theater,’ Now in 3 Flavors: Classic, Mystery, Contemporary
  Gillian Anderson will be one of the new hosts of “Masterpiece Theater” on PBS when it begins its new season in January.
• News Analysis: Screenwriters Dig In for an Extended Brawl
  The latest round of talks has blown up over issues that had been buried inside the writers’ contract proposals.