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'Frontline' profiles the candidates
No one on TV does political biography as skillfully as the producers of Frontline. And every four years since 1988, they have outdone themselves with The Choice, their political life histories of the presidential candidates. The arrival of the PBS...Tags: NBC, John McCain, National Government, Government, Defense
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'Frontline: The Choice 2008'
'Frontline: The Choice 2008' show info Where: KCET When: 9 tonight Rating: TV-PG (may be unsuitable for young children) -
TV today: Oct. 14
The acclaimed public-television documentary series Frontline (9 p.m., WPBT-Ch. 2, WXEL-Ch. 42) opens its 27th season with The Choice 2008, a rigorous examination of the historical presidential election and the two unlikely candidates vying for the White...Tags: John McCain, The Mentalist, The White House, Barack Obama
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No place like Nome for the "iditarod' crowd
United Feature SyndicateThe tough-guy documentary genre strikes again with ''Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod'' (10 p.m., Discovery), a six-part look at the annual sled-dog race between Anchorage and Nome. The 1,150-mile challenge began in 1973 to commemorate a famous 1925...Tags: Harry Connick Jr., NBC, John McCain, Eli Stone, Kristen Bell
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'Iditarod' Series Engaging; 'Choice 2008' Informative
The tough-guy documentary genre strikes again with "Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod" (Discovery, 10 p.m.), a six-part look at the annual sled-dog race between Anchorage and Nome. The 1,150-mile challenge was begun in 1973 to commemorate a famous event....Tags: John McCain, Eli Stone, Sigourney Weaver, Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park
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Review: 'Frontline: The Choice 2008'
Times Television CriticEVERY four years we get a new presidential campaign and a new version of “The Choice,” " Frontline's" attempt to present a clear-eyed, nonpartisan profile of the candidates. This year's installment, which airs at 9 tonight on PBS, marks the...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, John McCain, Political Candidates, Jeremiah Wright, Minority Groups
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Tuesday's Highlights
SERIES
Lights out: The contestants are literally kept in the dark during a baked-goods temptation, with the winner gaining considerably on " The Biggest Loser: Families" (8 p.m. NBC).
Columbia: Astronauts, their families and members of the Columbia...Tags: Major League Baseball, Eli Stone, Hugh Laurie, The Biggest Loser, Health Treatments
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TODAY'S PICKS
HOUSE (8 p.m., Fox/5) - After learning that his father has passed away, House is coerced into attending the funeral; the team tries to diagnose the illness of a woman who was in China searching for her birth mother. OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS (8 p.m., ABC/7) -...Tags: Islip (Islip, New York), John McCain, Drug Trafficking, East Islip, Barack Obama
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TV Lookout: highlights (and lowlights) for the week ahead, Oct 12-18
AP Television WriterHe's the kid who taught a world of youngsters how to spell "aardvark" — and that's not all. He's Arthur, the 8-year-old aardvark with Philip Johnson glasses, who's back for a new season on PBS with his animated trans-species community of friends....Tags: Sundance Channel, John McCain, Lance Armstrong, Bill Clinton, Jeff Henderson
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BEYOND TV
MAMA'S BOYS WANTED. NBC obviously feels optimistic about its new reality show "Momma's Boys," premiering Nov. 12, since they're already casting season 2. Jointly produced by Ryan Seacrest and the team behind "Average Joe," the series follows moms helping...Tags: NBC, John McCain, Ryan Seacrest, Television Industry, Tina Fey
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'Frontline' Mines New Tidbits In Candidates' Bios
With cable news going 24/7 on election coverage, it would seem that biographies of the two presidential candidates have long since been told and retold.
But the 27th season premiere of " Frontline" (CPTV, Tuesday, 9 p.m.) digs a big deeper to uncover...Tags: National Government, Daniel Defoe, Dennis Hopper, Saddam Hussein, Democratic National Conventions
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Steve Cosson and the Civilians explore 'This Beautiful City'
Special to The TimesAfter John McCain selected Sarah Palin as his vice presidential nominee last month, Steve Cosson, the 40-year-old artistic director of the New York-based theatrical troupe the Civilians, was intrigued by some of the explosive commentary revolving around...Tags: Political Candidates, Baptist, Protestant, Defense, Oral Roberts
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