The Prisoner's Dilemmas
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The new miniseries The Prisoner scuttles the original's Cold War politics for post-9/11 paranoia. Sir Ian McKellen, Jim Caviezel, and screenwriter Bill Gallagher discuss the remake.
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The Emmy Nominations: Full Coverage
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Did your favorite shows make the cut for the Emmy nominations announced Thursday morning? Take a look at our gallery of the nominees for Best Series, Comedy and Best Series, Drama and revisit our coverage of Emmy-nominated stars below.
Best Series, Drama
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Bryan Cranston, the star of the critically acclaimed series Breaking Bad, which starts its second season tonight on AMC, on what dark things await his drug-producing, cancer-ridden alter-ego-plus, his legacy on Seinfeld.
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