1. The Sopranos, "Pine Barrens" episode, HBO On Demand: The best episode Samuel Beckett ever wrote for David Chase.
2. Red Holzman documentary tribute, MSG: The Knicks were once the Beatles of basketball, and it was because of Red's insistence on team play.
3. Verminators, "Rookie Mistakes" episode, Discovery Channel: We actually didn't watch this because we're afraid of bedbugs. But just running an episode about bedbugs is enough for us to include it in this list.
4. Coffy, IFC: When is the U.S. Postal Service going to produce a Pam Grier stamp, that's what we want to know.
5. What Not to Wear (any episode), TLC: For a show that's ostensibly about surface values, it usually gets to the heart of how people really feel about themselves (lousy).
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Cable's stars turned out for the first annual CableFAX 100 luncheon at New York's Grand Hyatt last December. Catch Mad Men's Jon Hamm, Cash Cab's Ben Bailey as well as Sundance Channel's Larry Aidem and Cable Pioneer Bill Bresnan and others in our video from the wintertime event.
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