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There's no denying the important dramatic role serial killer Red John has played in the development of the season's only true, new, mass-appeal hit: CBS 'The Mentalist.

Season finale frenzy: 'The Mentalist' 2009

The closest thing to a mass-appeal highlight on her CV: McBride performed "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" in "Brokeback Mountain" and on the accompanying soundtrack.

Music where they live: Singer Mary McBride's unconventional tour J. Freedom duLac 2011

There's something about the rhythm -- "we watch it every week" -- and the comforting mass-appeal of it all.

Michael Hogan: Feel Free to Fling This At Your TV Michael Hogan 2011

The big one's an explanation of how this sitcom triumphed over this country's ingrained dislike of intellectuals to become a mass-appeal hit.

Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2010

There's something about the rhythm -- "we watch it every week" -- and the comforting mass-appeal of it all.

Michael Hogan: Feel Free to Fling This At Your TV Michael Hogan 2011

There's something about the rhythm -- "we watch it every week" -- and the comforting mass-appeal of it all.

Michael Hogan: Feel Free to Fling This At Your TV Michael Hogan 2011

There's something about the rhythm -- "we watch it every week" -- and the comforting mass-appeal of it all.

Michael Hogan: Feel Free to Fling This At Your TV Michael Hogan 2011

Go browse Amazon sometime and pull up one-star reviews for the works of a filmmaker or musician considered “artsy” or otherwise imbued with snob appeal: Karlheinz Stockhausen or My Bloody Valentine or even someone with the mass-appeal of Radiohead good bets.

Sour Grapes 2009

There's something about the rhythm -- "we watch it every week" -- and the comforting mass-appeal of it all.

Michael Hogan: Feel Free to Fling This At Your TV Michael Hogan 2011

There's something about the rhythm -- "we watch it every week" -- and the comforting mass-appeal of it all.

Michael Hogan: Feel Free to Fling This At Your TV Michael Hogan 2011