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MONDAY The Way Way Back 6.55pm Film4 Like a snarkier version of The Wonder Years, this is a highly relatable coming-of-age tale of teen awkwardness.

With Niki, goodness was brighter, funnier, snarkier, and sharper.

Looking back, as Lipstick, I was much snarkier in the early years.

In that respect, the script proves a sturdy fit for Wahlberg, who knows how to toss off Monahan's profane zingers with aplomb, as he did in "The Departed." But even as a clock counts down the days to his deadline, Bennett doesn't really deepen in complexity or pathos; he just gets snarkier and more self-satisfied.

As Chelsea's parents plan their breakup, they have decided she needs a break from her high school's social scene and some of her snarkier friends.

As the Fallons and the Kimmels and the Colberts of the world get sillier and snarkier, more viral and more visible, Craig Ferguson keeps on leaning back behind his desk on the set of "The Late Late Show,'' smirking slyly and delivering, night in and night out, the breeziest, most easygoing late-night talk show on TV.

Meanwhile, some of the snarkier cesspools of the British press are having a field day with the news of Entwistle's departure.

A far snarkier if less alliterative summary would be "We have to regulate the Internet to preserve its open, unregulated nature."

Scott Dominguez reminded him of a young Tom Cruise." But other, snarkier character descriptions correct the tendency: "Elias sounded like Larry King, the talk-show host, but with a temper."

Like a snarkier version of The Wonder Years, this is a relatable coming-of-age tale of teen awkwardness.

This book will likely appeal to young horror fans who enjoy a snarkier, smarter, distinctly less sparkly brand of vampires.