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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1967 days ago

America's Next Bottom Network

By James Poniewozik

TV’s newest broadcast network, The CW–"We’re just like UPN and The WB, except greener"–debuted last night, with a two-hour installment of America’s Next Top Model. Some thoughts, in no particular order: * Dudes, dial down the green graphics. Seriously. It’s the next morning and I can still see bright orange when I stare at a [...]

Tuned In
Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1967 days ago

House, the Trial-Sized Versions

By James Poniewozik

There’s been a lot written about the profusion of serial shows this fall, which you could call the Lost or Grey’s Anatomy effect on TV. There’s been another, smaller effect, too: the House effect, in which networks have decided that a central, nasty or irascible character means ratings ka-ching! There are two dramas on the [...]