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This Is Your Baby's Brain on TV

I generally steer clear of controversies about TV and its health effects–purported or otherwise–on kids. To paraphrase Bones McCoy, I’m a critic, not a doctor, and I can vouchsafe the healthiness or danger of the shows I review no more than a restaurant reviewer can tell you what foie gras will do to your arteries. [...]

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But They Use Entirely Different Brands of Microphone!

OK, it would be unseemly of me to keep picking on Studio 60 week after week. But this time I’m not just picking on Studio 60, I swear. NBC has taken pains to swear up and down that, even though they are on the same network, Studio 60 and the other NBC inside-late-night-comedy show 30 [...]