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JPTV: What I'm Watching Tonight

8 p.m.: American Idol. Because I believe it’s required by federal law. 9-9:30 p.m.: Player To Be Named Later. Possibly Knitty Gritty (DIY)–a new TiVo fixation of Mrs. Tuned In, in which a chipper, boho Mme. Lafarge makes whipping up woolen socks come off as a surprisingly hipsterish pastime. 9:30 p.m.: The Knights of Prosperity [...]

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Not-So-Super Bowl for Ads?

The Super Bowl is to the the media-fragmentation era what the remaining polar ice is to the global-warming era: the last holdout against seemingly unstoppable climatic change. Though the big game still draws the biggest TV audience–and the biggest advertising payouts–of the year, glacial-sized chunks of it are falling into the sea. This year, reports [...]