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Idolwatch Rolls On

A reminder that my weekly Judging American Idol feature will be up again tomorrrow morning at time.com. The best thing about my reviews, for all of us, is that they get one contestant shorter every week. I want to address a criticism, by the way, that has been made–well, not by any actual reader that [...]

Gee That was Fast, Too

Just last Thursday the Senate, at the instigation of Iowa’s non-profit-institution-spanking Sen. Charles Grassley, voted to freeze a $17 million budget increase for the Smithsonian as a way to create pressure for reform in the operations of the office of Lawrence M. Small, the high living ex-banker who is the Smithsonian’s Secretary. Or was. Yesterday [...]

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The Onion vs. Viacom: The Huddled Masses Are Yearning to Watch Free

Attention, Viacom executives: See that TV-looking thing above this post? It’s called “embedded video.” It’s what you get when you don’t lock up your content like Rapunzel in a tower, and when you let people who actually like your shows share them with other people. These people are called “fans.” The sharing is called “free [...]

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JPTV Jr.: This One's for Mom and Dad

Hola! Soy James! I’m not sure if you need to be a parent to find this TV Funhouse Dora the Explorer parody funny. But if you’re a parent of a Dora-aged child, it’s likely you’re too beaten down by propagating the species to actually stay up for Saturday Night Live. So thank God for YouTube, [...]