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So I Guess This Means the Whole Don Imus Thing Is Over Now

Larry Birkhead, you are the winner! Let the cable-news frenzy commence! An apology, by the way, to longtime Tuned In readers, for our suddenly having become Swampland over the course of the last two days. I promise to return to my regular program of esoteric TV musings and extremely low traffic as soon as possible.

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Big Sandwich, I Know You're the One

Which is sadder: (A) The Jam’s “Start” being used in a Cadillac commercial (B) The Violent Femmes’ “Blister in the Sun” being used in a Wendy’s Four-Cheese Spicy Chicken Sandwich commercial (c) A grown man being concerned about all this? Extra credit: This is not the first time a Violent Femmes tune has been used [...]

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What, They Couldn't Just Let Bauer Get Some Damn Sleep for Seven Hours?

Did 24′s producers consider just renaming the series 17 and calling it a day? Last night, 24 took a big fat U-turn, suddenly having Jack Bauer end the nuke threat with seven hours to spare. It was about time; somewhere between the immolation of Valencia and now, 24 became a comedy, rehashing old plots and [...]