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JPTV: What I'm Watching Tonight–The Movie!

To follow up the recently broached topic of what happens when TV shows become films, I’m catching a screening of The Simpsons movie several entire hours before it opens in theaters. Ah, the perks of working in the MSM! It’s almost as good as being the 97th caller at Hot 97. Meanwhile, over at IMDB, [...]

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Test Pilot: Gossip Girl

The CW / Timothy White Test Pilot is a semiregular feature this summer sharing my first impressions of the pilots for next fall’s shows. These aren’t reviews, since these pilots may be rewritten, recast and reshot before airing, and end up much better or worse. But, premature opinions are why God invented the Internet, so [...]

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Lost Discussion Group: He's Baaaaaack!

It may be time to declare LDG a good idea while it lasted. After a thought-provoking run in the wake of the mind-blowing May finale, last week’s post generated a whopping four comments as of present count. Is it me? Is it you? Ah, let’s just blame society. It may just be that, without new [...]