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JPTV: What I'm Watching Tonight

I’ll admit, I have not watched Dan Rather much since he went to HDNet for his post-CBS gig. (For that matter, I didn’t watch Dan Rather much at CBS.) But tonight, he offers up a Dan Rather Reports longform investigation of problems with electronic touch-screen voting machines; including reports of machines being hustled off the [...]

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I Am Cancelled, Butchie, Instead. More Deadwood, or Something Else?

You no longer need to keep 9/11/14 cleared on your calendar; HBO has cancelled John from Cincinnati. The question, as asked in the comments here and elsewhere, is whether this now means we get those oft-promised two wrapup movies for Deadwood. (To anticipate: forget seeing the whole series again. People have moved on.) As of [...]

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Big Love Watch: This One's for the Ladies

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, I want you to celebrate my indomitable will to survive by watching Big Love. I don’t think we’ve discussed this here, but this season David Byrne has been serving as musical consultant on Big Love. (Continuing a trend of alternative rockers migrating to TV: Trent Reznor is reportedly [...]