Per ABC’s just-released midseason schedule, Lost returns Thursday, Jan. 31, at 9 p.m. Yes, I said Thursday–but assuming we’re not going to have new episodes of The Office for a while anyway, I’m OK with that for now. (And Mrs. Tuned In will be glad not to have to stay up until 11 for Lost.) [...]

HBO photo: Ray Burmiston There’s a special problem writing about the highly praised. Once somebody has achieved greatness, any criticism thereafter is either taken as further confirmation of their brilliance or as a backlash. Once you’re known for getting standing O’s, applause is an insult. So when I tell people that I like Extras, the [...]

This week’s print TIME includes a special section of Top 10 lists for 2007, which is pretty much the same as the ones you’ve already seen online, except: 10. Fewer lists 9. Fewer words 8. On paper 7. You have to pay money to read them 6. You can take them to the bathroom 5. [...]

News flash: the late-night TV hosts, the New York Post reports, may be coming back before the writers’ strike is over. Newsier flash: they may actually do so with their striking writers’ blessing. How will they manage that? For starters, by not having acted like absolute tools to the writers who make their shows possible. [...]

Steroids in baseball is not exactly under the jurisdiction of this blog, but what the hell: it’s Friday, Time.com doesn’t have a sports blog, and it seems to be all anyone wants to talk about today anyway. So for your argumentative pleasure, here’s an essay I wrote about steroids in 2004, in my pre-blog days. [...]