Eli takes on his controversial vaccine case, and discovers a scientific link between lawyer dramedies and quirk. / ABC: RICHARD CARTWRIGHT Or, rather, about the show that premieres after Lost, Eli Stone. Short version: don’t let it keep you from checking out the Lost fan boards come 10:01 p.m. Only slightly longer version: This dramedy, [...]

One bit of speculation that passed through my mind while watching Pop-Up Lost: what about the woman Jack saved on the bridge? (Mrs. Arland? I don’t have a spelling.) This is Lost, after all: surely she wasn’t just a random stranger. What’s her connection? How and where is she going to come up again? A [...]

The people have spoken! The people want an LDG discussion thread on the Lost Missing Pieces mobisodes! And who are we to gainsay their willingness to come up with our topics for us? You’ll find the first twelve of these short videos at ABC.com; the last, not yet posted on ABC.com (they’re released first on [...]

The PTC wants to stop him before he kills again—on CBS. / Dan Littlejohn/Showtime I had lunch yesterday with Tim Winter, the president of broadcast-decency advocate and my sometime adversary, the Parents Television Council. Among the issues we discussed was CBS’s plan to repurpose Showtime’s serial-killer drama Dexter next month; the PTC would be launching [...]

As if to prove that it can pursue ridiculous anti-Obama narratives as well as overspinning his triumphs, the political press has moved on to The Snub. I almost hate to call attention to it, but this may be the daffiest story of the primary season yet.

Note: The following post is about the news media, and therefore contains extreme profanity. In my latest Wire Watch, I made the offhanded comment that the scene in which Haynes is reprimanded for swearing in the newsroom was the first element in the Sun story that didn’t ring true to me. (I write this having [...]

Great LDG comments so far this week. Keep ‘em coming. But first, a public-service announcement. I assume that because I and others have gotten screeners of the first two Lost episodes, there is probably lots of spoilage on the Web by now. Tuned In commenters, being the upstanding models of Periclean civic discourse that you [...]

I’ve gotta go straight to the press release on this one. You wouldn’t believe me if I told you myself: (Monday, January 28; Washington, DC)–PBS confirmed today the title of its first-ever animated primetime series, a spin-off of Tom and Ray Magliozzi’s hit NPR show “Car Talk.” … The ten 30-minute episodes of CLICK & [...]

So… ABC gave critics the first two episodes of Lost season 4. [Smirks.] Just thought I’d mention that. What can I say about them? ABC sent the screeners with a vast list of spoiler-y type items that they ask critics not to mention–at least a few of which seem to be fairly common knowledge in [...]

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this edition of Wire Watch, look up the definition of “collegial” in the unabridged dictionary. Chew, as Prop Joe, embodied the dying idea that capitalists should put limits on themselves. / HBO photo: Paul Schiraldi Wow. A lot happened last night, but all I really feel like doing is talking [...]