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Huckabee: I Support Striking Writers, Just Not Enough to, Like, Support Them

Buried in the NY Times’ Wednesday Iowa campaign roundup: Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas on Wednesday professed his support for the striking television writers union just a few hours before he was expected to board a plane for a taping of the “Tonight Show” with Jay Leno where he will face a vocal picket [...]

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Late-Night Poll: Writers or No Writers?

I’m officially on vacation until tomorrow. But I’m limbering up my fingers with a little low-impact blogging. And lo and behold, the late-night hosts have obligingly provided me with my material for my first day back by returning to the air tonight. But not, thanks to Worldwide Pants’ interim agreement with the striking writers, on [...]

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The Morning After: Praying for the End of the Real Estate Bubble

What does a TV critic watch when he’s on vacation? For this TV critic, the answers are (1) the upcoming Backyardigans movie Tale of the Mighty Knights, which was in heavy rotation on the portable DVD player during a roundtrip car journey to Michigan, and which, in the estimation of Tuned In Jr. Jr., is [...]