What’s behind that door? Hiatus is behind that door, my friend! / NBC Photo: Justin Lubin While you were watching Chuck last night, I was finally catching up on Project Runway, then watching the MSNBC Republican debate, which attempted to answer the immortal question: “How many ways can John McCain work the phrase ‘my friends’ [...]

I finally caught up with the third episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and I may be forced to revise my unimpressed initial review of the show. I’m still completely underwhelmed with Thomas Dekker as John and find the writing–especially Sarah’s voiceovers–too self-serious for its own good. But I’m getting drawn in to this [...]

Rami with Tim Gunn, who has “This worries me” written all over his face. / Bravo Photo: Barbara Nitke SPOILER ALERT: There are no spoilers in this post. You may be wondering why you don’t get many Project Runway writeups here at Tuned in. If you’re not, well, I just went and wondered for you [...]

So did anyone partake of the rich slab of Bravo cheese that was The Millionaire Matchmaker? You can admit it! I won’t tell anyone! Stanger, second from right, makes the magic happen. / Bravo Photo: Ron Batzdorff One thing that was wrong with this show from the get-go was the title: Is she a millionaire? [...]

In an earlier thread this morning, commenter Bemused asked: James–can you tell us anything about who watches debates (i.e., the numbers, compared to, say, the numbers for AI)? I read all this speculation on political blogs about how the candidates’ performances will affect voters, but I always wonder how many voters even watch debates. It’s [...]

I don’t usually give blog space to blatant p.r. promotions, but when I was sent this (by a publicist for Breaking Bad at Sony), I had to share: Maybe I just don’t get out enough, but it’s the best viral promotion I’ve seen since the Simpsonize Me campaign for the Simpsons movie last summer–if only [...]

Have CNBC on in the background this morning. From a sheer entertainment perspective, the meltdown of the global financial markets is a tremendous thing. Jim Cramer, of course, is sitting in on the coverage, losing his crap on camera like a reliable professional. What strikes me, though, is that nearly every analyst on CNBC sounds [...]

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this Wire Watch, try to remember where you’ve seen a red ribbon before. A red ribbon! Does that ring any bells? Marlo goes to Prop Joe to put out a bounty for information on Marlo. “Why in the hell would I want that motherf___er back?” / HBO photo: Paul Schiraldi [...]

CNN’s HD channel recently showed up unannounced on my cable menu, and I was anxious to try it out for last night’s Democratic debate in South Carolina. It wasn’t working, though, so I can’t tell you whether the hope and experience showed up brighter in high definition, and I’ve seen enough of these slugfests the [...]

Is there still a writers’ strike on? The newspaper says there is, and yet last night we had a choice among a new episode of The Wire, the pilot of Breaking Bad and the finale of The Amazing Race. Oh, yeah, and some game. After celebrating Mrs. Tuned In’s day-before-her-birthday, I sat down for one [...]