Tuned In
Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1459 days ago

From the Archives: Hail to the She

By James Poniewozik

I have been at this job long enough–or have just gotten old and senile enough–that I constantly come across articles I forgot I had ever written. While searching time.com for an old essay to link to in my Wire Watch, the site threw me a link to an article about women presidents in pop culture. [...]

Tuned In
Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1459 days ago

Wire Watch: Whatever a Spider Can

By James Poniewozik

Carcetti meets the press. / HBO: Paul Schiraldi SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t watched last night’s Wire yet, jump out the window now, while you still have the chance. “Don’t seem possible. That’s some Spiderman sh_t there.” If you’d forgotten how funny The Wire can be, the manhunt of Marlo’s crew for Omar had to [...]

Tuned In
Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1459 days ago

Project Runway Does Bryant Park

By James Poniewozik

I went to the Project Runway finalists’ Fashion Week show at Bryant Park Friday morning. I wasn’t originally planning on blogging much, because I figured there wasn’t much I could blog without spoiling things. Bravo, evidently, has a different policy on spoilers, as it immediately issued a press release, which spilled the beans that I [...]

Tuned In
Tuned In+1459 days ago

Strike Watch: Cutting Our Lost-ses?

By James Poniewozik

The strike’s not over yet, although with a tentative deal having been struck, all reports indicate that it could be done by Wednesday. Which means the networks have begun figuring out what a resumed TV season will look like. A Bill Carter article in today’s New York Times looks at what we will and won’t [...]

Tuned In
Tuned In+Music | 1459 days ago

The Morning After: Sing It, Sister

By James Poniewozik

Winehouse performs live from London. / Monty Brinton/CBS Tuned In’s editor and Time music critic Josh Tyrangiel offers up his rundown of the duet-heavy Grammy Awards, highlighted by the appearance by satellite of human car-crash Amy Winehouse, elsewhere on time.com. Thoughts? Dissensions? Were you taken by the awards, or did you say no, no, no?