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Dead Tree Alert: Hillary's SNL Strategy

My column in the print TIME this week is pretty much a polished-up version of this earlier post on Hillary and SNL, more or less. (Less, actually: it’s 50% shorter and, therefore, 50% better.) But if you haven’t read it yet—then it’s new to you! You always risk sounding a little ridiculous writing about things [...]

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Scrubs: The JAG of 2008

Scant hours after the news that quarterlife would move from NBC to Bravo (and that, scant hours after the news that NBC canceled quarterlife) comes word that Scrubs is being saved–by moving to ABC. It’s still rare for a show to migrate among major networks: JAG went from NBC to CBS, and long before, Taxi [...]

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The Morning After: Idol Free to Defile Beatles!

It’s funny; the other night Mrs. Tuned In and I were watching ’70s night on American Idol and saying how cool it would be if someone picked a Todd Rundgren or Carole King song. We had to wait for the elimination-night medley, but we got both I Saw the Light and The Earth Move. And [...]

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Lostwatch: Groundhog Day on Christmas Eve

A changed Desmond arrives on Not Penny’s Boat. / ABC: MARIO PEREZ SPOILER ALERT: Before read this post, set your device to 2.342, set the oscillator to 11 Hz, and watch last night’s Lost. How badly is my mind blown? There’s a little rivulet of blood running out of my nose. Excuse me. I need [...]