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Strike Watch: Not to Jinx It…

…but reports are coming in from just about everywhere that the writers and the producers are getting very, very close to a deal. To anticipate your question: I don’t know. To anticipate the next one: I don’t know that either. We’re all wondering what the end of the strike–if the strike is ending–will mean for [...]

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The Morning After: How 'Bout Them Giants…

… of advertising, that is. My instant Super Bowl ad reviews, all five zillion of ‘em, are now posted. Add yours here. [Update: USA Today, meanwhile, has released its 20th annual Ad Meter results; as usual, we agree on a few things--FedEx, Bridgestone--and disagree on a lot: where's the love for Garmin GPS?]

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TV Weekend: Bowled Over

FOX It’s become a cliche to say that people now watch the Super Bowl for the ads. In my case it’s literally true, because I have to. I’ll be reviewing the ads again this year for time.com, and in order to file in time, I end up watching the game inside out: I TiVo it, [...]

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Ocean's 815

Shara Says requested in the main Lost thread that I spin off a second post to discuss the please-watch-Eli-Stone Oceanic ad that ABC aired later in the evening: The ad directs you to this website, which in turn directs you to find815.com. I have nothing to add the discussion myself, since (1) these promos haven’t [...]

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The Most Important Super Tuesday Interview That You Will Not Watch

Well, I shouldn’t assume, but this is an English-language blog. Sunday morning at 10, though, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will each make their case on what could be their most important Sunday-gab-show appearance before Super Tuesday—on Univision’s Al Punto. From the network’s release: Univision’s Sunday morning discussion program “Al Punto” will provide one-on-one interviews [...]

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The Morning After: Everything Else

Let’s assume for the sake of argument that there was something on TV last night other than Lost. This post is for that. Dissenting opinions on Eli Stone? Thoughts about Smallville or Supernatural? Democratic debate postmortems? We’re here for you, really.

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Lostwatch: Back to the Future

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t watched Lost yet… oh, who am I kidding? Of course you’ve watched Lost. Not without my daughter. / ABC: MARIO PEREZ My first observation comes courtesy of Mrs. Tuned In: what is it with Lost and orange juice? Before we saw Jack fix himself a screwdriver to open his and [...]