In the last scene of the last episode of The Wire, Jimmy McNulty stopped his car, looked out at the Baltimore skyline, go back in and said, “Let’s go home.” Yesterday on The Huffington Post, David Simon metaphorically hit the brakes, did a 180 and drove back to say, “Wait a minute! I’ve got one [...]

Vanessa Minillo, left, guests on a St. Paddy’s Day HIMYM. / Cliff Lipson/CBS Shows returning from their strike hiatus all have similar challenges: to remind the viewers why they’re watching, and to remind them what they’re watching. Last night’s How I Met Your Mother succeeded on both levels. First, there was a character-driven A-plot and [...]

Jeff Petry/The CW Like the first shoots of bulbs coming up after the winter, scripted shows are starting to return to post-strike television. (New How I Met Your Mother Monday!) I forgot that a new Reaper was airing on The CW last night, but fortunately my TiVo remembered. And sad to say, even though I [...]

Perfunctory hat tip to my print TIME column this week, which refines my earlier post on why journalists should disclose who they vote for. Advantages over the original post: it’s shorter, and someone made a nice picture for it. Disadvantage: unless you read it online, it can give you a paper cut. Those of you [...]

Carrey raises money to finance the ongoing search for his dignity (not pictured). / Michael Becker/FOX Spoilerage for last night’s American Idol elimination coming up–after the break!