In case you came directly to Tuned In and didn’t see the time.com front page today, there’s a provocative op-ed from The Wire’s Ed Burns, Dennis Lehane, George Pelacanos, Richard Price and David Simon, about a major theme of the show–the argument that the war on drugs has been a failure–and what people can do [...]

My review of the men’s American Idol performances are up at time.com. The standard disclaimer applies: I am not a music critic nor a musical authority, just like the people who actually will choose the next Idol. Very good night for the guys; even the ones who weren’t good were not atrocious. My guesses for [...]

I’ve been writing a lot this election cycle about the importance of viral and surrogate videos; the other day, I wrote that there hadn’t yet been a traditional campaign ad that has had the impact of what we’ve seen this season on YouTube. I may have to amend that now; if Hillary Clinton does well [...]

Melissa George as Laura. / HBO: Claudette Barius I watched the first five weeks of In Treatment before the show debuted, when HBO sent out a whole stack of screeners, so it was kind of strange going back to the show again last night, as if I were starting the show’s second season. I still [...]

I caught the rerun this evening of The Colbert Report’s interview with PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk. The feisty but sporting animal-rights activist closed out the interview talking about the general evilness and eco-hostility of eating meat, and imagining how she’d like to, after her death, have her flesh barbecued and have everyone come over to [...]

If you haven’t yet gotten into AMC’s Breaking Bad, you don’t have much time left; the strike-foreshortened season is down to one episode remaining. And if you haven’t yet gotten into Breaking Bad, it’s hard to blame you; between the drugs, the gore and the protagonist dying of cancer, it’s not exactly a rollicking evening [...]

Tristan Wilds as Michael. / HBO: Paul Schiraldi SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, go see Big Walter. Not big nose Big Walter, skinny Big Walter. Oh, and watch last night’s episode of The Wire. Like a lot of critics, I’ve already seen the finale of The Wire, so I want to be careful [...]