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Upfronts Roundup: You Have the Floor

Now that upfronts are over, I’m on deadline for a couple different print pieces and must retreat into my cobwebbed, candlelit study to compose. But in the meantime I thought I’d post an open thread for your reactions to the week’s announcements. Also, feel free to ask any questions about any news I may have [...]

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Lost Business: Spoiler-Free Zone

According to Lostpedia there are—as will inevitably happen—season-finale spoilers floating around out there. I almost don’t want to post about this at all, because Tuned Inlanders are reliably great about avoiding spoilers and nobody (as far as I know) has posted anything like that here. That said, since we’ve got to weeks to wait and [...]

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Fox: Selling Admen on… Fewer Ads?

Anna Torv (right) investigates strange biology in Fringe. / Mark Ben Holzberg/FOX TV critics tend to focus so much on new programming that you might forget that the upfronts are, foremost, about selling ads. But though Fox had debuts to announce from a pair of big-name TV creators, arguably the biggest news it made had [...]

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The Morning After: Skyrockets in Flight

Out(?) with the old: Lieberstein and Ryan. / NBC Photo: Chris Haston Journey back with me to fall 2007. Miley Cyrus was innocent; Hillary and Rudy were shoo-ins to win their parties’ nominations; and The Office was kicking off its season with several hourlong episodes that were bloated, slack and not up to the show’s [...]

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Lostwatch: We All Know the Story

The Oceanic Six meet the press. / ABC SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, enter the greenhouse through a hole, find the patch of anthuriums, flip the switch behind them and watch last night’s Lost.