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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1352 days ago

Maureen Ryan Is the Boss of Your Tivo

By James Poniewozik

Have you ever known a TV critic you’ve agreed with? Really agreed with? Agreed with so much that you come to rely on her and hang on her every recommendation? Agreed with so much that you’ve fantasized: “Ah, if only I could have her brain removed from her head and implanted in an electronic device [...]

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Tuned In+News Media | 1352 days ago

You Know You're a Wussy Press Corps When…

By James Poniewozik

…the former White House Press Secretary says you were too easy on him. The upcoming memoir from Scott McClellan is already getting heavy attention for its scathing criticism of a Bush administration that he says was deliberately deceptive and self-deceiving in—among other things—launching the war in Iraq and in mishandling Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. But McClellan [...]

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Lost Day Minus One: Excess Freight

By James Poniewozik

Happy Day Before Lost Day! Consider this a thread for any theories, thoughts, restless anticipation, etc. , but I thought I’d kick off discussion with a question that’s bugging me as we go forward to the finale: What becomes of the four Freighties? The stories of Daniel, Miles, Charlotte and Frank hardly seem finished, and [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1352 days ago

The Morning After: Summer Programming

By James Poniewozik

I started doing these Morning After posts last fall as a way of dealing with the rush of new programming: it was a way to slap up a quick post for discussion of shows that aired the night before but that I hadn’t had time to write full-fledged posts about. We’re starting the summer now, [...]