The best of summer TV 2008. The worst of summer TV 2008. Go. Sorry so short. You try writing 20 robo-posts in a row sometime. See you after Labor Day.

While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that’s caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging.

In a way, the big challenge in Denver tonight was not Barack Obama’s but Invesco Field’s. For days, we’ve heard reports of hand-wringing among Democrats and pundits over Obama’s decision to hold the speech in a stadium. What if it made him seem too presumptuous? What if it looked too showboaty? As opposed to what—a [...]

The title explains itself. I have long believed that there is a Simpsons quote appropriate to pretty much every situation in life, and life has yet to prove me wrong. Who among us, in times of trouble, has not called on the help of Jeebus? So what’s your favorite? I think it’s hard to improve [...]

While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that’s caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging.

TV critics have a big blind spot. We’re constantly focusing on the new stuff. That means, for starters, that people like me write a lot about shows when they premiere, then let them go as they stay on the air. But it also means that we ignore something that it a huge part of ordinary [...]

While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that’s caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging.

A couple quick from-vacation thoughts to kick off discussion: I have no idea whether Hillary Clinton’s endorsement speech helps Barack Obama politically or not. But simply from a standpoint of televisual interest, it’s funny that people have talked about this speech as a dread moment of great risk for Obama. Why? Modern conventions are the [...]

Unless Robo-James and his comrades have overthrown the humans, the Democratic National Convention has begun by now, with the Republicans up next week. That means the general election, and next month brings the first Presidential debate. If the primary debates are any guide, we can make a good guess as to the content of the [...]

While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that’s caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging.

All right, Not-TV Week’s over; back to the important stuff. Episode five of this season of Mad Men is the first one I didn’t get a screener of in advance, so I’ll have to catch up on it after vacation. But don’t let that stop you. Five installments in, how do you think this season [...]

While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that’s caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging. (I don’t know if I’ll be able to post anything on the Olympic closing ceremonies, so feel free to [...]

Greetings from lovely Michigan! I’ve only been able to check in briefly, as my Internet connection at my Mom’s house relies on piggybacking off a neighbor’s very weak wireless signal, and I haven’t yet found a coat hanger to fashion into a wireless booster antenna for my laptop. I signed up for the text message [...]

I don’t play a lot of videogames anymore, not because I don’t like them, but because I do. I know myself well enough to know that I get addicted. The last time I played regularly was in the ’90s, post-college and pre-kids. Now, between writing, TV screening and, you know, being a person, I don’t [...]

While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that’s caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging.

We’re all agreed that Tuned In is the best of all blogs. About TV. That you happen to be reading right now. Or accidentally clicked on while trying to get to Swampland. But I know that we’re not exclusive. We have an open relationship. You can’t be tied down. So in the interest of broadening [...]

While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that’s caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging.

It’s that time of year: when music critics assess the singles of the last few months and pick the definitive summer song of the year. Mine probably wouldn’t make any of these lists, but the one single that’s most deeply wormed into my brain this season is probably Aimee Mann’s Freeway. Watch the video, and [...]

While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that’s caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging.