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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1238 days ago

Emmy Poll: Was It Really That Bad?

By James Poniewozik

My earlier Emmy roundup focused on the award winners and what they say about the TV business. But the Emmy show is receiving a flat-out horsewhipping from critics everywhere. (Check out the roundup on tvtattle.) Tim Goodman at the San Francisco Chronicle writes about them as if they were a travesty, an abortion, a war [...]

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TV Tonight: Premiere Week Begins…

By James Poniewozik

Monty Brinton/CBS …such as it is. While a number of shows are returning tonight, there’s only one new show, par for the course in this strike-deprived fall: CBS’s sitcom Worst Week. Based on a British comedy, it’s the type of show that’s virtually unreviewable on the basis of one pilot episode. In a nutshell, it’s [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1239 days ago

What the Emmys Meant

By James Poniewozik

He’s the deal—or no deal—the big networks have decided to take. / NBC Once upon a time, Howie Mandel reminded us at the Emmys last night, he was on St. Elsewhere, a groundbreaking NBC medical drama. Today, he introduces babes with briefcases and relays messages from the banker on NBC’s Deal or No Deal. Ladies [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1239 days ago

Let's Be Franken: Did SNL Cross a Line?

By James Poniewozik

Politico reports that Al Franken—whom you may know as Stuart Smalley, or as the Democratic nominee for Senate from Minnesota—had a hand in this weekend’s Saturday Night Live spoof of negative ads from John McCain: Should SNL have accepted input from a Democratic Senate candidate? Dollars to doughnuts this will become a cause celebre among [...]