+Looking Around | 1335 days ago

It’s a MAD MAD World

By Richard Lacayo

Museum of Arts and Design, Allied Works Architecture/PHOTO: Museum of Arts and Design — David Heald I’m back up and running — literally, I’ve passed through four airports in the last 96 hours. (Note to self — write anguished blogpost about continuing shortcomings of airport design.) Meanwhile, in New York, the Museum of Arts and Design [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1335 days ago

And Speaking of Friday Night

By James Poniewozik

The New York Post’s Don Kaplan asks something I wondered aloud to my editor yesterday but never got around to blogging (or finding the answer to): why in hell did they schedule the first Presidential debate on one of the week’s least-watched nights of TV? Bonus question: does this mean you can forget about targeting [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1335 days ago

Friday Night Lights Returns, Sort Of

By James Poniewozik

I’ve just seen the first episode of Friday Night Lights‘ season 3, and except for some understandable heavy exposition, I loved it: despite the cast turnover and some changes, it was as funny, compelling and heartbreaking as anything in season 1. And I sort of feel I should leave it at that, because most of [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1335 days ago

Shocking Clay Aiken Revelation!

By James Poniewozik

He’s a dad!

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1335 days ago

Knight Rider: A Vintage '80s Lemon

By James Poniewozik

An ironic nostalgia lunchbox in video form. / NBC Photo: Mitchell Haaseth Pretend you’re a TV screenwriter. You’re writing an episode of a cop procedural, involving the murder of a washed-up ’80s TV star. The opening scene of the episode is a scene from his former hit action show. You want to make it cheesy, [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1335 days ago

Splice of Life

By James Poniewozik

From a company I shall leave unnamed comes a PR pitch with a subject line I am going to hope is a joke: National Punctuation Day is Sept 24, How Are You Celebrating? Then again, maybe it isn’t. From the body of the email: We’re not the only ones celebrating correct grammar, the [product name [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1335 days ago

The Morning After: Dance Card Full

By James Poniewozik

Who lights the lights of Chinatown just by walking in view? / ABC It’s heavy fall-debut time, the season The Morning After was made for. I only have one set of eyes and one pair of hands—all thumbs—so any discussion of Dancing with the Stars, the premiere of The Mentalist or another episode of 90210 [...]