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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1309 days ago

Biz Roundup: Up, Down, Coming Back Around

By James Poniewozik

A few ratings/deals items I haven’t gotten around to posting: Renewed: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (to my surprise), for the rest of the season; Mad Men (not to my surprise), for a third. (Creator Matthew Weiner reportedly has not yet signed a deal, news that I’m not much worried about for now on the [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1309 days ago

And What Does Brian Williams' Wife Not Tell Him?

By James Poniewozik

How circumspect is NBC anchor Brian Williams about his political leanings? According to a piece in the Yale Daily News (via Romenesko), Williams says that he doesn’t even tell his wife or daughter whom he votes for: “I’ve trained myself in twenty-six years in this business to not have [opinions],” Williams said in an interview [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1309 days ago

The Palin Bounce

By James Poniewozik

The only poll that matters may be on Election Day, but the only numbers that matter on TV are ratings, and when it comes to them, Sarah Palin is an unquestionable asset. Her appearance on SNL gave the show its highest ratings in 14 years. John McCain, meanwhile boosted David Letterman’s ratings to their best [...]

+Movies | 1309 days ago

Top 10 Worst Video Game Movies

By TIME Staff
Everett

TIME’s look at the ten worst video game to screen adaptations is like shooting fish in a barrel with a plasma cannon.

+Looking Around | 1309 days ago

Barnes Storm

By Richard Lacayo

While I was traveling last week there was a further blip in the ongoing struggle over the plan to uproot the Barnes Foundation from its home in Merion, Pa. and truck its art collection over to Philadelphia. On the arts blog of the Los Angeles Times, Christopher Knight, the Times art critic, burrowed into remarks [...]

Tuned In
Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1309 days ago

Mad Men Watch: Jesus H. Christ on a Popsicle Stick

By James Poniewozik

Peggy (Elisabeth Moss, left) puts her Catholic education to work. / AMC SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, throw your dinner off the balcony and watch last night’s Mad Men.

Tuned In
Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1309 days ago

The Morning After: Shipwrecks

By James Poniewozik

NBC Photo: Kelly Walsh Friday night saw the debuts of Starz’s Crash and NBC’s Crusoe, which I didn’t get around to reviewing, and to any of you who thus spent time on them over the weekend, I apologize. Crash, Starz’s entry into the original-drama sweepstakes, managed to re-create the strained, self-consciously shocking and implausible culture [...]