Following on this morning’s politics of The Wire post: maybe someone forgot to tell them he was a fan?

* One bright side of the stock and credit markets going all to hell: the networks are reportedly being more patient with struggling shows because of the rough economy. * The exception being The Ex List.  * And speaking of the economy and struggling shows: Barack Obama declines to make ABC part of his multimillion-dollar [...]

So fine, smartass: If we’re not supposed to declare the election over already, what are campaign journalists to spend their time doing over the next week? Well there’s always the “Candidates’ favorite [pop-culture item here]” story! Men’s Vogue has taken a crack at it, this time about TV. If you follow both TV and politics [...]

God help me, I think I actually agree with Matt Drudge about something. In a banner headline this morning (since replaced) Drudge ran together the names of a bunch of news organizations (including TIME) and asked, “Can They All Be Wrong?” The question wasn’t specific, but since it including pretty much everyone who’s been polling [...]

  Yesterday saw another exciting World Series game, so that meant, naturally, that I was watching Jon and Kate Plus Eight, followed by 17 Kids and Counting, on TLC. Jon and Kate, for those of you unfamiliar, is about the Gosselins, a family that was blessed/cursed with a set of twins, followed by sextuplets; 17 Kids is [...]