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TV Party Tonight! Songs About Television

During my run this morning, this forgotten song came on my iPod: We’ve got nothing better to do Than watch TV and have a couple of brews Double simultaneous nostalgia: for both early 1980s hardcore and early 1980s TV titles. (That’s Incredible! Dallas!) And it made me think: since TV is such a big part [...]

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Ratings Report: Obama Airs Most-Watched Friday Night Lights Ever; Daisies Fourth

The preliminary Nielsens from last night are in, and Barack Obama’s infomercial was the first, second and third most watched program last night at 8 p.m. E.T., finishing in that order on NBC, CBS and Fox respectively. Pushing Daisies trailed in fourth place, but it was up 16% from last week, so there’s a little something [...]

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The Morning After: American Pie

Thanks to the magic of Tivo, I was able to watch both The Barack Obama Variety Show and its network competition, Pushing Daisies, which is unfortunately facing tightening in its own numbers this fall. I’d missed a couple episodes lately—I am part of the problem, not the solution—but from where I’m sitting the show still [...]