CNN’s Star Wars Episode VII: A New Change-and-Hope may have been the most-mocked election-night broadcast, for its various Industrial Light and Magic effects, but that didn’t hurt it in the Nielsens. It drew over 12 million viewers during primetime, beating its cable news competition and every broadcast network except ABC (which used Lord of the [...]

  Not really a Shield Watch per se, but I’ve been writing about the Shield finale for the print TIME, and it got me thinking. Writing about The Shield, I tend to focus on Vic, but I should probably pay more attention to Shane. Not just because the cat-and-mouse between him and Vic is so [...]

CNN just aired an ad for this T-shirt. In this case the bias is more for making money off history than anything: those of other political persuasions are welcome to buy Naked Cowboy Predicts McCain Landslide instead. But really, what can top the tear-jerking inspiration of Higher Income Voters Swayed By Obama? Those probably being [...]

Last night, Top Design wrapped up its second season; no spoilers here, because it’s still sitting on my Tivo, but I thought I’d open the doors to anyone who wants to discuss. Up to this point, I thought the second season had been better than the first, picking a more memorable cast—including Eddie, the worst [...]

The election issue of Time is out, with my column this week reviewing the networks’ gadget-happy election night:  Anderson Cooper ended an interview with singer and Obama supporter Will.i.am, “Appreciate you being with us tonight by hologram.” It was as if CNN had been bought by Lucasfilm. The mind reels at how news organizations might [...]