Last night, President Barack Obama took questions from the press on national television to argue for his decision to pre-empt Chuck push for a massive economic stimulus package. A few impressions: 

Jerry Springer threw a nation into chaos last week with the announcement that he will no longer be hosting America’s Got Talent. (In related news, Jerry Springer was host of America’s Got Talent.) But the power vacuum has been filled, by none other than former Nickelodeon star / Mariah Carey-marrier Nick Cannon. Quotes from the [...]

As I mentioned last week, I’ve been writing an essay about online and mobile TV for the print TIME magazine, and somewhere in there I reiterate the point I’ve made here before about Saturday Night Live: that it’s essentially become an online-video platform, since having other people find and embed the best bits eliminates the [...]

First things first: I was going to add an explanation here mentioning that other deadlines would be keeping this and other posts delayed/shorter, but let’s just make a deal and agree that, if you’re expecting a post by me and it isn’t here, I’m aware of it and have a lame excuse. Deal? (Also, as [...]

I am either too old or—judging by Robert Plant’s win with Alison Krauss—too young for the Grammys. Either way, I watched little of the awards except to see Katy Perry’s weird staggering around on stage for about two minutes. But my colleagues Josh Tyrangiel has watched and graded the performances so that you, and more [...]

Spoilers for Friday’s Battlestar Galactica coming up after the jump:   

Bullet points about last night’s 30 Rock after the jump:

Speaking of The Office, last night’s episode, with the return of Rashida Jones, reminded me of the spirited Team Pam versus Team Karen debates we had back in the day. Why is it so irresistible to argue over fictional—and for that matter, real—love triangles? I think because we believe that you can tell something about [...]

Brief spoilers for last night’s Office coming up after the jump: 

Forget the swimming suspension. Now Phelps’ very expensive bong hit is costing him commercial endorsements.  Isn’t there a way for Phelps to turn bongwater into lemonade here? Surely there’s a product for whom he’s now a more appropriate spokesman. Something munchy. Doritos, maybe? Or Combos. Dude. I could totally go for some Combos right now.

My review of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, which debuts a week from tonight, is in this week’s print edition of TIME. Short version: I’ll be watching, but with reservations. Another short version: I’m impressed, but so far find myself admiring the show more than liking it. I’ve seen three episodes so far, and the two following [...]

“‘Extra’ sources hear that a couple of clubs in Las Vegas are aggressively pursuing and trying to contact ‘Bikini Girl’ to host a party at one of the nightclubs — and she could get up to $20K for the gig.” For some people, it’s never a recession. (h/t tvtattle.)

Before I write about Discovery’s new series, The Detonators, I should disclose that I have a friend who writes for the show. But even if I didn’t, I believe I’d have to take some notice of it, simply because it is perhaps the perfect concept for Discovery in its adrenaline-driven, Old-Spice-manly, Deadliest Catch era. The [...]

In the latest issue of TIME magazine, former TIME managing editor Walter Isaacson (and the guy who hired me) makes the argument that for newspapers to survive, they need to begin charging for their online content.  You can read his article for free here.  Yeah, it’s a cheap shot, but everyone’s going to make it, [...]

It’ll be a while before I catch up on last night’s Damages, so I’ll leave this thread for any fans to discuss it. In last week’s (spoiler alert, if you’re behind) Tom and Ellen took a road trip and we discovered the killer of Daniel Purcell’s wife—not, because it turned out he was a volunteer [...]