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In Which I Do Not Review Caprica, But I Kind of Preview Glee

By James Poniewozik

First rule of Tuned In: the amount of time that I take for vacation will be roughly equivalent to the amount of time thereafter making excuses for work that I have not done, because I was on vacation.  Therefore: I am not ready to review the pilot of BSG prequel Caprica—released today on DVD—because the [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1012 days ago

The Morning After: By the Dozen

By James Poniewozik

Table for 12 is my new favorite of TLC’s big-family reality shows. It’s a little weird saying that you have a favorite big-family reality show, because it’s like saying that you like one family better than the others. Well, I’ll say it: I like Table for 12 because I like the Hayes family better than [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1013 days ago

Hulu Coming to iPhone?

By James Poniewozik

I don’t have a sense of the timeline, or how much of this report is solid vs. wishful, but Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that a Hulu app is coming, within “a few months,” to the iPhone, allowing streaming of the TV-website’s videos over the mobile device. If this comes to pass, Alec Baldwin’s eating [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1013 days ago

Susan Boyle: Bigger Than the Super Bowl?

By James Poniewozik

Having been on vacation, I believe I am the last pop-culture writer in America not to have expressed an opinion about Susan Boyle. During the last week, the Britain’s Got Talent contestant has gone through a full-media cycle, and then some. Like almost anyone else, I loved watching her TV-debut video, her silencing the sniggerers [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1013 days ago

While I Was Out…

By James Poniewozik

* CNN fell behind not just Fox News but also Ashton Kutcher.  * But neither of them was as big as Susan Boyle. * Fox News, meanwhile, served tea across the country on Tax Day. And at least one CNN correspondent was not going to take it. (Getting whipped by Ashton Kutcher probably didn’t help.)  * [...]

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Tuned In+1013 days ago

Dead Tree Alert: Mental, Mentaler, Mentalist!

By James Poniewozik

In the issue of TIME that went on newsstands Friday, I have a page on the biggest—arguably the only—network-TV hit of the 2008-09 season:  We all know by now the problems with major-network TV. There are too many other channels, other media, other diversions. The audience has been sliced and diced into confetti, and it [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1013 days ago

The Morning After: Those Who Can't Do

By James Poniewozik

  I didn’t get around to reviewing Fox’s Sit Down, Shut Up, from Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz, before going on vacation. But I did watch two episodes, and found myself in that uncomfortably familiar position for a TV critic: trying to will myself to enjoy a show I had high expectations of, from a [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1016 days ago

Vacation Robo-Post: I Love the '00s Week, Best Unscripted Series

By James Poniewozik

The thing I hate about so many traditional TV awards is that they focus mainly on scripted drama and comedy, thus omitting the vast bulk of what actually airs on television. And how could I possibly do a week about the TV of the ’00s without a category that included reality TV?  So for the [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1016 days ago

The Morning After: Robo-Edition

By James Poniewozik

This is Robo-James. The Morning After is a daily post in which humans can discuss the previous night’s television transmissions, as perceived with your limited senses through the gelatinous orbs you call eyeballs.

+Movies | 1016 days ago

Top 10 Newspaper Movies

By Gilbert Cruz
Everett

Most of the time, journalism is not that exciting (trust us, we know). But these movies do a superb job of making the business look glamorous, dangerous and fun.

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1017 days ago

Vacation Robo-Post: I Love the '00s Week, Best Actress

By James Poniewozik

We continue I Love the ’00s Week on Tuned In (see Monday’s post for details). Today, this one’s for the ladies: Who were the five best TV actresses of the last decade? Again, separate your lists by drama and comedy if you want, or not.

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1017 days ago

Idol Watch: Spending the Save

By James Poniewozik

Quick, I’m-still-on-vacation thoughts about last night’s Idol results round after the jump:

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1017 days ago

The Morning After: Robo-Edition

By James Poniewozik

This is Robo-James. The Morning After is a daily post in which humans can discuss the previous night’s television transmissions, as perceived with your limited senses through the gelatinous orbs you call eyeballs.

+Music | 1017 days ago

Top 10 Fake Bands

By TIME Staff
DreamWorks / Everett

Anvil! The Story of Anvil, the buzzed-about documentary out now, follows an aging metal band trying to reclaim former rock glory. And if that sounds like the plot to the influential (and ironically more popular) ’80s mockumentary This is Spinal Tap, well, it’s because it is. So while Anvil may hold the distinction of actually [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1017 days ago

Lostwatch: The Ghost Whisperer

By James Poniewozik

Before you read this post, watch last night’s Lost—and erase the videotape before it falls into the wrong hands. 

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1018 days ago

Vacation Robo-Post: I Love the '00s Week, Best Actor

By James Poniewozik

It’s I Love the ’00s Week (see Monday’s post for the rules, or lack thereof).  Today we move on to the acting categories. Often these categories are divided among drama and comedy divisions. I say that that is an artificial distinction that suggests that comedic and dramatic acting are essentially different skills, and implies that one (usually [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1018 days ago

The Morning After: Robo-Edition

By James Poniewozik

This is Robo-James. The Morning After is a daily post in which humans can discuss the previous night’s television transmissions, as perceived with your limited senses through the gelatinous orbs you call eyeballs.

+Uncategorized | 1018 days ago

Judging "American Idol": The Final 7

By Krista Mahr

It’s songs-from-movies week on “American Idol,” which means a mentoring appearance from a frighteningly earnest Quentin Tarantino. And fitting a Hollywood production, “Idol” found itself fighting running-time overruns, after last Tuesday ran way over; this week only two judged got to speak per contestant. (Maybe we should start off with twelve judges and vote off [...]