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The Morning After: Change for a Hundred

  I spent last night at the swanky Time 100 gala, held at the Live at Lincoln Center theater in the Time Warner building. (Fun fact: you may know this glass-encased room as the arena where King Silas held court in Kings.) Above, you can see my iPhone photo, from my perch in the nosebleed [...]

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Judging American Idol: The Final 4

This was rock night on American Idol, which meant a visit from Slash, and, in the great tradition of Spinal Tap’s Stonehenge, a pre-show stage accident that kept the Final Four from singing a run-through. In addition to the solo performances, each Idol sang a duet—an Idol performance night first—which makes it a little confusing [...]

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You're Getting a Chicken! And You're Getting a Chicken!

One advantage of spending time on this “Twitter” thing that all journalists have suddenly discovered is that you can stay appraised, at any time, of what topics are “trending” on the site—what matters are plaguing the universal subconscious of the world, or, at least, that portion of the world blowing its time on Twitter. Swine [...]

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It's Lonely After Top

As anticipation builds for this summer’s Top Chef Masters, debuting June 10, you might want to read this New York Times feature checking up on where various Top Chef contestants ended up in the New York restaurant world, after having packed their knives. It’s a mixed bag: some (like season 1 winner Harold Dieterle) have [...]

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The Morning After: Boldly Go

Last night, to cleanse the experience of the NBC infront from my mind, I went to a screening of Star Trek. I might blog about it more later in the week; for now, I’ll say I liked it a lot, especially how the prequel stayed true to the spirit of the characters without being slavish [...]

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HIMYM Watch: If It's Not One Thing, It's a Mother

Quick spoilers for last night’s How I Met Your Mother coming up after the jump:

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At the Infront, NBC Tries to Find Itself

  NBC is trying to figure out who it is. Besides “the fourth place network.” That part, they know. But sprinkled in among all the promotional talk at NBC’s “infront” fall programming announcement today was a lot of talk about “brand identity,” something the network has evidently spent a lot of time and research on [...]

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Breaking Bad Watch: I Do Not Have Time For a Breaking Bad Watch Edition

Sorry. Just caught up with the episode and must needs prepare for NBC day. So just one nonspoilery thought on another excellent episode in a thus-far great season of Breaking Bad.  One idea that’s come up in the Great Saving Chuck debate recently is the idea that Chuck is worth saving because it is, unlike [...]

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Corporate Press Release Theater: NBC's Fall Schedule, Sort Of

Today NBC will be previewing its fall schedule and arguing its merits for advertisers and journalists. I’ll be at its presentation early this afternoon; depending on wifi access from 30 Rock I may post some updates on my Twitter feed. In the meantime, NBC has announced six new series for next year—although it has postponed [...]

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Dollhouse Watch: New and Improved

  Spoilers for Friday’s Dollhouse coming up after the jump: 

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The Morning After: Got a Love Jonas

  I didn’t manage to review Disney Channel’s new star-vehicle sitcom JONAS, but really, isn’t the best time to review a review-proof TV show after it airs?   In this new tween sitcom with music, Disney pop stars Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas play teenagers Kevin, Joe and Nick Lucas. They have a different last [...]

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State Your Case! Southland

  Today I introduce what will be a regular feature here at Tuned In, unless, like many other regular features past, I gradually forget I ever introduced it.  Being a TV critic, I have said, is different from being a movie critic. A movie critic can reasonably see every major release of the year, and [...]

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Parks & Rec / Office / 30 Rock Watch: Let's Get Physical

Spoilers for Parks and Recreation, The Office and 30 Rock coming up after the jump:

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Obama Presser: Diminishing Returns?

Like a much-hyped drama debut shedding viewers to find its level, President Obama’s press conferences are drawing fewer viewers each time out. The President’s Wednesday night outing drew 28.8 million viewers on all networks covering, down 29% from his March conference and down from 49.5 million for his first. Nielsen has the numbers.  This one, [...]

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The Morning After: Getting to Know You

Quick spoilers for Survivor coming up after the jump: