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Vacation Robo-Post: What Are You Looking Forward to in 2010?

I may be on vacation, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not working. Depending on how you define “work.” As I write this, I’m already looking at a tall stack of screeners to watch for midseason 2010 (including Big Love, 24 and Chuck for January). And there’s quite a roster of high-profile new projects for [...]

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The Morning After: Robo-Edition

This is Robo-James. The Morning After is an open post in which humans are invited to discuss the previous evening’s television transmissions. Analyze, humans! Analyze your visual entertainments using your weak, wrinkled flesh-processors!

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Vacation Robo-Post: Best TV of the '00s, Honorable Mentions

Somewhere on this site (I’d link, but I’m writing this post in advance) are posted my selections for the 10 best TV series of the ’00s. I could write a whole vast explanation of my criteria and my philosophy, but it comes down to this: I loved dozens of shows in the decade. I had [...]

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The Morning After: Robo-Edition

This is Robo-James. The Morning After is an open post in which humans are invited to discuss the previous evening’s television transmissions. Analyze, humans! Analyze your visual entertainments using your weak, wrinkled flesh-processors!

Top 10 Novels of the 2000s

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TIME’s Lev Grossman selects the decade’s finest literature, from a book about dueling magicians to one about dueling family members.

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Top 10 TV Shows of the 2000s

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TIME’s James Poniewozik recaps the best TV of the decade, from a satirical news show to an urban crime drama.

Top 10 Movies of the 2000s

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TIME’s Richard Corliss names the best films of the decade, from an epic fantasy trilogy to a controversial documentary.

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Vacation Robo-Post: Brilliant-But-Canceled Shows of the '00s

As long as we’re remembering the decade in television, here’s a list of a dozen shows that could have been among the decade’s best, but lasted only a season or two (or less) before being snuffed out. (Note: I put Freaks and Geeks on my Best of the Decade list, and not here, because I [...]

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The Morning After: Robo-Edition

This is Robo-James. The Morning After is an open post in which humans are invited to discuss the previous evening’s television transmissions. Analyze, humans! Analyze your visual entertainments using your weak, wrinkled flesh-processors!

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Vacation Robo-Post: What Changed TV in the '00s

On Dec. 31, 1999, the citizens of a world anxious that the Y2K bug would destroy civilization gathered anxiously to watch the clock strike midnight, huddled around their TV sets. Like barbarians! Today, they might catch it online, over their mobile phones, or better yet, TiVo the whole thing, catch some sleep and watch it [...]

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The Morning After: Robo-Edition

This is Robo-James. The Morning After is an open post in which humans are invited to discuss the previous evening’s television transmissions. Analyze, humans! Analyze your visual entertainments using your weak, wrinkled flesh-processors!

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Vacation Robo-Post: Happy Dance Edition

I usually mark holidays by posting some kind of amusing clips or mashups from TV holiday specials. This one, though, you’ve already seen. What’s interesting to me is not so much the video as the comment of the YouTube user who posted it: Pay special attention to the girl in the pink dress she seems [...]

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The Morning After: Robo-Edition

This is Robo-James. The Morning After is an open post in which humans are invited to discuss the previous evening’s television transmissions. Analyze, humans! Analyze your visual entertainments using your weak, wrinkled flesh-processors!

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Vacation Robo-Post: The Biggest TV Stories of the Year

We’ve covered the best and worst of 2009, but what about the biggest? After the jump, an incomplete list of the biggest TV trends and developments of 2009, and your invitation to suggest more in the comments:

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The Morning After: Robo-Edition

This is Robo-James. The Morning After is an open post in which humans are invited to discuss the previous evening’s television transmissions. Analyze, humans! Analyze your visual entertainments using your weak, wrinkled flesh-processors!

Simon Cowell's Possible Departure From American Idol

Jim is on vacation, but he sent in this breaking news post via iPhone from somewhere on Interstate 80. According to a report attributed to Simon Cowell’s brother, Cowell is planning to leave American Idol at the end of 2010 when his current contract is up. (There are other conflicting reports, one claiming he might [...]

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Vacation Robo-Post: The 2009 Cincy Awards

Yesterday, I announced Tuned In’s newest year-end award: The Cincies, honoring TV’s most interesting failures of the year. You can read yesterday’s post for the explanation. Today, after the jump, I hereby announce the 2009 Cincies:

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The Morning After: Robo-Edition

This is Robo-James. The Morning After is an open post in which humans are invited to discuss the previous evening’s television transmissions. Analyze, humans! Analyze your visual entertainments using your weak, wrinkled flesh-processors!