From GOP to Gallows Humor: The Daily Show Finds Its New, Exasperated Tone

I picked up the “Best of Summer” issue of Entertainment Weekly late last night (the July 9-16 double issue) and was startled to see sitting atop the “Must List” a full cast photo for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. “There’s nothing funny about the Gulf oil mess,” the magazine writes, “But he still wrings [...]

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You Are the Emmys Week: Best Comedy and Drama

For the last day of Robo-James’ Emmy week, my picks (preferences, not predictions) for the best-series nominations (comedy and drama) at the Emmys next week. My spiel, one last time: For my personal picks, I stuck to six per category, so I left out a lot of deserving shows. You don’t have to; I will [...]

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The Morning After: Robo-Edition

This is Robo-James. While Flesh-James is absent, I invite you to use this open thread to discuss and analyze the previous night’s transmissions on the television-receptor device. Though I assume that the logic of your analyses will inevitably be corrupted by human emotion and subjectivity. I shall distract myself by singing quietly to myself in [...]

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You Are the Emmys Week: Best Actor, Comedy

Today, my picks (preferences, not predictions) for the comedy-actor nominations (lead and supporting categories) at the Emmys next week. My spiel again: For my personal picks, I’ve mainly (but not exclusively) stuck to those actors and actresses nominated by their own shows, and mainly (but not exclusively) assigned them to the categories they were submitted [...]

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The Morning After: Robo-Edition

This is Robo-James. While Flesh-James is absent, I invite you to use this open thread to discuss and analyze the previous night’s transmissions on the television-receptor device. Though I assume that the logic of your analyses will inevitably be corrupted by human emotion and subjectivity. I shall distract myself by singing quietly to myself in [...]