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I promise to give up the meta-discussion of TV criticism after this week—I think—but there was one important issue that Josh Levin failed to address when critiquing the pitfalls of weekly TV-episode reviewing in Slate: It hurts your damn fingers. That is particularly the case on such a TV-heavy night as last night: we had the Hollywood round of American Idol, the debut of Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, the new Survivor: Rob vs. Russell Dueling Egos Edition, Modern Family, Top Chef All-Stars—even the Bravo debut of The Approval Matrix, which I am oddly interested in. And I’m trying to write an article for the print/iPad edition of TIME.
Which is exactly the situation The Morning After was created for! I may or may not have time to write about any of these shows later, but for now this thread is yours to discuss any of them. Pace yourself! I don’t want anyone developing carpal-tunnel syndrome here.