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Tuned In+News Media | 178 days ago

MSNBC Leans Forward Into the Post-Olbermann Era, And Chris Matthews Has a Lot to Say

By James Poniewozik

Keith Olbermann, former MSNBC star / bete noire, did not come up explicitly in the questioning at the MSNBC panel today at the TCA press tour. But his mutually negotiated departure earlier this year was a subtext of many of the questions addressed to news chief Phil Griffin and hosts Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell and [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 178 days ago

NBC Day at Press Tour: Up All Afternoon

By James Poniewozik

I arrived at the Beverly Hilton for TCA press tour in the middle of the afternoon, so I missed the first half of NBC’s day of presentations, in which we learned that The Playboy Club is actually about the empowerment of women and that new programming chief Robert Greenblatt would like to bring a little [...]

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Tuned In+Tuned In | 179 days ago

Programming Note: Heading West

By James Poniewozik

I’m en route to the TCA press tour in Los Angeles, where I’ll be operating the Tuned In west coast bureau through Saturday. Much of today will be spent in transit, but I’ll be blogging from there the rest of the week–possibly a lot some days and little other days, depending how much time I [...]

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Tuned In+TV Recap Breaking Bad: Season 4, Episode 3 | 179 days ago

Breaking Bad Watch: It’s Skyler’s Turn

By James Poniewozik

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, stop surreptitiously watching that porn in your bed and watch last night’s Breaking Bad. With the focus on the superlab, Gus’ business and Walt and Jesse’s status, the first couple of episodes of season four have been rather, well, male so far. The third, “Open House,” turns its [...]