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Dead Tree Alert: The Westeros Wing; or, Why Game of Thrones is the Best Show About Politics
Today’s donkeys and elephants could learn a lot from that show with the lions, direwolves and dragons.
James Poniewozik
James Poniewozik writes TIME magazine's Tuned In column, about pop culture and society. Tuned In, the blog version, is about the stuff we used to call "TV," whether it's in your living room, on your computer or - once the networks figure out the technology and line up the advertisers - in your dreams themselves.
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TV Tonight: Does Someone Have to Go?
The answer is: Yes, whoever signed the office up for this sleazy show. The problem is: that ain’t gonna happen.
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Why Reality TV Is the New Family TV
The genre that was supposed to be the death of civilized society has become—at least some of it—the best primetime programming for parents to watch with kids.
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Arrested Development’s Mitch Hurwitz Talks About Getting the Bluths Back Together
As Arrested Development comes back from the dead, its creator talks about the “Rubik’s Cube” that is the new season, working with Netflix, and choosing to bleep out the swear words.
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Ron Howard Talks the Arrested Development Reunion
Executive producer, narrator—and, in the new episodes, guest star—Ron Howard talks about bringing the show back from the dead
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Game of Thrones Watch: Sons and Daughters
A sad wedding and an icy showdown, in an episode very much about heredity and power, bad parents and traded-away children.
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The Office Watch: That’s What She Said
A touching, sweet, funny, messy finale captures the heart of the series and ends with a message: live your life like you were a character you’re yelling at on TV.
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Upfronts Watch: At CBS, These Are the Good Old Days
While broadcast TV as a whole is struggling, somehow CBS managed to make it 1997 again, by science or magic.
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Six Ways The Office Mattered
Tomorrow, we can talk about how good or bad The Office’s finale was. Today, let’s remember some of the ways it influenced the sitcoms that came after it.
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Upfronts Watch: ABC Seeks More Fantasies and Fairytales (But No Happy Endings)
ABC is sticking with lush fantasy, including a high-profile TV adaption of characters from The Avengers. Can its escapism get it to escape fourth place?
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Dr. Joyce Brothers, TV’s Beautiful Mind, Dies at 85
The academic turned quiz-show boxing expert made a case for Americans to understand their own minds, one advice show and sitcom at a time.
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HIMYM Watch: Mother’s Day
Now that the show has answered a big question, can it turn a yellow umbrella and a pair of boots into a person?
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Upfronts Watch: Fox Cuts Jack Bauer In Half
The most forward-looking things in the network’s future were more 24, a remake of Cosmos, and the revival of the ’70s/’80s-style miniseries.
