Via ComingSoon.net, behold the theatrical trailer for season 4 of Lost. The trailer-makers know what Lost fans like: lots of flashing split-second images to slo-mo, frame-grab and geek out over. Speaking of which: Is that who I think it is in that very last screen flash? You may now commence freaking out!

The writers’ strike may hobble the Golden Globes and other awards shows, but the WGA awards go on, and the nominations just came out. Whatever your opinions about the strike, the writers definitely know their writing, giving generous love to Dexter, FNL, FOTC, Mad Men, The Office, 30 Rock, and, in particular, The Wire. (No, The Wire did …

People tend to forget that the Golden Globes also honor TV. Those people evidently include the Hollywood Foreign Press Association; as I write, their main nominations web page includes only film noms. See their press release for the full list–scroll down, natch, for TV.

But TV is more central to the Globes than usual this year, if not …

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I owe you an apology–I never got around yesterday to warning you not to watch Crowned. This isn’t knee-jerk reality-TV snobbery: when I originally heard “mother-daughter beauty pageant,” I was there. But the first episode, unfortunately, went the American Idol auditions route of mocking the freakish side of the …

MTV

It’s not like MTV needs a strike as an excuse to load up on reality shows, but yesterday it announced that The Hills, coming off a high-rated season 3, will get a bonus eight episodes next year that will follow Lauren and Whitney to Paris.

(In case you missed the most recent show, Teen Vogue was all, Whitney, you’re going to the …

ABC

The New York Times’ Dave Itzkoff reports that critics across the country are discovering that ABC’s Cavemen is not quite as awful as everybody was assuming it would be. I point this out, partly to give credit to an insightful, well-written article, and partly–oh who am I kidding, almost entirely–to note that Tuned In was all over …

I took some guff for praising WPIX’s Yule Log as one of my seven essential holiday TV programs earlier, but apparently someone else also thinks there’s still some heat in that old stick. Through January 4, Comcast is offering a new, HD version of the log through its On Demand service. It’s not the same broadcast introduced on local New …

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I’ve been unfaithful to America’s Next Top Model this season. For four or five seasons it was a never-miss for me, and then I burned out on it. Maybe it was the bulimia modeling competition, but at some point the challenges started seeming more and more contrived, and the Tyra-worship more and more blatant. …

As part of my ongoing effort to use my video iPod to ensure that I never have to read on the subway again, I’ve been sampling video podcasts–this morning, the Mosaic newscast from linkTV.The Peabody Award-winning show, which compiles news reports from around the Middle East, has been available for some time on satellite TV and …

The things I learn watching CNN with the sound off on the elliptical trainer in the morning! The above clip comes via a report this morning that Delta Airlines has been using short video to indoctrinate passengers about airline courtesy. This clip is called “Middleman”–you’ll see why when you watch–and the Planeguage campaign’s …

This time they’ve gone too far! The writers’ strike has officially crippled TV critics’ ability to sit in a hotel ballroom in L.A. and ask questions of the stars of The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The Television Critics Association has officially announced that it has cancelled its planned January press tour, owing to a lack of networks …

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Deal or No Deal was Two. Freaking. Hours. long last night, as the show padded itself out with a twist involving three players at once. Welcome to the writers’ strike, folks–it just gets better from here! (Though Mrs. Tuned In–who belongs to the Bella Voce Singers, due to rock Saint Saviour’s in Park Slope this …

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…along with 48 other top tens ranking pretty much every aspect of human (and possibly nonhuman) endeavor, at time.com. Here are my top ten new shows, and here are my top ten returning shows.

Elsewhere, other critic’s lists are starting to trickle in, with an eclectic list from John Leonard at New York …