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TV Tonight: Nashville

Remember when everyone knew that musicals did not work on TV? An age ago—three, maybe four years—it was common knowledge that TV audiences would reject dramas in which people burst into song as hopelessly implausible or …

Homeland Watch: The Inside Man

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, turn on your classified satellite-video link and watch last night’s Homeland.

“It fucked me up, Saul. Being wrong about Brody… It makes me not trust my own thoughts. Every time I

Glee Watch: The Mature Thing

Glee only occasionally gets accused of realism–musical, dramatic or otherwise. But at its best, the show can be emotionally real and raw; it finds ways of capturing truths about growing up that teen shows rarely notice. Its …

Debate Watch: Obama Eats Up the Clock, But Romney Sets the Agenda

During the first Presidential debate last night, CNN ran a clock on screen showing how long each candidate had spoken in total. It reminded me of a time-of-possession clock in a football game. In a game, if one team burns more of the clock, it can mean that they’re controlling the ball, defending their lead, denying their opponents the …

A Second Look At: Revolution

The lights will be staying on at the set of Revolution for at least a full year. Yesterday, NBC announced it was picking up a full season of the postapocalyptic drama, which has been getting strong (or at least NBC-strong) …

Homeland Watch: They Pull Them Back In

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, heat up some vegetable lasagna and watch last night’s second season premiere of Homeland.

“Just so we’re clear: this is not you getting your job back. This is you being a good

Louie Watch: Yin and Yangtze

Spoilers for last night’s season 3 finale of Louie follow:

Some sitcoms have ideas behind them. Some wind up episodes with little lessons or observations about life. But it’s a rare sitcom that has a philosophy—that sets itself up, not as a source of answers, but as an investigation into the question of how to live. It’s a rarer …

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