Word of warning: for the next day or two, those of us who attended college in the ’80s and ’90s are going to be insufferable. The news has come out that R.E.M., after a three-decade run, are breaking up. Get ready for the reminiscences: this is an unprovable thesis, but R.E.M.’s music was especially intimate and inward-looking for a …
The Morning After: A Night to Remember? Plus, Who Has the Best and Worst U.S. Accents?
Deadline work kept me from posting this Morning After until afternoon (hey, it’s still morning on the West Coast!), but that means I’ve had time to see the overnight ratings in the meantime. It was a big night for New Girl, which …
Glee Watch: Back to Basics?
Preparing for Glee‘s season 3, the producers stressed repeatedly that they would be easing up on the stunts (musical and casting) and getting back to the basics of their show. Which raises a couple of questions: what are the …
ABC’s Revenge: Are You Ready for Some Class Warfare?
Earlier this week, President Obama put forward a deficit-reduction plan that, pointedly, involved raising taxes and closing loopholes for the wealthiest Americans. Republicans, as they often have when facing a proposal that picks …
The Morning After: Waitresses and Waltzes
It was a big night of debuts and returns last night: now it’s your turn to tell us all what you thought—about the waitresses of 2 Broke Girls, the cocktail waitresses of The Playboy Club, the return of Dancing with the Stars or …
Monday Night Sheen-a-Thon: Ashton Moves In, Charlie Moves On
During the Great Charlie Sheen War of 2011, there was a lot of attention on Two and a Half Men as a business — how much it cost, how much it made, how many it employed — and not as much on it as a TV show. Watching its …
TV Tonight: 2 Broke Girls, Playboy Club
Tonight brings the debuts of two network premieres, CBS’s 2 Broke Girls and NBC’s The Playboy Club, which I covered in my roundup in this week’s TIME of series focusing on female characters. It’s a busy season, and neither pilot …
Emmys 2011: Getting It Mostly Right — the Awards, at Least
When someone asks, “What did you think of the Emmys?” — let’s pretend this is a question that comes up in daily conversation — it can mean two things: the Emmy Awards, and the Emmycast itself. The broadcast this year was not …
Breaking Bad Watch: $#*! My Dad Says
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, get any necessary bathroom breaks out of the way and watch last night’s Breaking Bad.
The previous episode of Breaking Bad opened a rift between Walt and Jesse that’s going to be hard, …
Dead Tree Alert: Femme TV, Cupcakes, and a Look at New Girl
In this week’s issue of TIME (subscription required, but of course you have one, right?), I preview the fall TV season by looking—as several others have as well—at the many, many new shows this fall that have female stars or …
In Which I Predict the Emmy Winners, Probably Incorrectly
The 2011 Emmy Awards are this Sunday night; I’ll be live-tweeting them as usual, and I’ll have some sort of writeup on the awards the next morning. There are several very competitive categories this year, with, for instance, the ineligibility of Breaking Bad opening space in the drama categories.
Who will win? Who should? After the …
TV Tonight: Season 7 of Sunny and an Archer Bonus
Consider this more a public service announcement than a review (I’ve been too busy with fall pilots to get through all the screeners), but FX’s Thursday comedy block returns tonight, a week before NBC’s does. Starting off is It’s …
The Morning After: Re-Redemption
I originally started The Morning After posts on this blog a few years ago during fall premiere season, to give Tuned Inland a chance to discuss shows that premiered or returned the night before, shows I hadn’t gotten around to …
