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I’m not sure if I have it in me to do a weekly Damages Watch. Not that it’s a bad show–as a thriller, anyway, it’s still doing its job–but it’s not the kind of show that really lends itself to a week-by-week breakdown, because its appeal is all about the plot. Four episodes in, for instance, I don’t feel that Patty Hewes’ character is …
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Don Imus has settled his breach-of-contract lawsuit with CBS over his firing in the spring and reportedly is negotiating to return to the radio this fall, perhaps with WABC. (Now his lawyers are freed up to deal with the defamation suit a Rutgers player has filed against him and his former employers.)
With Imus’s return to radio looking …
Here’s a quick link to an appreciation of Elizabeth Murray that I produced today for Time.com. One thing I didn’t have space to mention there was that in her last years Murray’s work continued to evolve in fascinating ways, and that some of her final works, madly complex polyptychs, were among her most inventive. If you happen to be in …
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I’ll admit, I have not watched Dan Rather much since he went to HDNet for his post-CBS gig. (For that matter, I didn’t watch Dan Rather much at CBS.) But tonight, he offers up a Dan Rather Reports longform investigation of problems with electronic touch-screen voting machines; including reports of machines being hustled off the line in …
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You no longer need to keep 9/11/14 cleared on your calendar; HBO has cancelled John from Cincinnati.
The question, as asked in the comments here and elsewhere, is whether this now means we get those oft-promised two wrapup movies for Deadwood. (To anticipate: forget seeing the whole series again. People have moved on.) As of this …
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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, I want you to celebrate my indomitable will to survive by watching Big Love.
I don’t think we’ve discussed this here, but this season David Byrne has been serving as musical consultant on Big Love. (Continuing a trend of alternative rockers migrating to TV: Trent Reznor is reportedly turning a …
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The CNN/YouTube debate for Republicans is back on, rescheduled for Nov. 28. Or at least the YouTube debate for some Republicans: Mitt Romney, reportedly, is still holding out, having said–in reference to the Democratic debate last month–that “the presidency ought to be held at a higher level than having to answer questions from a …
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In what counts as major news mostly to TV households with minor dependents, Nickelodeon’s spinoff channels Noggin (commercial TV for toddlers in the daytime) and The N (tween and teen shows by night), which now share a channel, will become separate channels at the end of the year. (It’s the TV equivalent of finally getting your own room …
Painter’s Progress, 1981 — The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. © 2007 Elizabeth Murray
I’m back from vacation and unfortunately the first order of business is to talk about
SPOILER ALERT: Watch John from Cincinnati before you read this, or we’re all going to be toast. HBO photo: John P. Johnson Leave it JFC to conclude–and in the absence of miraculous intervention from Cincinnati, we’ve got to consider this a series finale–with a wrap-up, what-happened-to-them epilogue that left the show more puzzling, … Time.com’s Richard Zoglin posted a tribute to the legendary host earlier today. People like Johnny Carson may have defined late-night TV, but Merv Griffin practically single-handedly made daytime and syndicated TV, not simply through his talk show but through his production empire, which was responsible, for starters, for Jeopardy! and … Kirk Edwards/Showtime; Cliff Lipson/Showtime This SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this, put some slipcovers on your couch and watch Mad Men. So: Pete–not a total unsympathetic worm? Who knew? Four episodes in, Mad Men is showing an intriguing ability to change itself up from week to week. The first two episodes handled the plot in the usual serial style, bouncing among the various …
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JFC Watch: Lord, There Went Johnny Appleseed
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Merv Griffin, 1925-2007
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TV Weekend: Sex and Drugs
Sunday Monday, Showtime returns Weeds and introduces the David Duchovny comedy Californication. I first heard about Californication and couldn’t wait to see it; then I watched it and kind of didn’t want to review it. I really like Duchovny, not just because of The X-Files; he’s a good …
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Mad Men Watch: For the Love of Pete
