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Tuned In+Review | February 16, 2012

The Morning After: I’ll Be There for You

By James Poniewozik

An unexpected thought occurred to me after watching last night's Modern Family: Is it the 2012 equivalent to Friends?

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | July 21, 2010

Chris Isaak for Idol: Wicked Good Idea or Bad, Bad Thing?

By James Poniewozik

The latest trial balloon launched in the replace-Simon-Cowell sweepstakes: singer-songwriter Chris Isaak. The obvious pluses: Isaak has plenty of recording experience (“Wicked Game,” “Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing”) and experience in front of the camera (his charming Showtime comedy of the early 2000s, plus guest spots like the above, singing “Smelly Cat” on Friends). [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | June 1, 2010

Would You Watch Parks & Rec If It Were Friends, America?

By James Poniewozik

Over at Maclean’s, Jaime Weinman (a great, vastly knowledgeable critic you should be reading regularly) has an insightful post wrestling with the question of why Parks and Recreation has a vastly improved second season, but it didn’t result in improved ratings. He posits that the problem was it didn’t retool in any visible way (recasting, [...]