Tuned In+Uncategorized | September 21, 2010

The Morning After: A Full Dance Card

By James Poniewozik

Last night was the biggest night of television so far in the 2010-11 season. It was also the first night of television of the 2010-11 season. But still, it was pretty big. Monday saw the debuts of The Event, Chase, Hawaii Five-0, Mike and Molly and my favorite new broadcast show of the season, Lone [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | September 17, 2010

Hawaii Five-0: Broadcast Takes a Vacation from Ambition

By James Poniewozik

The premise behind the remake of Hawaii Five-0, debuting Monday night, is that Steve McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin), head of an elite Federal task force in the Aloha State, has been given carte blanche, nearly unlimited resources and tools and vast leeway to accomplish his job by almost any means necessary. That also, it would seem, [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | July 29, 2010

TCA Roundup: Julie Chen's Hat Trick

By James Poniewozik

News, and “news,” from CBS’s day at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles: * Did you know that Les Moonves, president of CBS Corporation, is married to CBS personality Julie Chen? And did you know that, just coincidentally, Julie Chen happens to be the most talented person at the entire CBS network, [...]