Tuned In+Uncategorized | October 3, 2011

The Morning After: Return Flight?

By James Poniewozik

Busy, busy, busy! As I mentioned in my Homeland post the other day, Sunday is quite the crowded viewing/blogging night for me right now, what with Breaking Bad wrapping up, Boardwalk Empire back in the regular rotation, and The Good Wife, Homeland and The Amazing Race, among other shows, competing for DVR space and time. [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | July 29, 2011

TCA Roundup: Is AMC the New HBO? Is HBO the New AMC?

By James Poniewozik

The TCA TV critics’ press tour (which I will be joining next week) continued with its cable round yesterday, as critics and reporters heard from AMC, a critics’ darling that has recently taken some dings in its Teflon armor over the season finale of The Killing, ugly negotiations over Mad Men and a shakeup at [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | September 2, 2010

Hung's Renewal and the Mystery of HBO Decisionmaking

By James Poniewozik

Yesterday HBO announced that Hung, its dark comedy about a suburban Michigan gigolo and his pimp, will get a third season. I’m pleased and surprised. I don’t think the show has lived up to its potential, but when it’s on—and the past couple of episodes have been strong—it’s an insightful look at people trying to [...]

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Tuned In+June 25, 2010

TV Weekend: Hung and Hangin' on HBO

By James Poniewozik

This Sunday, HBO returns the second season of Hung and the seventh of Entourage, two series that I continue to follow despite their considerable challenges, but for very different reasons. With Hung, the story of a Detroit-area male prostitute (Thomas Jane) and his pimp (Jane Adams), I feel that there’s a really good dark comedy [...]

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Tuned In+October 2, 2009

Dead Tree Alert: Comedy Comes Back

By James Poniewozik

Sunday night, the Seinfeld-reunion arc starts on Curb Your Enthusiasm, and to greet it, I have an essay in the print TIME about the state of TV comedy 11 years later—which surprisingly, for once in a long while, is pretty good. For once in a long time, most of the best new series this year [...]

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Tuned In+Television | July 30, 2009

Seinfeld Cast Reuniting. For Real This Time.

By James Poniewozik

The cast of Seinfeld is reuniting. But not on Seinfeld. A fictional, yet real, meta-reunion of the classic sitcom is going to be the story arc of the next season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, debuting Sept. 20 on HBO, Larry David announced at the TV critics’ press tour today. How did Larry David decide to [...]