Tuned In+Television | December 31, 2009

Vacation Robo-Post: What Are You Looking Forward to in 2010?

By James Poniewozik

I may be on vacation, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not working. Depending on how you define “work.” As I write this, I’m already looking at a tall stack of screeners to watch for midseason 2010 (including Big Love, 24 and Chuck for January). And there’s quite a roster of high-profile new projects for 2010 already. After the jump, I list some of the shows I’m looking forward to in 2010 (I’ve already previewed a couple of them, but for now I’ll withhold judgment while I work through my full sets of screeners):

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Tuned In+December 1, 2009

FX's Former Lawman Gets Justified

By James Poniewozik

FX announced its midseason schedule today. On tap: Archer, Damages and Nip/Tuck (doesn’t it feel like Nip/Tuck is always returning?) in January; a new Louis C.K. comedy, Louie, in the spring; and in March, the much-anticipated (by me, anyway) Timothy Olyphant drama, once called Lawman, which will now be titled Justified. Looking forward to the [...]

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Tuned In+October 1, 2009

P.I.s and TKOs for FX

By James Poniewozik

With Jay Leno on five nights a week, somebody has to make dramas at 10 p.m., and increasingly that somebody is FX. Having already ordered the promising-looking Lawman for next year, the network adds to is stable of largely testosteron-ey dramas with two more drama orders for 2010. Terriers stars Donal Logue (pictured) as an [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | August 17, 2009

FX's Lawman: There's a New Sheriff in Town

By James Poniewozik

I’m back from vacation and dealing with deadlines and mail: e-, snail and otherwise. While I try to clear a path to the surface of my desk, here’s something for your enjoyment that came to my Inbox while I was out: a scene from new FX drama Lawman, starring Timothy Olyphant, slated to debut next [...]

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Tuned In+July 28, 2009

FX Pins a New Badge on Olyphant

By James Poniewozik

Right now at the TV critics’ press tour, Joy Behar is on stage, announcing her new HLN talk show (because she has gone too long without a forum for her opinions). But I’d rather tell you about the fact that FX has picked up Lawman, an Elmore Leonard adaptation with Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood’s Sheriff Bullock) [...]