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Tuned In+Tuned In | September 15, 2011

The Morning After: Re-Redemption

By James Poniewozik

I originally started The Morning After posts on this blog a few years ago during fall premiere season, to give Tuned Inland a chance to discuss shows that premiered or returned the night before, shows I hadn’t gotten around to reviewing, or simply anything that was on TV last night worth talking about. Last night, for instance:

* I more or less got off the Survivor train a couple installments ago, as each season became about taking elements or cast members from previous seasons and recombining them in different configurations. This year’s Survivor: South Pacific, with the return of Redemption Island as well as Ozzy and Coach, will probably not be the one to suck me back in, but does anyone want to make the case for it?

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | June 1, 2010

Survivor's Rulebook Leaks Out

By James Poniewozik

Over the weekend, Survivor officially turned ten years old, having given us a decade of assorted and sundry competition reality shows (as well as the inspiration for Lost). Yesterday, on Survivor’s tenth birthday, the website Reality Blurred delivered quite a present: a leaked copy of the nine-page rule book given contestants on the show. Among [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | January 7, 2010

Survivor Announces Heroes and Villains. Can You Tell the Difference?

By James Poniewozik

Speaking of the People’s Choice Awards, CBS used them last night to give us a sneak peek of the two tribes that were chosen for Survivor’s 10th-anniversary “Heroes vs. Villains” installment. After the jump, the list from CBS’s release, and a few thoughts:

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | October 14, 2009

Our Thursday Problem

By James Poniewozik

The emerging consensus in Tuned Inland is that Thursday is becoming a problem. A high-class problem, yes: too much good (or at least potentially good) TV. I don’t even watch Grey’s Anatomy, yet at this point, I find myself finishing my time-shifted Thursday-night programming somewhere around the following Monday—especially since Mrs. Tuned In and I [...]