Swag Photography: But Is It Lupus?

Received: One full-sized, wooden House M.D. walking cane (to accompany oversized tennis ball sent a previous season). Thank you, Fox! Finally, something to shake threateningly at the young people!

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Tales from the Swag Heap

Among the reasons blogging has been light lately, other than the usual work stuff, is that we in the TIME New York office are preparing to move, from the 22nd to the 23rd floor. Which means packing up every single thing in my office—by my count, for something like the third time in three years. [...]

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Swag Photography: Echo Vs. Jack

In today’s installment of Swag Photography, Fox has sent out review copies and promo packages for the debut season of Dollhouse and the return of 24. Both with action figures! At left, a more conceptual doll of Echo, the “active,” which—I assume reflecting the conceit that actives are clean slates—sadly looks much more like a [...]

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Swag Photography: You Gonna Drink That?

We’re a fickle bunch, TV critics, and the demand for our attention is intense. So the publicists of various TV networks drive themselves to ever-greater heights of creativity to package their DVDs with various swag items to pique our interest. Case in point: TNT’s upcoming heist-caper drama Leverage, a screener for which recently arrived accompanied [...]