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ABC this morning released its 2009-10 schedule, with, as is the network’s wont, a whole scad of new shows. In returning-show news (most of which has already been out there): besides the obvious returning hits, Better Off Ted, Scrubs and Castle are returning. Also True Beauty—I know you were dying for True Beauty to come back. …
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It is an annual irony of a TV critic’s life that the networks program the most TV to watch in precisely the week that you have the least time to watch TV. This week, I’m busy with upfronts, which as always falls in the last week of the network season; thus, I’ll be TiVoing season finales and probably catching up on them well into …
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Spoilers for last night’s How I Met Your Mother season finale coming up after the jump:
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Having gone to upfronts for years now, there’s a certain kind of presentation I’ve gotten used to. Network execs get up on stage and present a battery of statistics and selectively culled ratings to prove to advertisers that their dollar goes farther and their ads reach more people on Network X than any other network.
What was …
I spent the last five days In Chicago, poring over Renzo Piano’s super elegant addition to the Art Institute. When he gets it right, he gets it very right, and this is the best thing he’s done in the U.S. in years.
There was a lot to say about it, some of which I just said for Time here.
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Fox just issued its fall schedule; see after the jump for the full release.
Some highlights: So You Think You Can Dance becomes a fall show; Glee returns (as expected) in fall; Fringe moves to Thursday. The Cleveland Show, announced a year ago, gives Seth MacFarlane a ninety-minute block on Sundays. Dollhouse stays put (though it has …
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Brief spoilers for the Survivor: Tocantins finale last night after the jump:
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I’ll be spending much of the next few days at the network “upfronts,” in which Fox, The CW, ABC and CBS will present their next-season shows to advertisers in hopes of garnering the few remaining advertising dollars. (Cable upfronts have been held on and off over the past several weeks.) In between presentations, I’ll be on deadline …
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Quick spoilers for last night’s Survivor coming up after the jump:
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“A guy crying about a chicken and a baby? I thought this was a comedy show!”
It was beautiful, and appropriate, that 30 Rock guest star Alan Alda should deliver that reference to the series finale of M*A*S*H (still the most-watched TV show ever). M*A*S*H was a very funny show, but it also helped establish the idea that a great …
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While extolling the virtues of online give-and-take with readers, I neglected to mention the most important benefit of it: getting someone else to do your work for you! In this case, hashing over the cliffhanger-y season finale of Grey’s Anatomy. (No spoilers here, but assume there will be in the comments and proceed accordingly.) …
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In a conference call with reporters today, Jay Leno announced that his final on-air guest on The Tonight Show will be his replacement, Conan O’Brien. Leno will welcome O’Brien to the show he will begin hosting June 1—a debut that, of course, has totally been overshadowed by Jay Leno’s staying on to do a 10 p.m. E.T. show starting in …
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Yesterday President Obama announced that he would oppose the court-ordered release of photos depicting abuse of prisoners by U.S. authorities overseas. As I did when the Bush Administration opposed similar photo releases, or fought the depiction of caskets of war dead returning from Iraq, I believe this is the wrong move. (Among the …
