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Robert Novak, the political columnist and longtime TV pundit, has died of brain cancer. I’m not going to claim to have been a big fan–of his politics, I’ll admit, but also of the style of TV confrontation he and others plied–but I was a big watcher of his, for years. And the man who “relished his ‘Prince of Darkness’ public persona,” …
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There’s a fascinating read in The Wrap by Joe Adalian, about the theory by columnist and NPR host Bob Garfield, in his book The Chaos Scenario, that the broadcast TV model is going to collapse. In a nutshell, advertisers are going to wise up and stop paying more for fewer viewers, starting a spiral of cheaper programming and …
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My TiVo lives! The TiVo which replaced the one that died, that is. Which replaced the one that died eight months ago. Last December, I let you know in detail when replacing my defective TiVo box required 14 hours on the phone with TiVo and Time Warner NYC customer service to finally get the CableCard decoders properly installed. So, …
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Still deep in catch-up work, but the folks at Swampland have inexplicably failed to post on today’s biggest political news, and, (my bad!) frankly, I just wanted to use that headline: Former Republican majority leader Tom “The Hammer” DeLay will be on Dancing with the Stars.
A list of the remaining competitors, courtesy of ABC, after …
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Since we talked about the secret-sensitive Mad Men and Tuned In’s spoiler policy last week, here’s something else for you to look at while I do things that are not writing posts for this blog:
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I must admit, it weirds me out a little to see Mad Men stars out of their period …
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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 spring.
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I’m back from three weeks of vacation. A few things happened while I was away, some of them still very live stories. Going forward this week, while I’m also attending to new business, I’ll comment on a few of those. The first, alas, is the bumpy debut of Rocco Landesman as the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, put on your raincoat and watch last night’s season 3 premiere of Mad Men.
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If all has gone well, no worldwide catastrophes have occurred and no computers melted down, I have a review of the first three episodes of season 3 of Mad Men in TIME magazine today. It should be on this website. I do not have the link, because I am writing this post in the distant past. Use the Google.
[Update: As I posted the other …
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This is Robo-James. The Morning After is a daily post inviting humans to amuse themselves by discussing electromagnetic transmissions they observed the previous night on their television receivers.
Discuss! Robo-James commands it!
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With TV critics’ press tour over and Labor Day around the corner, fall-season hype is kicking into high gear, and the advertising is too. What shows—returning or new—are you most anxious to see return? What returning shows are you probably going to drop this year to make time for the new?
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This is Robo-James. The Morning After is a daily post inviting humans to amuse themselves by discussing electromagnetic transmissions they observed the previous night on their television receivers.
Discuss! Robo-James commands it!
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I interrupt your dream week with Robo-James to bring you a brief word about Tuned In and spoilers.
I’m staying this week with Mom Tuned In, who has no DVR. Which means that last night I watched the season finale of Better Off Ted, with commercials. Like a caveman. One of those ads was for Modern Family, a promising new sitcom whose …
