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I generally do not pay much attention to the People’s Choice Awards, because as a professional critic, it is my duty to despise the people. But actually the awards have a use, as a measure of popularity that’s different from the ratings. Since they rely on motivated online voters, they’re a measure of what performers and works have the …
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Spoilers for last night’s Modern Family coming up after the jump:
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The Wrap reports that The White House is considering as possible dates for the State of the Union address a Tuesday: either Jan. 26… or Feb. 2. You might know Feb. 2 as Groundhog Day—or as the date of the two-hour premiere of the final season of Lost.
By tradition—though not by requirement—SOTU speeches are held on Tuesday. Most …
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Elsewhere at time.com, Sean Gregory updates yesterday’s report of the launch of 3D TV channels with a in-depth look at ESPN’s plans for its own in-your-face channel. All you’ll need is a special TV set (which could run a few thousand bucks), glasses (anything from cheap “Blues Brothers” frames to “designer” specs) and the patience to …
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It’s been a while since I’ve done a State Your Case! post, in which I invite readers to make the argument for shows I didn’t like at first sight, or that I’ve cooled on over time. For the inaugural State Your Case! of 2010, I begin with perhaps the tallest order yet. Or the biggest-boned. Weight-loss-TV fans, please State Your Case! …
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Last weekend on Fox News Sunday, anchor-turned-commentator Brit Hume stirred up trouble saying that golfer/adulterer Tiger Woods should convert to Christianity from Buddhism, because Christianity uniquely offers the chance of redemption. Yesterday, in an interview with WTOP radio (h/t Ken Tucker), Hume stuck to his guns.
Personally, as …
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David Milch is back in business with HBO, this time writing Luck, a drama pilot, to be directed by Michael Mann, about horse racing. There’s no guarantee that the pilot will become a series—since making Deadwood and John from Cincinnati, Milch made the HBO cop pilot Last of the …
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One blissful side effect of the holiday lull in original programming is that ABC has seemingly turned into the Better Off Ted network. The comedy ran over Christmas week, on New Year’s Day and last night, in a double shot of strong episodes. The downside, and you knew there had to be one, is that it’s looking more and more like ABC is …
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The ABC publicity department wants none of us to get any work done today, because yesterday it posted two publicity stills of the cast of Lost re-creating Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper. Bigger versions of the photos (apologies for the right-hand column overrunning them; if I can get it cleaned up while retaining the full-size …
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Running against the entertainment-industry maxim that it is usually better business to take the depth out of television, several media companies are announcing efforts to launch 3D TV channels, the New York Times reports. Discovery, Imax and Sony are partnering on a channel, and ESPN …
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ABC keeps lighting off new editions of The Bachelor, one off the other, like a chain smoker copping lights off the embers of his last butt. In the latest edition, pilot Jake became the last Bachelor/ette hopeful to fail to “find love” on one edition of the series, only to find a much dearer prize: his own TV show. What lucky woman will …
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I don’t know if you’ve heard about this, but sometime this month Apple is likely to announce its giant iTouch, which will singlehandedly make people fall in love with reading again, persuade them to pay money for electronic publications and thus save journalism. Crisis over! Problem solved! Screw all you guys, I’m going to be rich …
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It seems like just a year ago that Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was disgraced in a corruption scandal and making a tour of the media to try to restore his name. Oh, wait: it was just a year ago. Last summer, Blago tried to enlist on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here (his wife took the bullet instead). And now, the Pol Who …
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