Well here’s a couple things I didn’t see coming: Sarah Palin, primetime TV host…and a tacky little public relations feud between Fox News and LL Cool J, playing out via twitter.
Sarah Palin’s new TV series Real American Stories premiers tonight at 10 p.m. on the Fox News Channel, and as recently as Tuesday, the network was …
I’m not entirely sure what it was that sent me into hysterics, but there was a distinct moment last night, probably right around 10:45 p.m., when Comedy Central finally wore me down. Bludgeoning my imagination with a blend of twisted satire and outlandish vulgarity, I completely lost it, laughing harder than I have in quite some …
For a character known as Ugly Betty, it’s been a pretty beautiful ride for actress America Ferrera.
The 25-year-old came to fame (and won a couple awards) for playing Betty Suarez on the hit ABC comedy series that’s been running strong since 2006. But now the show is drawing to a close – the last episode airs April 14 – and …
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David Mills, an Emmy-winning writer and producer who worked on acclaimed shows including NYPD Blue, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Corner and The Wire, died yesterday at age 48, of a brain aneurysm. His death comes less than two weeks before his newest series—Treme, co-created by his longtime colleague and friend David …
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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, sit down in the room with the big projection screen you used to use for subliminal-messaging experiments and watch last night’s Lost.
It was “soul and R&B night” on Idol last night, which brought Usher on to mentor — and to spend several minutes selling his new album with Ryan Seacrest. Did he work some of that Justin Bieber magic with the final ten?
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After Fox’s 24 announced its final season TIME took a look at other television series that overstayed their welcome.
I realize I’m a little late here to be commenting on the most recent episode of Breaking Bad, but first I wanted to take a day and mull over a question that’s been rattling around in my head since the series returned for its …
In this age of DVR, Hulu and TiVO, live TV events are increasingly rare. But advertisers are betting on the fact that fans of Lost are going to be tuned in live May 23, for the much-anticipated final episode. And when we say betting, we mean betting big.
AdAge is reporting that a 30-second commercial spot during the Lost finale is …
Kate Gosselin’s been working hard – very hard – to rehabilitate and purify her public image in the wake of her nasty divorce. There have been magazine cover shoots, sit-downs on The View, and yet none of that may stick with her fans as much as her in-your-face meltdown on last night’s Dancing With the …
The party of no has become the party of incitement – or at least that seems to be the consensus of the comedic political watchdogs over at Comedy Central. It was the first night back on the air since the passage of the health care bill for both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and both hosts came out swinging against a sub-set …
Greetings, Tuned In universe. It is I, Jim’s lowly temporary replacement, schlepped over from Techland to fill the gaps while Poniewozik recharges his brain for Lost’s last lap.
I thought I should begin my short-term tenure by posting a quick note on the series I’ve been covering most religiously for Techland – the series that …
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Guess what, you lucky people: I’m on vacation next week! I’ll be staycationing in Brooklyn, with the Tuned In Jrs. on spring break, so I’ll still be available to review the American Idol performances (because I couldn’t in good conscience inflict that on someone else) and Lost (because, you know, it’s Lost).
Robo-James, however, is …
