James Poniewozik

James Poniewozik writes TIME magazine's Tuned In column, about pop culture and society. Tuned In, the blog version, is about the stuff we used to call "TV," whether it's in your living room, on your computer or - once the networks figure out the technology and line up the advertisers - in your dreams themselves.

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TV Tonight: Enlisted

By James Poniewozik Jan. 10, 2014

A sweet work-Army-family comedy about brothers in arms.

How Does Fox Solve a Problem Like Chris Christie’s?

By James Poniewozik Jan. 09, 2014

Faced with a scandal involving one of the boss’ reportedly favored politicians, Fox found a lot of other news to cover

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Dead Tree Alert: HBO’s Existential Detective Story

By James Poniewozik Jan. 09, 2014

True Detective has great performances, if it’s not yet a great series.

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Now, SNL Is Diversifying Its Writers’ Room

By James Poniewozik Jan. 08, 2014

This may be at least as important as hiring a black woman performer–precisely because it won’t get as much publicity.

Go Ahead, Quote My Tweet

By James Poniewozik Jan. 07, 2014

A movie studio was wrong to silently edit a reviewer’s tweet for an ad. But quoting writers’ Twitter work is fair game.

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SNL Diversifies Its Cast. Now to Diversify Its Characters

By James Poniewozik Jan. 06, 2014

It’s good that the show cast an African-American woman. Now it needs to find a range of roles for her

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2014: Looking Forward to the Year in TV

By James Poniewozik Jan. 03, 2014

Here’s looking forward to the new and returning shows I’m most excited for in 2014–and to the surprises we don’t even know about yet.

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Dead Tree Alert: Seth Meyers Speaks!

By James Poniewozik Jan. 02, 2014

Meyers, on the cover of TIME, says his Late Night will have more news, less rap. But can the format really change?

TV Tonight: Community Is Back!

By James Poniewozik Jan. 02, 2014

And this time, it’s really back.

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Losing Your TV Job Is Not a First Amendment Issue

By James Poniewozik Dec. 19, 2013

Cable TV, thank God, is not the government.

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Why Phil Robertson Got Suspended from Duck Dynasty

By James Poniewozik Dec. 18, 2013

To some of the audience, the appeal was the family’s “keeping it real” with their faith. Phil’s anti-gay remarks made it way too real.

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Move Over, Golden Globes: It’s The 2013 Cincy Awards

By James Poniewozik Dec. 18, 2013

They weren’t the best of TV, they weren’t the worst of TV. Instead, these shows had great ambitions that they haven’t lived up to… yet.

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Here Are 10 of the Worst Things TV Did This Year

By James Poniewozik Dec. 17, 2013

I’m sure there were worse things that aired somewhere last year. But you don’t want to see them.