While George W. Bush's new memoir Decision Points doesn't hit bookshelves until Nov. 9, it has already managed to make waves. TIME takes a look at other memorable political autobiographies
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Palin Was Against SNL Before She Was For It
As we get ready for Sarah Palin’s interview with Oprah Winfrey (4 p.m. here in NYC), Oprah.com has posted some outtakes from the interviews. It includes her thoughts on Tina Fey and Saturday Night Live’s treatment of her; the McCain campaign, she says, resisted letting her go on SNL, for fear the appearance would be “atrocious.” But …
Curb Watch: Seinfeld 2.0
Quick spoilers for Curb Your Enthusiasm after the jump:
The Morning After: Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other
I said my piece on the AMC “reimagining” of The Prisoner last week, so I don’t plan on doing any nightly blow-by-blow. But if you stuck around to watch it, let us know what you thought—and whether you saw the original. (Not that that should matter—the new version, I think, should be judged on whether it stands or falls on its …
Should Lou Dobbs Run for President?
Well, “should” rarely enters into the decision, I realize. But among the theories propounded by Dobbs’ resignation from CNN—and prompted by his vague reference to seeking “options” in the public sphere—is that he’s considering running for office. Salon’s Joe Conason thinks he may be thinking of running for The Big One.
So when I say …
"It Wasn't a Good Interview": Palin on Oprah on Couric
The great Sarah Palin Rollout has arrived. The former V.P. candidate’s book Going Rogue comes out on Tuesday, she appears on the Oprah Winfrey show on Monday, and CBS News is teasing the interview with a clip that just happens to implicitly flatter its own anchor:
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The Morning After: Flash News
Acting on the advice of a commenter here a while ago, I am committing to the practice of saving myself time and simply watching the last five minutes of any given FlashForward, at least until and if the series shows some improvement. Thus it’s not really fair for me to review the show per se, but I did—looking on the bright side—at …
NBC Sitcoms Watch: Four on the Floor
As much as we all like to beat on NBC lately, its Thursday comedy lineup is—whatever weekly ups and downs it has—the most consistently solid sitcom block it’s had in years, if not ever, without a single Stark Raving Mad-like filler show in the bunch. That leaves a so-much-to-cover-so-little-time problem, though, so this week, I’m …
HBO Prepares Pacific Invasion
When I want to take a break and drive myself crazy, I look over my year-end best-TV-list candidates and try to whittle them down to 10. I didn’t realize until this year—with a surfeit of shows that could arguably land in a top 10—what a blessing the writers’ strike of 2008 was.
And next year could be even tougher. I haven’t seen any …
Glee Watch: Four Wheels Good
Spoilers for last night’s Glee coming up after the jump:
Lou Dobbs Gets Off of CNN's Lawn
In an odd moment in a career that has not exactly lacked for said moments, crotchety CNN host Lou Dobbs abruptly announced on-air today that he is leaving the network where he has worked most of three decades (and hence, most of its existence). Leaving as in today. From his statement:
Over the past six months, it’s become increasingly
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Dollhouse Falls Asleep for the Last Time
No one could say they didn’t see this coming, but The Hollywood Reporter says it’s official: Dollhouse has been canceled. Fox, it reports, will finish running the rest of the 13 episodes of season 2.
Whenever a show with an intense fan base gets axed, there is wailing and gnashing and second-guessing. This is an especially …
Hannitized For Your Ideological Convenience
On last night’s Daily Show, Jon Stewart busted Fox News’ Sean Hannity for doctoring coverage of a rally against the congressional health-care-reform bill, by intercutting it with footage from Glenn Beck’s much bigger 9/12 rally two months ago:
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Amid the recent charges from …