CNN’s Star Wars Episode VII: A New Change-and-Hope may have been the most-mocked election-night broadcast, for its various Industrial Light and Magic effects, but that didn’t hurt it in the Nielsens. It drew over 12 million viewers during primetime, beating its cable news competition and every broadcast network except ABC (which used …

Not really a Shield Watch per se, but I’ve been writing about the Shield finale for the print TIME, and it got me thinking. Writing about The Shield, I tend to focus on Vic, but I should probably pay more attention to Shane. Not just because the cat-and-mouse between him and Vic is so central to the endgame, but because he is so …

CNN just aired an ad for this T-shirt. In this case the bias is more for making money off history than anything: those of other political persuasions are welcome to buy Naked Cowboy Predicts McCain Landslide instead.

But really, what can top the tear-jerking inspiration of Higher Income Voters Swayed By Obama? Those probably being the …

Last night, Top Design wrapped up its second season; no spoilers here, because it’s still sitting on my Tivo, but I thought I’d open the doors to anyone who wants to discuss.

Up to this point, I thought the second season had been better than the first, picking a more memorable cast—including Eddie, the worst ambassador for the Martha …

The election issue of Time is out, with my column this week reviewing the networks’ gadget-happy election night:

Anderson Cooper ended an interview with singer and Obama supporter Will.i.am, “Appreciate you being with us tonight by hologram.” It was as if CNN had been bought by Lucasfilm.

The mind reels at how news organizations might

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Fox has a new trailer out for Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, coming out in January:

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I’m way eager to see an episode. And, I’ll be honest, a little nervous. Not because of the reported production problems, reshoots and stops and starts, but because of the concept. A show about a heroine who …

Law & Order returns to NBC tonight. Given the zillions of times per day some version of it is in reruns, you would be forgiven for not noticing that it had been gone. But as I have said recently, I have made a resolution not to judge people for their comfort-TV-viewing habits. (We’ll see how long that lasts.) Will you be watching? And …

Every cable news network and TV news division must be wondering how best to stoke viewership now that the election derby is over. A new ad on MSNBC just now sounds a note of Obamopportunism:

Visuals: The White House… a baby holding an American flag… windmills… a young boy holding a flag… Obama speaking at Grant Park and joined …

When I read the news that Fox was canceling King of the Hill, I thought: Well, at least we’ll have The Goode Family, the animated series Mike Judge is developing for ABC. Turns out ABC might have both The Goode Family and KOTH; reportedly, the network is considering picking up KOTH as a companion show for Goode.

It would be …

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I’ll have a column in the upcoming election issue of Time about the hologramaliciousness of last night’s electoral coverage. But this video, put together by time.com’s Vanessa Kaneshiro, gives you all that in 180  201 seconds. Relive it like it was yesterday night through early this morning!

In an ingenious bit of counterprogramming FX aired a new episode of The Shield last night, despite the distractions going on in the news. I don’t have a writeup for you: there was this election last night, and one thing led to another and… yeah, that’s not going to happen. But I invite those of you who are inclined to discuss, partly …