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The New York Times’ Dave Itzkoff reports that critics across the country are discovering that ABC’s Cavemen is not quite as awful as everybody was assuming it would be. I point this out, partly to give credit to an insightful, well-written article, and partly–oh who am I kidding, almost entirely–to note that Tuned In was all over …

I took some guff for praising WPIX’s Yule Log as one of my seven essential holiday TV programs earlier, but apparently someone else also thinks there’s still some heat in that old stick. Through January 4, Comcast is offering a new, HD version of the log through its On Demand service. It’s not the same broadcast introduced on local New …

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I’ve been unfaithful to America’s Next Top Model this season. For four or five seasons it was a never-miss for me, and then I burned out on it. Maybe it was the bulimia modeling competition, but at some point the challenges started seeming more and more contrived, and the Tyra-worship more and more blatant. …

As part of my ongoing effort to use my video iPod to ensure that I never have to read on the subway again, I’ve been sampling video podcasts–this morning, the Mosaic newscast from linkTV.The Peabody Award-winning show, which compiles news reports from around the Middle East, has been available for some time on satellite TV and …

The things I learn watching CNN with the sound off on the elliptical trainer in the morning! The above clip comes via a report this morning that Delta Airlines has been using short video to indoctrinate passengers about airline courtesy. This clip is called “Middleman”–you’ll see why when you watch–and the Planeguage campaign’s …

This time they’ve gone too far! The writers’ strike has officially crippled TV critics’ ability to sit in a hotel ballroom in L.A. and ask questions of the stars of The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The Television Critics Association has officially announced that it has cancelled its planned January press tour, owing to a lack of networks …

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Deal or No Deal was Two. Freaking. Hours. long last night, as the show padded itself out with a twist involving three players at once. Welcome to the writers’ strike, folks–it just gets better from here! (Though Mrs. Tuned In–who belongs to the Bella Voce Singers, due to rock Saint Saviour’s in Park Slope this …

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…along with 48 other top tens ranking pretty much every aspect of human (and possibly nonhuman) endeavor, at time.com. Here are my top ten new shows, and here are my top ten returning shows.

Elsewhere, other critic’s lists are starting to trickle in, with an eclectic list from John Leonard at New York …

So much for settling the strike by Christmas. On Friday, the producers’ side walked out of the negotiations as the writers dug in their heels over the Writers’ Guild demand, which they until recently had not been stressing, that it get to represent reality-TV and animation staffers.

Seeing as how the usual purposes of a negotiation are …

How happy it is that, after its post-Family Edition lull, The Amazing Race–the only situation in the world where it’s a bad thing to get inadvertently bumped up from coach to business class–is worth watching again. I won’t spoil last night’s episode, but read the comments at your own risk. All I know is that I suddenly, badly want to …