Television

54 posts

Observations on shows, trends, personalities and networks.

Wed 30 Jul
2008

Email As a Bridge or a Wall

05:48 PM
Remarks (12)

The underrated power of a hidden-in-the-open interface.

Wed 07 May
2008

Frakkin’ Stupid

10:35 PM
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Watching “Battlestar Galactica” is like watching a car you know is going to crash.

Tue 22 Jan
2008

Conscientiously Objecting to the Living Room War

06:51 PM
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I’ll never be an Apple TV customer. For now.

Mon 07 Jan
2008

Word on The Wire

06:54 PM
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“The Wire” versus “The Sopranos” for best show ever.

Thu 19 Jul
2007

Criminal Negligence for “The Wire”

11:02 PM
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Respect for HBO’s “The Wire.”

Thu 12 Jul
2007

The YouTube Aesthetic

11:28 PM
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What YouTube is good for.

Tue 12 Jun
2007

Damn Yankees Broadcasters

10:23 PM
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How to bring diversity to sportscasting.

Sun 10 Jun
2007

And the Answer You’ve Been Waiting for Is —

11:38 PM
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Who had fun watching tonight’s final episode of “The Sopranos.”

Mon 04 Jun
2007

Countdown to Finale

07:45 PM
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The sometimes digressive road to the series finale of “The Sopranos.”

Wed 11 Apr
2007

Three Things I’m Late On

10:42 PM
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Catching up with a few things I should have written about earlier.

Sun 04 Feb
2007

Bowled Over by Cuteness

06:03 PM
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What to watch when you’re not into the Super Bowl.

Wed 16 Aug
2006

What Do Sports Center, The White House and Saturday Night Live All Have in Common?

09:47 PM
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Watching Aaron Sorkin᾿s new show by mail order.

Tue 11 Apr
2006

The Last Days of Television

11:34 PM
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TV is so good, I have to stop watching it.

Mon 08 Aug
2005

Peter Jennings Dies at 67

10:16 PM
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Goodbye to the anchor of “World News Tonight.”

Sun 06 Mar
2005

Tape Worm

06:42 PM
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Putting an end to a decade’s worth of video fun.

Mon 21 Feb
2005

Hidden Agendas in Writing and Design

09:12 PM
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What the creator of “Deadwood” has to say about writing, and how it matters to design.

Sat 19 Feb
2005

Winging It

02:44 PM
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To my surprise, the past month of my favorite television show have actually been good.

Wed 13 Oct
2004

Stress Testing

11:04 PM
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It’s hard to watch television tonight, but I can’t look away.

Fri 10 Sep
2004

I Keep Going, and Going, and Going…

02:58 PM
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On my out of the city and hopefully to stop thinking about this election for a bit.

Wed 18 Aug
2004

Get on the OmniWeb Bus

09:32 PM
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After a week with the finalized OmniWeb 5, its very impressive feature set is still imperfect.

Tue 22 Jun
2004

How the West Was Dead

09:41 PM
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The profane historical drama that is HBO’s “Deadwood.”

Sun 20 Jun
2004

A New Vast Wasteland

02:21 PM
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For a year, our television’s picture has grown gradually more distorted at the top edge, such that the head of anyone who appears on it seems elongated and unnaturally tall — my friends call it the ‘conehead effect.’ I would’ve...

Tue 18 May
2004

Stop Trek

07:24 PM
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What will it take to put an end to the most enduring franchise on television?

Tue 20 Apr
2004

In Studio Visit

11:37 PM
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My trip to the Daily Show.

Thu 11 Mar
2004

News Flashes

11:42 PM

Films from the writing staff of television’s funniest half hour.

Mon 22 Dec
2003

Burn Baby Burn

02:24 PM
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SuperDrive in hand, Mr. Subtraction teaches you how to make legal back-ups of your DVDs.

Fri 19 Dec
2003

Don’t Spam the Messenger

04:29 PM
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Instant Messenger spamming’s got me down.

Fri 26 Sep
2003

Talking Points

05:40 PM

Even more thoughts on yesterday’s debate. You know you want it.

Wed 24 Sep
2003

Fake Realpolitik

10:52 PM

What’s it mean when there’s a Republican in the Sorkin White House?

Wed 17 Sep
2003

Brought to You by the Letter K

11:52 PM

HBO’s “K Street” doesn’t mess with reality enough.

Tue 09 Sep
2003

Dem Dems, Round Two

11:50 PM

Strange circumstances at the second Democratic Presidential Debate.

Mon 08 Sep
2003

That’s My Bush

10:53 PM
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Showtime’s dramatization of the Bush White House during the days after 9/11 is awful and awfully hilarious.

Sat 30 Aug
2003

Time Is on My Side

06:13 PM
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The future of television came to my house today.

Fri 18 Jul
2003

I Knew Him When

11:32 AM
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An old friend got nominated for an Emmy yesterday.

Sun 01 Jun
2003

Think Outside of the Idiot Box

07:25 PM
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Two questions: should I buy a TiVo and should I subscribe to digital cable?

Thu 01 May
2003

Instant Gratification

10:51 PM
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The iTunes Music Store is dangerously easy to use, though it could do with some polishing.

Wed 30 Apr
2003

The One Where Chandler Goes to the White House

11:04 PM

It’s like “Friends” meets “The West Wing.”

Sun 09 Mar
2003

Talking Heads

11:29 PM

In his new TV gig with Bob Dole, Bill Clinton evidences a complete lack of ambition.

Sat 01 Mar
2003

Online Frontline

05:45 PM

To celebrate its 20th season, PBS’s “Frontline” has posted over a dozen full-length episodes online.

Fri 28 Feb
2003

There Goes the Neighborhood

07:48 PM

Fred Rogers passed away yesterday from stomach cancer.

Sun 15 Sep
2002

Mob Mentality

11:46 PM

For once, everything good you’ve heard about a TV phenomenon is true.

Wed 17 Jul
2002

Family Valueless

05:38 PM

Sesame Street intends to add an HIV-positive character to its cast of puppets.

Fri 14 Jun
2002

The Real Slim Scooby

05:36 PM

“Scooby-Doo” just doesn’t look like Scooby-Doo.

Sat 08 Jun
2002

Fight for Yer Right to Time-Shift

10:14 AM

Replay TV goes on the offensive.

Tue 14 May
2002

Reality Bites

01:40 PM

“The Real Reality Show” is a great idea.

Mon 15 Apr
2002

Jail House Rock

05:09 PM

My local PBS station is showing old episodes of “The Prisoner.”

Wed 10 Apr
2002

Top Cop Goes Pop

08:42 PM

John Ashcroft on Letterman. Ugh.

Fri 05 Apr
2002

Holy Land

05:41 PM

Last night’s episode of “Frontline” went behind the scenes with both Palestinian freedom fighters and Israeli security forces.

Tue 19 Mar
2002

Universal Access

09:00 PM

Andy Richter has a new show.

Fri 08 Feb
2002

PBS Porn

03:45 PM

“Frontline” on the adult entertainment industry.

Fri 23 Nov
2001

You’ve Seen the TV Show, Now Surf the Web Sites

05:08 PM

Talking up PBS’s “Frontline.”

Thu 08 Nov
2001

Not So Vast Wasteland

11:59 PM

Television is a heck of a lot better today than it has been at just about any time I can remember.

Sat 03 Nov
2001

Looks Super, Friends

10:46 AM

I’;s excited for “Justice League.”

Mon 13 Aug
2001

The Boy of Steel

06:00 PM

The Superman mythose gets the Buffy treatment.