July 18, 2008 2:24
TCA Afternoon Update: Couric Not Fired Yet
"There were a lot of speculative pieces that got spun out of control," Couric told critics at the CBS News TCA session in Los Angeles. "When you work for an organization, there are always ongoing discussions."
Ongoing discussions about whether you're fired or not? There are? Should I be worried I haven't had any lately?
Couric added, "We have no plans to part company any time soon." But, you know, get back to her after lunch.
July 18, 2008 12:35
TV Weekend: A PhD in Horribleness
The third and final act of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog drops this weekend. (The show stays up free through the weekend; thereafter it's available for download through iTunes.) Those of you who are interested probably already know that. For those of you who aren't interested—yet—here's a taste:
July 18, 2008 10:35
BREAKING: Obama to Fly on Aeroplane!
In the news today, more media coverage of media coverage that has not actually happened yet: namely, the jockeying among TV news anchors and star reporters to follow Barack Obama on his upcoming trip overseas. (The precise details, including times and some locations, are apparently being kept under wraps for security reasons.) Some media critics—and in particular the McCain campaign—say the coverage of Obama's foreign jaunt, as opposed to McCain's earlier trips, is unbalanced.
Which of course it demonstrably is. The question is whether it's unfair.
July 18, 2008 10:08
Dead Tree Alert: Comedy Is Not Pretty
This Tuesday, I deep-sixed the TIME column I had already written to write a new one about the politics of humor(lessness). If you're a regular, much of it incorporates some of what I already posted on the New Yorker Obama cover hoo-hah earlier this week. (I know, I know; but the shamans whom we pay to analyze such things tell us there's a lot less overlap between time..com and Time magazine readership than you might think.) My print column, though, also tries to picture-picture the issue by looking at the strained relationship between comedy—especially irony and satire—and politics in general:
July 18, 2008 9:10
TCA Press Tour Roundup: ABC, Continued
* Steve McPherson kills the small bit of his soul that might have made him ashamed of airing Wipeout.
* Tim Goodman reveals how TV critics stay in such legendarily excellent physical shape.
* The Lost guys are pretty much not going to say anything about anything. What do you think this is, Comic Con? But Daniel Dae Kim will be back—somehow—so go crazy with that.
* Shonda Rhimes has a "great working relationship" with writer-dissing Katherine Heigl, is very excited about coming storyline in which Izzy gets eaten by rabid ferrets.
* In non-ABC news, Maureen Ryan corners three of the Sterling Cooper staff, and gets all up in Michael Gladis' bearded grill about Michael Gladis' bearded grill.
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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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