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2008
Oct
3
 
 
I'm hesitant to dissect Thursday's vice presidential debate in political terms. But in TV terms -- looking at performances, drama and its place as the most compelling television drama of the season -- there's a lot worth noting...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Oct
2
 
 
Just to set the table for tonight's one and only vice presidential debate between Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden, here are three predictions... and one recommendation...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Oct
1
 
 
"Friday Night Lights," the fabulous NBC drama series about a high-school football team and the town obsessed by it, returns tonight for its third season. But this time, for now, it's not on NBC. Good luck finding it...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
29
 
 
The trajectory of Sarah Palin has been both accelerated and extreme. When she steps to the podium Thursday to debate Joe Biden, it'll be only a month since she was introduced to the nation... Since then, her political stock has risen and fallen with a rapidity that makes Wall Street look stable...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
26
 
 
Showtime's "Dexter" series, starring Michael C. Hall as a serial killer who targets and kills other serial killers, begins its third season Sunday night at 9 ET. Please seek it out, and dive in...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
25
 
 
Yesterday Republican presidential nominee John McCain not only announced he was temporarily suspending his campaign in order to return to Washington and focus on the financial crisis, but he backed out, at the very last minute, of a scheduled appearance on Wednesday's "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
24
 
 
If the broadcast networks are hoping to get us excited that they're back with new shows and fresh episodes of old ones, tonight's lineup isn't exactly an enticing pile of bait...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
23
 
 
Two new series premiere tonight: "The Mentalist" on CBS, which is okay, and "Opportunity Knocks" on ABC, which I'll see tonight for the first time as it airs nationwide...But there's an additional option: the first two-hour chunk of a five-hour, three-night PBS "American Masters" documentary on the history of Warner Bros...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
22
 
 
When Tommy Smothers was given his honorary Emmy last night, in recognition of his having unduly removed himself from the list of winning writers on the final 1968-69 season of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," that was my favorite moment of the entire night...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Sep
19
 
 
Changes to the voting procedures for the Emmy Awards, in both nominations and final tallies, have improved things by widening the field and reducing the rote reappearance of certain nominees. But problems remain, and so does the unpredictability...