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Tuned In (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
October 10, 2008 2:53 Posted by James Poniewozik | | | | Media-research group Integrated Media Management Inc., which tracks viewership of media on TV and mobile devices, sent a study on the audience for . First, the TV-wonk news, which contends that most of the audience did not watch the skits on live TV: Among all the people who saw at least one of the three SNL sketches, 33 percent...
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Time (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
October 10, 2008 9:15 Posted by James Poniewozik | | | | NBC Photo: Dana EdelsonLast night, I watched the Weekend Update Thursday edition of Saturday Night Live, immediately after watching The Office (on DVD) and The Daily Show (on Tivo). Woo boy, was that a mistake. I have come to realize the main advantage of putting Saturday Night Live on Saturday night: it does not have to come on...
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Tuned In (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
October 10, 2008 10:03 Posted by James Poniewozik | | | | So we've pretty much established that . New shows are middling at best in the ratings, relaunched shows like Chuck and ABC's Wednesday have cratered—even hits like House and Grey's are not doing so hot. OK, part of this is demographic, social and technological. 500 channels, time-shifting, blah blah blah. There are just more, and...
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Tuned In (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
October 9, 2008 1:44 Posted by James Poniewozik | | | | Kath and Kim seems to be on its way to being the next to Knight Rider (you go, Ben Silverman!), so I feel like I should say the one good thing about it that I neglected to mention in my review—they picked :|| Post a comment Remember my sign-in info? About Tuned InJames Poniewozik writes TIME magazine's Tuned In column,...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
... Factor.” “When you think of the faces of Fox News, you’re thinking of Sean Hannity and ,” said James Poniewozik, the television critic for Time magazine. “They’re the twin pillars. Hannity’s very valuable for them.”With the contract renewal Mr. Hannity is expected to become an even more prominent part of Fox’s opinion programming. Fox executives have been particularly pleased with...
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Tuned In (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
October 8, 2008 10:29 Posted by James Poniewozik | | | | Not that surprising, but too bad, anyway: Michael Ausiello reports that FX has cancelled . I'll admit the show was uneven and didn't live up to its potential, but that potential was pretty great, and when the series was on, Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver were fantastic. Its premise, of people trying to flim-flam their way to success...
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Time (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
October 7, 2008 4:42 Posted by James Poniewozik | | | | There's been a lot of talk in the political press about how the townhall format makes it . Therefore, I am expecting negative and personal attacks.Your predictions? Update: Remember to tonight. I'm not doing this for my health!|| Post a comment Remember my sign-in info? About Tuned InJames Poniewozik writes TIME magazine's...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
... She laughed: "Yes, Barbara Walters now calls me Ed!" (This was all underscored last week by Time's James Poniewozik, who says the rest of the press could learn a lot from the transparency, the way issues are discussed and the obvious preferences of the protagonists on this TV gab-fest. He says it reveals politicians much better than serious sit-down "respectable journalists" are doing.)...