http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/ A blog about television from TIME's TV critic, James Poniewozik en Copyright 2008 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:19:49 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 214517http://www.feedburner.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. James Poniewozik It's that time of year: when music critics assess the singles of the last few months and pick the definitive summer song of the year. Mine probably wouldn't make any of these lists, but the one single that's most deeply...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/369932493" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/369932493/robopost_nottv_weeksong_of_the.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/robopost_nottv_weeksong_of_the.html?xid=rss-tunein Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:19:49 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/robopost_nottv_weeksong_of_the.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that's caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/369647217" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/369647217/the_morning_after_roboversion_7.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/the_morning_after_roboversion_7.html?xid=rss-tunein Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:29:44 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/the_morning_after_roboversion_7.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik A side effect of being professionally glued to a TV set—and having small children—is that I see a lot fewer movies than I used to. So I thought I'd continue Not-TV Week by throwing open a discussion on this summer's...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/368977830" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/368977830/robopost_nottv_weeksummer_movi.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/robopost_nottv_weeksummer_movi.html?xid=rss-tunein Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:55:45 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/robopost_nottv_weeksummer_movi.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that's caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/368708436" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/368708436/the_morning_after_roboversion_6.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/the_morning_after_roboversion_6.html?xid=rss-tunein Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:28:16 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/the_morning_after_roboversion_6.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik It's August, and I'm on vacation. Let's try something a little different this week. We have the other 51 weeks a year to talk about TV: let's spend this one talking about things that are not TV. I was...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/368034325" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/368034325/robopost_nottv_weekyour_top_10.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/robopost_nottv_weekyour_top_10.html?xid=rss-tunein Music Robo-James Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:49:52 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/robopost_nottv_weekyour_top_10.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that's caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/367784402" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/367784402/the_morning_after_roboversion_5.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/the_morning_after_roboversion_5.html?xid=rss-tunein Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:19:22 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/the_morning_after_roboversion_5.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik I'm on vacation even as I write this. The things I do for you people! I got episode 4 of Mad Men before leaving but didn't have time to write a full-fledged Watch, so think of these as starting points,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/367737089" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/367737089/mad_men_watch_writing_this_on.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/mad_men_watch_writing_this_on.html?xid=rss-tunein Mad Men Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:05:18 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/mad_men_watch_writing_this_on.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik Photo by Shiny Things. Can you hear it? The cheerful whirring of servo motors... the friendly clank of metal limbs... the jolly hiss of a nozzle dispersing a paralyzing nerve agent to neutralize possible biological adversaries—why, it's our friend Robo-James,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/365994592" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/365994592/programming_note_9.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/programming_note_9.html?xid=rss-tunein Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:28:38 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/programming_note_9.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik After the phony fireworks and the phony singing, how could Chinese Olympic organizers possibly top themselves? With phony Chinese! OK, that's a slight distortion. But a slighter one than, we're learning in dribs and drabs, pervaded the production of the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/365975834" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/365975834/one_more_opening_ceremonies_fa.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/one_more_opening_ceremonies_fa.html?xid=rss-tunein Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:51:08 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/one_more_opening_ceremonies_fa.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik Sunday brings the (much?) anticipated American debut of British teen show Skins on BBC America. I'll just reproduce my brief TIME review in full: Skins BBC America; Sundays; 9 p.m. E.T. This British teen dramedy comes touted as "daringly realistic."...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/365780438" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/365780438/tv_weekend_skins.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/tv_weekend_skins.html?xid=rss-tunein TV Weekend Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:55:12 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/tv_weekend_skins.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik My current column in Time looks at the cultural battle in the Presidential campaign—over who is a "celebrity"—and asks: Why, after all, is celebrity an insult? Personal magnetism, the ability to galvanize attention and rally masses: this is a bad...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/365702393" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/365702393/dead_tree_alert_the_c_word.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/dead_tree_alert_the_c_word.html?xid=rss-tunein Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:05:54 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/dead_tree_alert_the_c_word.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik I sort of, um, forgot to post LDG earlier in the day, so I'll keep this brief. This will probably be the last Lost Discussion Group of the summer (at least, the last one not hosted by Robo-James), after which...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/365114547" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/365114547/lost_discussion_group_while_yo.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/lost_discussion_group_while_yo.html?xid=rss-tunein Lost Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:48:55 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/lost_discussion_group_while_yo.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik So that's what the hell that sport is called. I think I'm going to keep calling it "basketsoccer," though....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/364928356" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/364928356/olympic_publicservice_announce.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/olympic_publicservice_announce.html?xid=rss-tunein Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:38:34 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/olympic_publicservice_announce.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik I promise (kinda) that this will be my last post about the McCain "Hot chicks dig Obama" ad, but in the comments section earlier, someone had asked why the original video had disappeared from YouTube. Turns out the McCain camp...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/364864468" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/364864468/mike_myers_mccain_ad_not_worth.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/mike_myers_mccain_ad_not_worth.html?xid=rss-tunein Politics Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:44:09 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/mike_myers_mccain_ad_not_worth.html?xid=rss-tunein James Poniewozik In retrospect the amazing thing is that they didn't do this sooner, but the next "cycle" of America's Next Top Model will include Isis, a 22-year-old transgender model who describes herself to Us Weekly as "a woman born physically male."...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/364841865" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/364841865/news_flash_none_of_antms_previ.html http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/news_flash_none_of_antms_previ.html?xid=rss-tunein Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:10:12 -0500 http://www.time-blog.com/tuned_in/2008/08/news_flash_none_of_antms_previ.html?xid=rss-tunein