http://tunedin.blogs.time.com A blog about television by TIME’s TV critic James Poniewozik Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:02:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/3053f79bdf2764753155698ac4d60ad0?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://tunedin.blogs.time.com time/tunedinhttp://feedburner.google.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. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/GkjGr0mw9e8/ http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/03/vacation-robo-poll-office-politics/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:02:40 +0000 James Poniewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/?p=5341 It's Independence Day weekend, so here's an historically appropriate last poll of the week: The British version of The Office or the American? Which is better and why? Brent or Scott? Tim/Dawn or Jim/Pam? Be ye patriot or Tory?  Have fun, shoot off some fireworks, stir up some bitter trans-Atlantic rivalries, and I'll see you next [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tunedin.blogs.time.com&blog=5290492&post=5341&subd=timetunedin&ref=&feed=1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/GkjGr0mw9e8" height="1" width="1"/> http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/03/vacation-robo-poll-office-politics/feed/ 0 jponiewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/03/vacation-robo-poll-office-politics/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/N4s_2p_Ubo4/ http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/03/the-morning-after-robo-edition-23/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:29:47 +0000 James Poniewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/?p=5250 This is Robo-James. While my programmer rests his weak flesh-husk on vacation, you are invited to use this space to discuss the previous evening's television transmissions. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tunedin.blogs.time.com&blog=5290492&post=5250&subd=timetunedin&ref=&feed=1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/N4s_2p_Ubo4" height="1" width="1"/> http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/03/the-morning-after-robo-edition-23/feed/ 0 jponiewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/03/the-morning-after-robo-edition-23/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/UYd7vgGJgfI/ http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/vacation-robo-poll-a-la-carte/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:24:16 +0000 James Poniewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/?p=5331 Before heading on vacation, I got into a Twitter exchange with Maureen Ryan over whether we'd pick HBO or Showtime if we could take only one. (My pick: HBO if the choice were for all time, Showtime [for Nurse Jackie] if it were this summer only.) It's a fun, often-asked question, but it also got me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tunedin.blogs.time.com&blog=5290492&post=5331&subd=timetunedin&ref=&feed=1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/UYd7vgGJgfI" height="1" width="1"/> http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/vacation-robo-poll-a-la-carte/feed/ 12 jponiewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/vacation-robo-poll-a-la-carte/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/SSmmmQXRCkQ/ http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/the-morning-after-robo-edition-22/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:29:15 +0000 James Poniewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/?p=5248 This is Robo-James. While my programmer rests his weak flesh-husk on vacation, you are invited to use this space to discuss the previous evening's television transmissions. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tunedin.blogs.time.com&blog=5290492&post=5248&subd=timetunedin&ref=&feed=1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/SSmmmQXRCkQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/the-morning-after-robo-edition-22/feed/ 1 jponiewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/the-morning-after-robo-edition-22/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/IdtgPnMYXew/ http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/01/vacation-robo-poll-best-sportscaster/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:16:30 +0000 James Poniewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/?p=5240 My favorite's Bob Costas. I'm not sure he should wear that as a badge of honor, because as I have said often, I don't watch sports. But he always radiates this lively intelligence and curiosity, which makes me think that I'd love to hear him take on topics other than sports. Which he occasionally does, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tunedin.blogs.time.com&blog=5290492&post=5240&subd=timetunedin&ref=&feed=1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/IdtgPnMYXew" height="1" width="1"/> http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/01/vacation-robo-poll-best-sportscaster/feed/ 6 jponiewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/01/vacation-robo-poll-best-sportscaster/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/pNhQi8x7T7I/ http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/01/the-morning-after-robo-edition-21/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:28:24 +0000 James Poniewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/?p=5246 This is Robo-James. While my programmer rests his weak flesh-husk on vacation, you are invited to use this space to discuss the previous evening's television transmissions. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tunedin.blogs.time.com&blog=5290492&post=5246&subd=timetunedin&ref=&feed=1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/pNhQi8x7T7I" height="1" width="1"/> http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/01/the-morning-after-robo-edition-21/feed/ 2 jponiewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/07/01/the-morning-after-robo-edition-21/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/Wrh5N28qmBU/ http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/30/vacation-robo-poll-best-game-show/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:14:09 +0000 James Poniewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/?p=5237 I rarely write about game shows here at Tuned In, and yet it's possible that I watched more of them in my childhood than any other kind of TV. Risk-taking, odds-taking, the frequency of consonants in English-language words, the efficacy and morality of bidding exactly one dollar over the previous bidder—I learned all of these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tunedin.blogs.time.com&blog=5290492&post=5237&subd=timetunedin&ref=&feed=1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/Wrh5N28qmBU" height="1" width="1"/> http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/30/vacation-robo-poll-best-game-show/feed/ 13 jponiewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/30/vacation-robo-poll-best-game-show/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/ICMikJkniA8/ http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/30/the-morning-after-robo-edition-20/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:27:58 +0000 James Poniewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/?p=5244 This is Robo-James. While my programmer rests his weak flesh-husk on vacation, you are invited to use this space to discuss the previous evening's television transmissions. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tunedin.blogs.time.com&blog=5290492&post=5244&subd=timetunedin&ref=&feed=1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/ICMikJkniA8" height="1" width="1"/> http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/30/the-morning-after-robo-edition-20/feed/ 1 jponiewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/30/the-morning-after-robo-edition-20/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/BPIQe9TM6Ec/ http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/29/vacation-robo-poll-best-character-actor/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:41:18 +0000 James Poniewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/?p=5235 Last time I went on vacation, I asked for your thoughts as I filled out a Variety poll on the best TV shows, actors and actresses of the last decade. That seemed to go over well, so let's try something similar this week. This time, though, I'm going to ask your favorites in some less-traditional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tunedin.blogs.time.com&blog=5290492&post=5235&subd=timetunedin&ref=&feed=1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/BPIQe9TM6Ec" height="1" width="1"/> http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/29/vacation-robo-poll-best-character-actor/feed/ 17 jponiewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/29/vacation-robo-poll-best-character-actor/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/Koe_4acUbEs/ http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/29/the-morning-after-robo-edition-19/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:22:37 +0000 James Poniewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/?p=5242 This is Robo-James. While my programmer rests his weak flesh-husk on vacation, you are invited to use this space to discuss the previous evening's television transmissions. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tunedin.blogs.time.com&blog=5290492&post=5242&subd=timetunedin&ref=&feed=1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/tunedin/~4/Koe_4acUbEs" height="1" width="1"/> http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/29/the-morning-after-robo-edition-19/feed/ 0 jponiewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/29/the-morning-after-robo-edition-19/