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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

My favorite two articles about TV this fall

1. What's wrong with Grey's Anatomy? Sara Bibel and Fancast take a hard look at the season and raise 10 issues, all of them right on. "Lexi Is Still Grey's Version of Cousin Oliver" may be my favorite. The quicker the show can answer any of these concerns, the better.

2. What Springsteen songs should Glee do? Key lines: "If you've read the Glee cover story in the latest issue of EW, you know there's one artist above all whose music the Fox series' brain trust is aching to take on: Bruce Springsteen. 'I think Bruce is our next holy grail,' Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy told EW. 'My musical tastes begin and end with him basically,' added co-creator Brad Falchuk." Read the comments for lots of suggestions, with The River and Hungry Heart among the best. Others on my mind: Backstreets, I Wanna Be With You and Lift Me Up.

Hat tip to Heather on the Glee link!

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Saturday, January 19th, 2008

A lede and a doctor I can't resist

My favorite story of the week, from the Post.

LOS ANGELES. She enters the room in a knit that fits, the kind of dress with a place for everything. Lipstick the color of a valentine. The doors to the balcony are thrown open and she exhales, "Great, I can smoke," and pulls one from the pack and you think, carbon monoxide might not be so bad. She was raised Mormon, but she's drinking coffee by the gallon, and for the next hour Katherine Heigl is happy to ride the buzz and talk about raunchy jokes, humorless shrews, breast size and God's infinite mysteries.

I'm really lucky, you know. I could never date a smoker, so it's fortunate Katherine Heigl's married and, you know, a Hollywood starlet. So, I can spend my time enjoying the story instead of getting her to quit. I'm fortunate indeed! Oh, Katherine Heigl.

Of all my shows on strike, if only one could return, Grey's Anatomy is probably the one that would pacify me the most. Grey's is the only drama I watch — and with Maura Tierney working at a different network's hospital, that's saying something. But Grey's is also the only hour-long show I watch. In a strike world, size may matter.

My favorite show on TV is probably 30 Rock. And Tina Fey is only the beginning of my love for it. 30 Rock may be the best show within basic cable. The Office has fallen from the top spot. For all the Schrute Bucks the last two years have earned, who remembers the plot this year? Anyone? Scranton? But back to my point here. 30 Rock is half an hour, and that's not enough. In a strike world, if you give a mouse a recording, he'll want a Now Playing List. Half an hour of new television just makes me miss the other part of the hour.

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