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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/blogs-as-mean-as-youve-ever-seen/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/blogs-as-mean-as-youve-ever-seen/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:43:28 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=239016 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/blogs-as-mean-as-youve-ever-seen/feed/ 0 I sometimes defend the idea of the TWoP-style snarky TV recap, but I have... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-end-of-2004-5/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-end-of-2004-5/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:10:40 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238819 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-end-of-2004-5/feed/ 0 The significance of House going off the air is that this is going to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-and-me/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-and-me/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:34:04 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238331 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-and-me/feed/ 0 I love today’s 200th birthday boy, Charles Dickens. I read him a lot in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-scary-ad-that-sold-out-dirty-harry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-scary-ad-that-sold-out-dirty-harry/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:05:17 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238248 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-scary-ad-that-sold-out-dirty-harry/feed/ 0 The latest manufactured controversy in the world of punditry is over this ad, which... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/people-who-think-about-televisual-entertainmentation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/people-who-think-about-televisual-entertainmentation/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:33:22 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238094 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/people-who-think-about-televisual-entertainmentation/feed/ 0 Two links to people doing some smart thinking about television programs: - Robert David... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/you-cant-do-that-on-tv-but-you-can-do-that/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/you-cant-do-that-on-tv-but-you-can-do-that/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:51 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238014 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/you-cant-do-that-on-tv-but-you-can-do-that/feed/ 0 Will M.I.A.'s middle finger change TV the way Janet Jackson's nipple did? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/musical-addendum/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/musical-addendum/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:50:04 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237440 ...Watching Smash, and thinking about untold stories about the making of a musical, reminded]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/musical-addendum/feed/ 0 ...Watching Smash, and thinking about untold stories about the making of a musical, reminded http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/quick-thoughts-on-smash/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/quick-thoughts-on-smash/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:16:16 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237331 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/quick-thoughts-on-smash/feed/ 0 The thing about Smash that was most striking to me, almost from the first... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/simon-cowell-fires-everybody/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/simon-cowell-fires-everybody/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:49:57 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237037 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/simon-cowell-fires-everybody/feed/ 0 I don’t really know what to say about the X Factor fire-pocalypse, with everyone... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/romney-and-safety-nets/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/romney-and-safety-nets/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:34:00 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236976 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/romney-and-safety-nets/feed/ 0 'I'm not concerned about the very poor' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/30/feel-my-skills-donkey-donkey-donkey-donkey/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/30/feel-my-skills-donkey-donkey-donkey-donkey/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:01:25 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236790 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/30/feel-my-skills-donkey-donkey-donkey-donkey/feed/ 0 NBC just can’t catch a break, and by “can’t catch a break” I mean... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/30/takin-a-train/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/30/takin-a-train/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:43:01 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236612 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/30/takin-a-train/feed/ 0 A long time ago, I used to joke that all of Canadian politics could... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/27/people-will-still-pirate-if-george-clooney-says-not-to/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/27/people-will-still-pirate-if-george-clooney-says-not-to/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:35:03 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236372 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/27/people-will-still-pirate-if-george-clooney-says-not-to/feed/ 0 Producer, agent and New York columnist Gavin Polone is a show-biz insider if ever... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/how-many-episodes-should-we-watch-at-a-time/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/how-many-episodes-should-we-watch-at-a-time/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:10:12 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235636 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/how-many-episodes-should-we-watch-at-a-time/feed/ 0 I highly recommend Todd VanDerWerff’s latest TV think piece, “In Defense of Slow TV,”... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/spielberg-didnt-get-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/spielberg-didnt-get-it/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:49:35 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235312 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/spielberg-didnt-get-it/feed/ 0 Every time Spielberg doesn’t get a directing nomination for a movie that got nominated,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/everythings-on-youtube/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/everythings-on-youtube/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:28:15 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235248 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/everythings-on-youtube/feed/ 0 As part of its campaign to get us all watching Smash before it airs... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/king-of-the-hill-revisited-the-company-man-and-bobby-slam/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/king-of-the-hill-revisited-the-company-man-and-bobby-slam/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:34:39 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235208 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/king-of-the-hill-revisited-the-company-man-and-bobby-slam/feed/ 0 The Company Man (air date: December 7, 1997) (Note: The last review in this... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/what-do-tv-ratings-mean/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/what-do-tv-ratings-mean/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:01:52 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234757 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/what-do-tv-ratings-mean/feed/ 0 This is a question that I occasionally have to turn over in my mind... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/not-a-parody/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/not-a-parody/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:33:52 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234574 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/not-a-parody/feed/ 0 The great thing about YouTube and its supply of not-entirely-legal uploads: just when you... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/ricky-rouse-or-monald-muck/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/ricky-rouse-or-monald-muck/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:46:22 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234309 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/ricky-rouse-or-monald-muck/feed/ 0 The season premiere of Justified was good, but I’m looking forward even more to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/234233/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/234233/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:30:33 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234233 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/234233/feed/ 0 Eddie Brill, the man in charge of booking comedians for David Letterman, was the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/16/oh-ricky-youll-say-anything/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/16/oh-ricky-youll-say-anything/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:54:03 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233989 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/16/oh-ricky-youll-say-anything/feed/ 0 Why Gervais is a good fit for the Golden Globes, and might someday be a good fit for the Oscars http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/giving-up-on-panavision/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/giving-up-on-panavision/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:22:47 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233726 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/giving-up-on-panavision/feed/ 0 The trailer for Wes Anderson’s new film Moonrise Kingdom was released yesterday, and everyone,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/he-is-the-king/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/he-is-the-king/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:09:44 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232971 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/he-is-the-king/feed/ 0 I have to admit that I counted 2 Broke Girls out after the second... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/music-goin-indie/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/music-goin-indie/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:29:53 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232829 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/music-goin-indie/feed/ 0 I recently purchased this new recording of Berlioz’s Requiem, an extremely ambitious project for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/the-dot-com-era-all-over-again/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/the-dot-com-era-all-over-again/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:10:18 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232536 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/the-dot-com-era-all-over-again/feed/ 0 Webisodes with Madonna and Amy Poehler are not exactly the most fearsome challenge to the TV networks http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/free-tv-at-its-best/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/free-tv-at-its-best/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:00:36 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232449 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/free-tv-at-its-best/feed/ 0 I usually like Parenthood and have been liking it more and more as time... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/corrupting-your-children-but-amusingly/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/corrupting-your-children-but-amusingly/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:28:36 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232419 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/06/corrupting-your-children-but-amusingly/feed/ 0 Tonight (8 p.m. on Family Channel) is the series finale of Wizards of Waverly... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/tv-bashing-vs-internet-bashing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/tv-bashing-vs-internet-bashing/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:00:44 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232302 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/tv-bashing-vs-internet-bashing/feed/ 0 Another article that I heard a few people talking about over New Year’s was... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/and-you-thought-the-cbc-had-problems/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/and-you-thought-the-cbc-had-problems/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:24:17 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232248 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/and-you-thought-the-cbc-had-problems/feed/ 0 I sometimes talk about how Canada has problems making – or at least getting... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/04/their-habits-i-confess/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/04/their-habits-i-confess/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:50:09 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231891 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/04/their-habits-i-confess/feed/ 0 I thought I had heard of most of the instrumental themes that had lyrics... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/04/rob-schneider-lucky-man/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/04/rob-schneider-lucky-man/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:49:21 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231863 Work It already out, his own sitcom has nothing to fear]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/04/rob-schneider-lucky-man/feed/ 0 With something as ridiculous as Work It already out, his own sitcom has nothing to fear http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/the-new-anthology-format/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/the-new-anthology-format/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:54:47 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230977 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/the-new-anthology-format/feed/ 0 I was going to write about the announcement that American Horror Story will be... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/americans-dont-take-us-serious/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/americans-dont-take-us-serious/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:50:00 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230882 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/americans-dont-take-us-serious/feed/ 0 "The Newsroom" is often considered the greatest show Canada has ever produced, but a U.S. network feels no need to fear unflattering comparisons http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/boredtodeath/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/boredtodeath/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:49:27 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230654 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/boredtodeath/feed/ 0 I was glad to see Enlightened get picked up for a second season even... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/back-to-the-blue/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/back-to-the-blue/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:13:41 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230493 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/back-to-the-blue/feed/ 0 I really don’t know anything about this show except that it starred Jamie Rose... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/emmy-chances/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/emmy-chances/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:37:11 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230451 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/emmy-chances/feed/ 0 I thought the season finale of Homeland was very powerful, especially as an acting... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/kim-jong-ils-aesthetics/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/kim-jong-ils-aesthetics/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:37:42 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230388 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/19/kim-jong-ils-aesthetics/feed/ 0 This might be an appropriate time to link to a couple of posts Merrill... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/hitchens-on-c-span-in-1993/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/hitchens-on-c-span-in-1993/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:49:19 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230235 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/hitchens-on-c-span-in-1993/feed/ 0 My favourite Christopher Hitchens book is probably “For the Sake of Argument,” a collection... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/the-downside-of-co-productions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/the-downside-of-co-productions/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:13:04 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230220 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/the-downside-of-co-productions/feed/ 0 The international co-production is becoming a bigger part of movies than at any time... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/the-softest-sell/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/the-softest-sell/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:09:46 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229984 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/the-softest-sell/feed/ 0 Despite the poor video quality, this fall promo from 1974 interests me because it... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/choices-choices/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/choices-choices/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:14:55 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229948 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/choices-choices/feed/ 0 Keeping up with unlimited, on-demand TV options is a lot of work http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/13/longest-tv-credit-sequence/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/13/longest-tv-credit-sequence/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:19:50 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229517 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/13/longest-tv-credit-sequence/feed/ 0 I was talking elsewhere about the credits to Homeland. I don’t dislike them. They... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/incest-plots-replace-hoarder-plots/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/incest-plots-replace-hoarder-plots/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:16:59 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229376 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/incest-plots-replace-hoarder-plots/feed/ 0 Every little while – maybe even every month – there’s some plot point that... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/sons-of-internet-anarchy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/sons-of-internet-anarchy/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:15:46 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229254 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/sons-of-internet-anarchy/feed/ 0 Kurt Sutter, the creator of Sons of Anarchy, is one of the most interesting...