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“To see the worst and make an account of it”
January 6, 2023 – 12:42 PM | 8 Comments
“To see the worst and make an account of it”

(David Denby on Norman Mailer’s wartime experiences)

Hey, folks. Just a quick periodic round-up of stuff I’ve gotten up to of late…I guess I could use Linktree but I’m still paying for hosting for TN, so: …

The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: The Silence Of The Lambs
July 20, 2015 – 11:09 AM | 22 Comments
The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: <em>The Silence Of The Lambs</em>

Butterflies aren’t always free.

Twomato Concentrate: 16 July 2015
July 16, 2015 – 1:49 PM | 7 Comments
Twomato Concentrate: 16 July 2015

Again With This, Emmy oversights, and the Girls’ Bike Club’s sad prescience.

Twomato Concentrate: 15 July 2015
July 15, 2015 – 12:02 PM | 3 Comments
Twomato Concentrate: 15 July 2015

Managers, Watchmen, and more stuff I’m thinking about.

All The Crazy Ones
August 12, 2014 – 3:52 PM | 60 Comments
All The Crazy Ones

One of the strange things about my life in writing about TV, if by “strange” you mean “eminently predictable by anyone who finished Psych 101,” is that my parents allowed me to watch almost no …

Elsewhere In The Tomatoverse: Moving The Chains
February 12, 2014 – 9:51 PM | No Comment
Elsewhere In The Tomatoverse: Moving The Chains

Football, figure skating, and France.

Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Survey Says
December 12, 2013 – 12:00 PM | 7 Comments
Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Survey Says

It’s Game Show Week at Previously.TV!

In which I am gaslighted by my DVR remote
February 28, 2013 – 12:17 PM | 11 Comments
In which I am gaslighted by my DVR remote

Nobody else in my Twitter feed enjoyed last night’s “ripped from the Rihanna/Chris Brown headlines” episode of Law & Order: SVU either, which makes me feel a little better about the fact that nobody else in …

Around the Tomatoverse: Rocha, Rayna, Ari Gold, and dancing nuts
February 12, 2013 – 4:49 PM | 3 Comments
Around the Tomatoverse: Rocha, Rayna, Ari Gold, and dancing nuts

Above, Coco Rocha schools Buzzfeed on the perfect photobomb. Hee.
On The Blotter, The Amazing Soriano solved the category-spacing ish. Thanks, friend.
On Yahoo!, I recapped The Carrie Diaries, Girls (ugh), and love in an elevator on Nashville; interviewed Coco Rocha about …

Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Oprah, Rayna, and Ralph
January 18, 2013 – 6:33 PM | 3 Comments
Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Oprah, Rayna, and Ralph

On Yahoo!, I broke down Night One of the Lance/Oprah interview (twice); recapped Nashville, The Carrie Diaries, Revenge, and Girls; and talked about Oprah some more.
On Revolting Snacks, Dr. Glark filed a report from L.A. on some …