Next Year on FOX: The Joe The Plumber Reality Series

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In Praise of Asynchronous Voting

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In the end, Election Day will become more of a deadline than anything else, and no spoilers please! Those who have always thought that it was special, and that exercising their franchise on Election Day is part of what makes this country great will still have it. And more power to them! They feel that the ritual is part of what makes it special, but I just don’t have that kind of time.

Who Will Get Joe Strummer's Vote?

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It has been like this forever. In fact, I’m not actually sure that I can remember a time before this campaign started. Way back in March 2007, (over a year and a half before Entertainment Weekly said the same thing on their cover) I asked if this campaign was going to be the best reality TV show ever, and I think that it has ended up that way.

One small problem: I hate reality TV.

Deadwood Fans, Here's Your Conclusion: Screw You!

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Oh, and I only get to see this if I pay $180 for the full series set — despite the fact that I’ve already paid at least $100 for HBO during the initial runs and at least $180 total for the individual season box sets after that.

Will NBC & DirecTV's "Friday Night Lights" Experiment Work?

On Medialoper: Will NBC & DirecTV's "Friday Night Lights" Experiment Work?

It really seemed like there was no way that it was going to come back, and those of us who had fallen in love with it were going to lose something unique in TV history: a show that took a hard, smart look at small-town America and the institutions that that were important to it — including, of course, high-school football.

23 Musical Moments to Die For

On Medialoper: 23 Musical Moments to Die For

Husker Du
The White Stripes
The Who
The Church
James Brown
Mekons
Boston
Bangles
Sonic Youth
Jesus and Mary Chain
Ambulance LTD
Hole
Bash & Pop
Robyn Hitchcock
Beach Boys
The Brains
Los Campesinos
The Chant
Neil Young
Wilco
The Byrds
Camper Van Beethoven
Cheap Trick