New York Times? New York Times?! You think you're better than us?

While we're talking about Melissa Leo, she probably should have won an Emmy for Kay Howard at some point as well. But then I'd have to go into all the other Emmy that Homicide: Life on the Street should have won and we could be here all day.

I'd rather not say how many mythological creatures and terms I first heard of through Final Fantasy games. But they also made Bahamut a dragon so I don't know how useful they are as an introduction.

I've never seen Uncle Grandpa. Is there an explanation for the title that doesn't involve incest?

I don't remember who she up against when she won. Was she really such a lock that she won despite ruffling feathers during the campaign to the extent that she was later barred from work?

If I remember right, they started choosing images and music with the rights issues in mind beforehand starting Series J.

Hannah and Her Sisters!

I can't tell if Murphy has decided that keeping an air of mystique is the best thing he can do right now or if he just doesn't care? It's been years since he's last been respected for something that he actually did (Dreamgirls is the last thing I can remember.) Anticipation was huge for his appearance and I wonder…

Is that all the coverage we're getting for QI? That's sad considering the spinoff podcast gets covered pretty regularly around here.

Meanwhile, Americone Dream is still going strong. I was inordinately happy to find it at Walgreen's the other day.

Maybe drama was the wrong word but Williams always seemed like he wanted to be a celebrity more than just a news anchor. He even wanted a shot at hosting The Tonight Show. Whereas Holt seems primarily focused as a news guy.

Lester Holt is a familiar presence to NBC News viewers so it really isn't a surprise that he's doing well. If I remember correctly, a similar thing happened when Bob Scheiffer filled in after Dan Rather was fired. Network heads always want a "personality" in the network evening news chair but I think viewers are…

I liked NOS4A2 more than Heart-Shaped Box. It's also probably the closest he's written to his father's style if that makes a difference for you either way.

Ulysses

It will be on PBS if you can wait until April.

Worth watching just to see Oscar Levant try to dance.

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If you don't like the tradition, then why work in the medium? And, if it is about an attempt to "improve" something you dislike, what's the point?

Blackpool, on the other hand, is one of the most wonderful things to ever appear on television.

I don't know that a particular approach can save the movie musical as much as getting the right people involved. We remember the big MGM musicals because they had people like Gene Kelly and Judy Garland in front of the camera and people like Vincent Minnelli and Arthur Freed behind it. Most people have grown up…