Oof. I bet Turner wins that, actually.

ABC wants TNF, too. I expect the bidding war for it to be crazy.

To be clear, it's not that we don't think there would be readership for World Cup coverage. We just don't know if there's anything critical to say about it on a daily or even weekly basis. I'm sure we'll write something about it somewhere. I just don't know if it would be in TV Club.

Very different situation. That was an offhanded comment to one reporter in the midst of a larger article about other things. This was in front of nearly 200 reporters in the midst of a situation where all involved knew everything they said would be tweeted out instantaneously. Greenblatt knows this is a renewal, but…

DirecTV aired this here a few years ago. We reviewed it, even.

The combination of his statement (which got more and more definite as he kept rephrasing it) and the network's overall deal with Poehler suggests that, yes, this is a renewal. He even said earlier that he didn't like to say anything definitive unless he was sure, because showrunners and other producers try and read…

I wrote a bit about the show here and a bit about it for Salon that I think gets at some of the connections between the two.

Holy shit, this was an import that DirecTV aired a few years ago. I think Phil Nugent reviewed it for us?

I've already read his review. It is GLORIOUS.

One other reason I'm sort of cool with Hustle winning: It leans much more toward comedy than drama, and the Oscars (and people who commentate on the Oscars) have a bad habit of delegitimizing comedy. I just would be sad if it came at the expense of 12 Years, which is really tremendous.

This was how I felt about Argo last year: good movie, but Jesus Christ. (I like Am. Hustle a little bit better, mostly because of all the people involved, but I agree it doesn't deserve to win Best Picture.)

People keep tweeting me about it, too. Like… I'm sorry I forgot about a throwaway joke from four years ago, but I DID.

He's speaking off the cuff, so sometimes, the wrong word is used or put in the wrong place, as sometimes happens in human speech.

Fully one-third of the series regulars are non-white. That raises to one-half if you count Raul Castillo (who is listed as a regular in some promo material and not in other promo material, probably because HBO isn't sure how to classify him just yet). It's just a really small cast.

Still just a rumor. But ABC's true issues began when they lost Monday Night Football, so I imagine it will come true.

If it makes you feel better, the Super Bowl should push Fox past them. Unless the Olympics are huge.

NBC is technically in second place right now.

Then Kyle Killen needs only get a show canceled after one season by CBS to complete his Bingo card!

Probably HD Video, but most multi-cams are shot on film, not video, at least post-70s.

This is actually right about where a Community review would be around this time of night under the old system. It typically crawled over 1,000 during the overnight, which it should tonight.