Oprah did it. I think she had some success, if I remember correctly.

I guess that depends on how we define relevance. Oliver and Bee may well be the most relevant to us here, because I suspect there's a lot of overlap among their audiences and A.V. Club readers. And they may be more relevant now than they might be at other times, because they're issue-oriented and have clear points of…

I'm old. Are these the people from the early '90s who — uh-huh, uh-huh — were going to rock me?

Yeah, I could see it resulting in higher quality, at least theoretically. But I'm analogizing this to a newspaper that goes from being a daily to a weekly. A weekly, theoretically, can take more time and do longer, better pieces. But in reality it will almost always be less relevant.

Giving a TV host less airtime? I'm no expert, and am open to being convinced otherwise, but this . . . this does not seem like good news.

Two things: Obama went to Capitol Hill yesterday to talk to Democrats about trying to save Obamacare. It's been reported that he admitted he hadn't done a good job of selling the public on the law. As much as I like and admire the man, this to me was perhaps his most frustrating trait as President. He's an excellent…

I'm sure they can get some kids from Macedonia to do it.

Mel Gibson and Fantastic Negrito? That just sounds like trouble.

This is what I fear has happened to me. I like it. I watched all of the fall episodes. But it's been several weeks since I've seen it. And now I can't remember the characters' names — to me, they are Kristen Bell and her supposed-to-be soulmate (who I now remember is Chidi) and the South Asian-British lady and the guy…

I saw Miss Sloane on Christmas Eve, after it had been out for some time and received reviews that were certainly mixed but averaged out at just above "meh". Although it has its flaws — the biggest being an ending that seemed to me to strain credulity, even by the standards of this movie — I really enjoyed it. It had…

That acronym is still new enough to me that whenever I see it I start thinking, "Sarah Jessica . . . Parker? No, that's not right. Sisters With Voic — nope. Scott Van Pelt? That's way off."

You could extend this to life outside of movie theaters, too. Put the phones away at some point, people. I was with a bunch of relatives Saturday night, and although I was in a room with several cousins, uncles and nephews, most of them were silent, with their heads down and their thumbs on their screens. Now, this…

No, it wasn't sarcasm at all. (I wondered if I should have explained that. I guess I should have.) I just appreciated the back and forth. In short, you're cool, Wafflicious.

I have not seen Barney Frank in a sweater, but I concede your point. So, to clarify further, I'm a dude and an incompetent boob without man-boobs.

I love reasoned discussions with open-minded people!

I'm a dude — an incompetent boob without boobs.

If you're referring to the people who voted for him, I'd posit that they have power, at least for now, because Trump may pretend for a while that he cares about them. But I was also referring to folks like Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn and Jeff Sessions (not to mention people like Omarosa and his kids and his…

I happen to be one of those incompetent boobs. You've got it all wrong. I can find my ass with both hands.

Sometimes inferior people attain power. Exhibit 1: Donald Trump. Exhibit 2: Donald Trump's supporters. Exhibit 3: Donald Trump's Republican enablers.

It's not better than the original, or the Tracy Chapman version, but I am very fond of Lennon's cover of "Stand By Me".