Next Sunday, A.D.

I'll mostly agree with your points (though I'm not sure what could have been done about the Micael Arden error, which I didn't even see—likely had my back to the TV, working on the computer at that point—if it's live to tape, the odds of having another shot of him to cut in with don't seem likely), but I disagree…

Being one myself, I'd like to see music directors added back to the roster. It's only been over 50 years. Things are slipping in the wrong direction, though (re: sound designers), which is tragic, and the reason escapes me to this day.

Funny you say that, because what people see in Corden as puppy-like neediness (and I totally get that), I see as just genuine excitement with life. Admittedly, I think I've gone from being cynical to post-cynical, so I see something refreshing in that.

BB-8 originally was supposed to be female, but something in that changed during the production process somehow (life found a way?).

I think that political catharsis is unlikely to return, much as we may wish it so, because Network.

Not for nothing, but does it bother anyone else that the big change is a Disney-esque semantic exchange and switching the color of the logo to blue? I mean, granted, we haven't seen the new movie yet, but as I understand it, this is still InGen, which somehow didn't get shut down (or have to file chapter 11) after the…

'93? I was 7, didn't get to see it until it was on home video. (May just have not paid enough attention to new movies at the time; I don't recall anymore, but I'm sure if I'd known about it I'd have asked to go see it in theaters.) The raptors never scared me, but my grandmother screaming in fright at the raptor…

When, from out of the darkness, a steely-eyed, world-weary Vance DeGeneres emerges… or Frank DeCaro, but likely not as steely-eyed or world-weary.

It was indeed subtle. If you look at the screencap above comparing the old and new designs, the background is Denver orange (as is the lens flare/light source above). I always assumed people understood it, but as I look at it now, and as I looked at other examples online to demonstrate the concept, the gradient was…

The old design indicated possession by changing the color of the panel behind the down and yardage (though, yeah, that was all for naught when it rotated back to advertising their site). Though I haven't seen much of the new design in action, the change to the perpetually light background—aside from matching the new…

They're simple, yes, but I'd hardly call them clean.

My general assessment: NBC: clean, elegant, refined. Straight-forward/to the point. FOX, pre-FS1: Efficient to the point of being too small to read for the score bugs, but big and bombastic (and totally overly dramatic) for stats lowers and everything else. FOX, post-FS1: Efficient to the point of being too small to…

There are some other places, but they're rare.

Seriously. I hate that motherfucker.

Banner or bug, depending on placement and form factor. Or the slang "chyron." Which network?

*Five* years ago? I know I wasn't around yet for the 2004 interview, but Christ, I've been on this site a long time…

It annoyed me that that means ESPN now has no less than three variations of graphics packages for football. Granted, at least one of them is likely to be retired by next season, but what the hell.?

I think the concept simply suffered from a lack of time. An abbreviated final season means having to fast-forward through all the narrative conflicts it built, so we get no sense that anyone outside of ACN headquarters or the DOJ has any opinion on Will being gone for so long, and we get no sense that he starts to…

You would think, but the dynamic around here changed. Of course, I'm sure when I first became a regular, it had changed plenty of times before. Can't help but think that many of those Fs are supposed to be retributive for some perceived slight and willfully ignore the effort and skill required. I mean, hell if I'm not…