Two years ago, there was a giant vacant lot across from my office that was being used for farmwork. Then, developers got a hold of it, as well as the lot cattycornered from my office, and built a large shopping center, a bunch of upscale apartments, a tall office building, and, yes, many, many restaurants. Between…

Yeah, I distinctly remember watching Gidget in the mid-afternoon on one of the the local independent stations during the summer around that time. It was surrounded by other 60s sitcoms that were surprisingly resilient in syndication—I Dream of Jeannie (which I thought was the height of comedy and sophistication at…

A lot of it had to do with syndication. Shows like Dallas and Dynasty were smashes in primetime, but performed poorly in syndication, obviously convincing networks and production studios that adopting more widespread serialization was a non-starter, especially for shows where there was little problem with hitting the…

While I like the movie, Philadelphia is pretty simplistic, especially in 2017 (and the scene where Denzel Washington basically assaults the guy in the convenience store for daring to hit on him and suffers no consequences still very much sticks in my craw). That said, our president is pretty simplistic himself, so…

Oh geez.

Going 0-for-4 in this year's special elections is pretty demoralizing (not counting that extremely blue Los Angeles district that had its special election months ago), I have to admit. But, as you point out, the Dems winning any of these were going to be an uphill climb, and the numbers for these elections are much…

But she wanted to win an Oscar so bad for that movie!

Maybe Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has a bigger fan base than we suppose. Either that or Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.

I had no interest in watching Claws until I discovered she was on there. I still don't really want to watch it…but I love Carrie Preston (and Elsbeth) so much that I might have to at least watch the first episode on on demand.

I told everyone that Roundxit was a terrible idea!

My great-grandfather's name was Lester. He abandoned my grandfather's family when my grandfather was a kid. He did manage to make it until I was 5 or 6 or so and reconciled with my grandfather, but still…

Some of these nominations don't make much sense. How is The Circus a Reality show and not a News/Information show? And Speechless in Youth Programming with Sesame Street and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood?

In all seriousness, is there a way to stream this onto my very nice, very big TV, like Amazon and Hulu and Netflix do, or am I going to be stuck watching this on my much-smaller laptop?

I'm still trying to decide if I want to buy tickets to the upcoming Dallas Summer Musicals season (which is admittedly a very good season, with Waitress, Color Purple, School of Rock, and, um…Love Never Dies—well, they can't all be winners) so I can be first on the list for next season, which will include Hamilton.

Don't forget, Hitler colluded with the Russians, too.

Yeah, those angry audience members won't be throwing away their shot.

I'm fine with the actor playing me being dressed as a cartoon pig, but please no outrageous Texas accent!

Streets of The Philadelphia Story

Even if they don't, it appears that the Internet Archive is also saving the comments, and since they appear to save at least one snapshot of the AV Club most days, that should mean that most, if not all, comments should be accessible.

I'm assuming NBC is holding them to burn off on a Saturday some night this summer. Ratings will probably be low, but it might still be more economical than just dumping them on Hulu. Besides, surely new Powerlesses can't do worse than World of Dance reruns. and superlong Datelines that currently inhabit Saturday…