Adam Buckman

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• TV Played Role In Generating, Maintaining Kavanaugh Heat in TVBlog on 10/10/2018
  

  Whether you watched the Kavanaugh coverage religiously or sporadically, TV amplified everything, making it all seem angrier.

• CW's 'All American' Is Ambitious Drama Series About Race in TVBlog on 10/09/2018
  

  In this new series, an African-American football star from an inner-city high school is recruited to play in Beverly Hills.

• ABC's 'Conners' Promotion Strategy: Keep It Under Wraps in TVBlog on 10/08/2018
  

  By all indications, "The Conners" intends to be "Roseanne," but without the show's titular star.

• Fox News, MSNBC Ratings Reflect Nation's Political Divide in TVBlog on 10/05/2018
  

  While Fox News Channel is still the top-rated among the three news channels, the MSNBC numbers are not that far behind.

• NBC Comedy Has All The 'Bad' Traits Of Terrible Sitcoms in TVBlog on 10/04/2018
  

  The entire half-hour is narrated by one of the most self-centered characters ever developed as the focal point of a network sitcom.

• In Its 27th Edition, 'Dancing With the Stars' Still Steps Lively in TVBlog on 10/03/2018
  

  "Dancing With the Stars" is a unique and special rarity on television that remains continually upbeat, energetic and dazzling to look at.

• New For Fall: On CBS 'FBI' Drama, New York Is Carnage City in TVBlog on 10/02/2018
  

  Crime-fighting TV shows that are made in New York inevitably give the impression to the outside world that it is carnage city.

• 'Last Man Standing' Picks Up Right Where It Left Off in TVBlog on 09/28/2018
  

  The Tim Allen comedy returns to TV Friday on Fox well over a year since a new episode was last seen on ABC.

• New For Fall: On CBS, God Seeks Friends On Facebook in TVBlog on 09/27/2018
  

  The challenge for this show will be to try and make believers out of social media skeptics.

• New For Fall: There Goes 'The Neighborhood' in TVBlog on 10/01/2018
  

  In a new CBS sitcom, an African-American neighborhood suddenly has new neighbors to contend with -- a white family.

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• Jimmy Dean Product Placement Almost Kills Young Sheldon by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 11/17/2017)
  

  This just in (Monday, 11-20-17): The Jimmy Dean brand did not pay for this product placement, a spokesperson for Tyson Foods (parent company of Jimmy Dean) clarified in an email to the TV Blog. -- ABuckman

• 'Simpsons' Halloween Special Is Brand Slam For Butterfinger by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 10/16/2017)
  

  Columnist's update: Al Jean, executive producer of "The Simpsons," informs me via Twitter today (10-17-17) that Kang and Kodos are indeed visible in "Treehouse Of Horror XXVIII" as "candies" in the trick-or-treat candy bowl also occupied by the Simpson family candy bars (although not in the above publicity photo, apparently). He was gracious in his correction, wishing me a Happy Halloween, which I hearby pass on to all readers of the TV Blog here. My one-word Twitter reply to him was: "D'oh!"

• Message To P.R. People: Stop 'Reaching Out' To Me, OK? by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 11/11/2016)
  

  To all who read this blog post and especially to those who emailed me and/or left a comment here: I am very gratified by the attention this post has received since its publication last Friday. Good, bad or indifferent, I am grateful for your readership. All best, A. Buckman

• 'TV Blog' Marks No. 600, Reflects Back On Era Of Massive Change by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 11/02/2016)
  

  Thank you for this comment, Mr. Lantz. I have enjoyed reading your comments on these and other blogs here on MediaPost. Thank you for reading. -- ABuckman

• 'TV Blog' Marks No. 600, Reflects Back On Era Of Massive Change by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 11/02/2016)
  

  What a nice comment to receive, Ms. Todd. I am grateful for your readership. -- ABuckman

• The Politicalization Of Television by Gary Holmes (MediaDailyNews on 10/24/2016)
  

  @GaryHolmes: Great column. -- ABuckman

• 'Westworld' Boldly Goes Where Man And Movies Have Gone Before by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 09/29/2016)
  

  Thank you, Mr. Gibbons, for leaving a comment here and for reading my review of Westworld. I am grateful for your readership. But please let me emphasize that it is never my intention to dissuade anyone from sampling a TV show they are interested in just because I wrote a negative review of it. This show rubbed me the wrong way, but that doesn't mean anyone else should not enjoy it. The fact is, if you feel you might like the show, then by all means, please don't let my negativity prevent you from watching it. Thanks again for reading. -- ABuckman

• Obnoxious 'White House' Doc Reveals How First Families Live Like Royalty by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 07/12/2016)
  

  I wish to thank everyone who left a comment here this week concerning this TV blog I wrote about Tuesday's PBS "White House" documentary. I am grateful for your readership and for the effort you made to post your comments.A couple of things, if I may: To the reader who called me a "twit," let me please note that this is not the first time I have been called this. In fact, it's one of the names I listed in one of the first paragraphs of my book titled "JERK: How I Wasted My Life Watching Television," part of which was about the give-and-take that exists between a columnist and his readers."[Readers of my newspaper columns] had plenty of names for me," I wrote. "They called me a 'phony,' a 'twit,' an 'ass,' an 'a--hole,' a 'bonehead,' an 'idiot,' a 'hack,' a 'gasbag,' a 'scumbag,' a 'schmuck,' a 'fool,' a 'd--k,' a 'hypocrite' and a 'moron.' " It comes with the territory, and so does being called "cranky," by the way ...To the reader who asked if I watched the show: Yes, of course I did, a day or two before I wrote the column (the show was provided in advance of its airdate by PBS). I too found the part about Harry Truman's vital and very laudable role in saving the White House to be fascinating, and something I did not know previously. It did not save the show for me, however. I majored in history and journalism in college. You are free to draw whatever conclusions you wish about the quality of my education ...As for Motel 6, I have never stayed in one, but I would have no problem doing so. I don't know why this chain's good name is applied so frequently as a synonym for "bad motel."  They seem nice to me.That's all for now.  Thanks again for reading.  Have a great weekend. -- ABuckman

• And The Beat Goes On: Mayhem In The Streets Revives Baby Boomer Memories by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 07/08/2016)
  

  I will look into that book, Nina. Thanks for reading ... -- ABuckman

• Late-Night Comics Respond To Orlando Attacks by Adam Buckman (TVBlog on 06/15/2016)
  

  Links can now be found at the end of today's TV blog. -- ABuckman

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