HeyJaredSwitching Codes w/Eric Deggans
Here's my work as a journalism professor, TV critic, media analyst and critic at large at NPR, along w/stuff on music, race, journalism, media, and more, navigating the codes we all switch thru in life.
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Why I usually dislike lists like The New York Times’ 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century (opens the original)
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My take on Paramount’s merger settlement: Money always wins (opens the original)
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As ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ ends its season, this fan frets on Trek’s future (opens the original)
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Before you watch the Emmys tonight, check out the DEGGYS (opens the original)
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Talking Jimmy Kimmel’s James Talarico interview with Roy Wood Jr. and Laura Coates on CNN (opens the original)
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Fun as it was to go on CNN and bat around the issue of Jimmy Kimmel putting his interview with James Talarico on YouTube amid fears of an FCC crackdown — really loved host Laura Coates noting that comic Roy Wood Jr. missed the memo of wearing cool yellow duds on camera — there is a serious issue at the heart of all this.Kimmel announced on Wednesday he wouldn’t air his interview with Talarico — a Democratic candidate for the Senate from Texas — on the broadcast TV version of his show, Jimmy Kimm
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