James Poniewozik

Author, Audience of One

James Poniewozik appears in the following:

The 9/11 Lens

Friday, September 10, 2021

20 years later, how we tell the story of 9/11.

Television and Donald Trump

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

James Poniewozik's new book, "Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America." 

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The Eerie Familiarity of 'The Man in the High Castle'

Thursday, January 26, 2017

How the alternative history TV series seems timelier than ever.

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The Eerie Familiarity of "Man in the High Castle"

Monday, December 26, 2016

How the alternative history TV series seems timelier than ever.
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How Political Conventions Became Prime-Time Entertainment

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

The spectacle! The excitement! The ratings! 

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As Seen on TV: New York Family Values

Friday, February 26, 2016

James Poniewozik, television critic for The New York Times, guides us through family shows like "All in the Family" and discusses how they reflected New York family values.

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As Seen on TV: The Single Life in New York

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Hear about the ways shows like "Sex in the City" and "Broad City" have reflected New York Values when it comes to being a single, dating person in the city.

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As Seen on TV: New York Values at Work

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

From the "Taxi" garage to the boardroom of "The Apprentice," television has reflected at least one truism of New York Values: we put in work.

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Trump on SNL and Other 2016 Campaign News

Monday, November 09, 2015

The New York Times' Maggie Haberman and James Poniewozik discuss the latest presidential campaign news, from Trump on SNL to the next GOP debate.

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Why the Olympics Are Still Tape Delayed

Friday, August 03, 2012

Many TV watchers were upset this week with NBC's insistence on showing much of their Olympic coverage on a tape delay. The network didn't help matters by spoiling events they hadn't yet screened. Time Magazine TV Critic James Ponowozik explains why NBC refuses to offer the most anticipated events live.

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Broke TV: Recession Lingers in Primetime

Friday, March 30, 2012

Unemployment is down, job creation is up, and the auto industry — practically left for dead three years ago — is healthy. The economy finally seems like it's getting back on track, ...

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What You Watch, Speaks Volumes

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

The saying goes "you are what you eat," but what about what you watch? James Poniewozik, television critic for Time Magazine, looks into what our taste in television says about us.

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Subliminal Political Ads?; Congressional Hearings; Body Language; Olympic Coverage; Daily News Express; Confessions; UK Religious Broadcasting

Friday, September 15, 2000

Is the Bush campaign using subliminal advertising? Will you watch a tape delayed Olympics? The latest reality show - real criminals confessing their crimes.

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Online News Layoffs; TV News Consultants; Political Cartoonists; Women in Hollywood; Statistics; Stephanopolous; AT&T Does a Porno

Friday, June 09, 2000

The dot com bubble bursts and online journalists pay the price. APB.com shutters and Salon sheds staff. What does it mean for the future of real journalism on the Internet?

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Nasdaq; Microsoft Verdict; Falcone; Haiti Assassination; Real Simple

Friday, April 07, 2000

The Microsoft antitrust verdict comes in and Nasdaq convulses. What is Nasdaq anyway? And why were those tech stocks were so high in the first place?

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The Simpsons at 10; AOL marries Time Warner; Too Many Debates?; Brides Magazine

Friday, January 14, 2000

The Simpsons: The Greatest TV Show Ever? Time Warner Marries America Online.

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Media Millennium Past and Media Millennium Future

Friday, December 31, 1999

OTM says Goodbye Y1K...Hello Y2K. As the Millennium turns OTM asks, "What's changed?" And what will media future look like?

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Do We Really Know Who's Watching, Reading; Movie Tie-ins; Dumb Questions Journalists Ask; Buckley & Schultz Retire; Columbine

Friday, December 17, 1999

TV rating systems; Charles Schultz and Willam F. Buckley retire; stupid questions for presidential candidates; movies as toy tie-ins? The Internet in its Infancy; Columbine shooters.

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Journalist Shot in East Timor; Blasé About Mass Shootings?; Happy 50th, China: Russian Media Wars; BET.com; Smithsonian & The Patriot

Thursday, September 23, 1999

Have we become blasé about mass shootings? Why did a church shooting in Fort Worth seem to get less coverage than school shootings in Arkansas and Colorado?

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Columnists; Live Birth on Radio; RIP Hard Copy; Lawyer Media Diet; 1st Amendment; Tarses; Coercion; Sidekicks

Friday, September 03, 1999

Live from the maternity ward...the Z Morning Zoo...Now breathe...push....breathe...yes...there it is...push! A D.C. morning radio host airs the birth of her son.

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