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Frankly, I'm not sure how this one came out. The bottom line is that I think awards shows are pointless in terms of being barometers of quality; artistic worth exists outside of an organization's ability to give it a statue. "The Wire" is phenomenal without codification from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Over at Pajiba, I've got a piece about how we watch TV, and specifically the ways our experience can change by watching a serialized show years later on DVD or via digital downloads.
Also, related: I'll be writing about "Breaking Bad" when it returns next month. That show is my new obsession.
"The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising."
— Pauline Kael
"Film lovers are sick people."
— Francois Truffaut
"Let others praise ancient times, I am glad I was born in these."
— Ovid
