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Here's the Variety story on my hiring by BuzzFeed.

Every now and then I'll post some links to some news stories in which I've been asked to comment on some recent trend, television show, or subject matter, a radio program I might appear on, or similar.

The below collection of links is far from exhaustive, but here are some news stories, etc. in which I appear:

Radio Times: "The Americans: A New Homeland"

The New York Times:: "Netflix's House of Cards Redefines the Spoiler Alert"

KPCC/Take Two: "TV Upfronts: Which shows got axed and which are coming back?"

KPCC/Take Two: "The 2013 TV Upfronts come to an end"

The Observer: "New York revels in the return of Mad Men"

TV Worth Watching: "Mad Men in England: One if by Land, Two if by Sky, and Why to Be 'Mad as Hell' at Rupert Murdoch"

Newser: "Mad Men's Back With a Bang"

The Observer: "American TV dramas take aim at amoral super-rich elite"

Time: "Dead Tree Alert: Smash: Broadway’s West Wing, or Its Studio 60?"

WNPR/Colin McEnroe Show: "Downton Abbey - PBS's Water Cooler Phenomenon"

Eater: "Tired of Top Chef"

Radio Times: "Sofie Grabol to appear in US version of The Killing"

Vulture: "The Cast of Community Will Be Just As Sad As You If It Gets Canceled"

Think Progress: "Community’s Yvette Nicole Brown on 'Sassy Black Women' and Rage"

Ethics Alarms: "Luck, Causation, and the Complex Computation of Mixed Motivations"

The Atlantic: "A Glimmer of Hope for Community Fanatics"

Bravo's The Dish: "The Daily Beast Hearts Work of Art"

Ology: "Early Reviews Call 'A Dance with Dragons' a 'Masterpiece'"

The Independent: "George R R Martin: Tolkien for the 21st century"

American Way: "Chevy Chase: He's All Right"

Vulture: "Community’s Chevy Chase Problem"

Atlantic Wire: "Fans Split on Masterful, Frustrating Lost Finale"

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