A blog about television by TIME’s TV critic James Poniewozik.

Pat O'Brien Attacked by Giant Rat

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OK, not really, but when am I ever going to get the chance to use that headline again? This is me taking a picture of someone else taking a picture of the Insider host doing a stand-up at this morning's WGA picket in Rockefeller Center this morning. The ratio of cameras, professional and amateur, to actual picketers was unsurprisingly high for the first day of the star-studded labor action.

The inflatable rat, by the way, is an adorable mainstay of union protests in New York City and beyond. I can't wait until they wrap him in Christmas lights next to the Rock Center tree for the holidays!

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