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

Dead Electron Alert: Summer Preview

Eleswhere at time.com, I and other Time critics were enlisted to blurb four things in our respective fields that we're curious about / looking forward to this summer. Readers love this, because it allows them to plan their summer entertainment calendars! Advertisers love it, because it means they get critics to write quasi-positive things about upcoming works before we actually see/hear/read them and discover that they suck! Critics love it, because every assignment we complete means another day that we're not fired! I can't stop using exclamation points! Send help! Please!

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