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

Programming Note

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Can you hear it? The cheerful whirring of servo motors... the friendly clank of metal limbs... the jolly hiss of a nozzle dispersing a paralyzing nerve agent to neutralize possible biological adversaries—why, it's our friend Robo-James, here to lay down the binary code at Tuned In while my lazy, carbon-based butt goes on vacation for two weeks!

I'll be spending much of the vacation at my mom's house in Michigan, where the Internet access relies on a string run from the house to a telephone line, so I'm not sure how often I'll be able to check in here. I may drop in now and then with a few posts while I'm out. But Robo-James will have a couple robo-posts a day for you in the meantime.

Otherwise, I'll see you after Labor Day, for the very early start of the TV season. Robo-James can't wait for the debut of 90210. Mainly because of all the zeroes and ones in the title.

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