If the goal was to "avoid further inflaming a tense situation," well, really nice job.

Kimmel is back tomorrow.

The numbers in this story stun me. And i have seen a lot of theater is dying moments. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/t...

Wow @jasonzinoman.bsky.social some brutal truth www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/a...

Disney has lost nearly $4 Billion in three days from combined stock price collapse and cancelled subscriptions.

Masterly analysis by @jasonzinoman.bsky.social — stick around for the subtle but savage filleting of “Kremlin star” Jimmy Fallon [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/a...

it’s always a gift to read thoughts by brilliant @jasonzinoman.bsky.social. here’s another great piece, especially his insights on the Russian parallel

I'm in good company with @jasonzinoman.bsky.social

Thurs Sept 25 2220 Arts + Archives 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles The Whirled (w Jack Smith) --Ken Jacobs, 1961 Senseless --Ron Rice, 1962 New York Eye and Ear Control --Michael Snow, 1964 DMT (based on Jackie Cassen’s light show) --Jud Yalkut, 1966 www.acropoliscinema.com/films/everyt...

Weekend relief. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/a...

Love the gah gah.

"Any personal details we do get are titrated just so." @jenszalai.bsky.social on Amy Coney Barrett. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/b...

Remembering Bob Newhart on his birthday 🎂 📷 Gerald Smith, a shot from the first Bob Newhart Show, August 1961 "There is as much music in his reticence as there is in Richard Pryor’s volubility." - Jason Zinoman

BOTD Bob Newhart!!! Monumental stand-up figure From us on the Newhart Show: midcenturycinema.org/2022/09/04/5... More: Great Judd Apatow short: www.newyorker.com/culture/cult... @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: www.vulture.com/article/bob-... @jasonzinoman.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/a...

Heartbreaking and lovely reminiscence of newspapering, in the guise of a reflection on The Paper

Brilliantly funny *rare* Alan Partridge – unused bits from On The Hour (1991/92), featuring Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front and Doon Mackichan corpsing away as Alan gets more weird and pervy

Seems low.

Will be missed.

New SNL cast latenighter.com/news/ben-mar...

the heel, the troll, the bad-guy wrestler, kauffman-esque i am all for it

This is really good.

On comedy: The art of the Troll www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/a...

New Update host? www.avclub.com/saturday-nig...

Beyond bizarre to watch this absurdity as someone from DC. I have spent so much time in Union Station.

Maron saying "Who am I to judge? I'm me!" to Howie Mandel needs to be a meme

Good profile of Penn and Teller, who have been around about as long as I can remember, from @jasonzinoman.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/a...

"It’s a lost art. The age of the great star teams (Laurel & Hardy, Nichols & May, Martin & Lewis) is over. When Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers retired, Jillette said the comic told him: 'We’re passing this along to you.’” - @jasonzinoman.bsky.social #magic www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/a...

Penn & Teller reinvented magic. And stayed together for 50 years. I spent a couple days with them to figure out the secret. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/a...

Eliminating critics is not how you "boost" your coverage of Hollywood and culture, it's how you make that coverage more toothless. variety.com/2025/digital...

A week or two before Maron's special said Hitler would go on Theo Von's podcast, I saw the Nelk boys get asked if they would have Hitler as a guest on their podcast and they dodged. The real world keeps outpacing jokes.

Both Together and Naked Gun are great to see in a packed crowd, arm to sticky buttered popcorn arm.

This is a great piece @jasonzinoman.bsky.social. And I loved how you ended it.

What the end of WTF means www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/a...

Not comprehensive but...

A big one. RIP, Robert Wilson. Responsible for many hours of mine spent at BAM over the years. Even when unsatisfying dramatically, always stunning and haunting to watch. A truly unique aesthetic, one that will forever be instantly identified as only his.

If an ambitious 23-year-old aspiring culture journalist started a Substack right now that had comprehensive arts listings and a few reviews of fine arts/small music and comedy, it would be a hit. The Internet opened up a commercial lane once occupied.

sharp, sad @jasonzinoman.bsky.social on the end of the Late Show. Colbert will be fine, and maybe sharper and funnier in a less constrained medium. But CBS is hastening the end of an era when networks had an identity, and faces to go with it. No one will ever again *be* CBS.

New specials by Eddie Pepitone and Brent Weinbach are worth checking out. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/a...

Wrote on Colbert www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/a...

Colbert has the highest ratings of any late night host. "Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert tells studio audience CBS is canceling 'The Late Show,' to end in May 2026.

Rewatching The Wire and not only did I underestimate season 2 (better than season 1 imo) but also Frank Sobotka, one of its greatest, most complex tragic figures. Chris Bauer deserves more meaty roles.

There was a period of time in the 2010s when you could lazily pitch an article on Twitter and an editor would see and assign it to you. These were my halcyon days.

Time to give this scene a pause. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Three All NBA guys with a torn Achilles in one playoffs. Shorten the fucking season already, this is so dumb.

Made this prediction before game one. If only I put money on it!

He even wrote a whole column on this topic www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/a...

I know how much this exchange means to @jasonzinoman.bsky.social. It means a lot to me too, but this is one of Jason’s favorite subjects. Also, great interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b...