This is just two days away — hope you can join me at the Paley Museum to revisit classics like The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Buffy and many more!

Today I have reached the infamous @brimleyline.bsky.social (ie the Brimley/Cocoon line): I am the exact same age that Wilford Brimley was on the day Cocoon opened in theaters

I couldn’t visit Georgetown without checking out the famous Exorcist steps

Boo! Just in time for Halloween, join me at the Paley Museum on 10/30 as I revisit some of TV’s all-time scariest episodes, featuring classic shows like The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tales from the Crypt and Stranger Things www.paleycenter.org/events/conve...

Boo! Just in time for Halloween, join me at the Paley Museum on 10/30 as I revisit some of TV’s all-time scariest episodes, featuring classic shows like The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tales from the Crypt and Stranger Things www.paleycenter.org/events/conve...

We just announced our PaleyFest NY lineup, which includes Man on the Inside, Landman and Pluribus www.paleycenter.org/events/paley...

Very much looking forward to my colleague Allison's Conversation with a Cuator talk this Friday about the 40th anniversary of The Golden Girls. Featuring rare interviews from the Paley Archive with Betty White and Rue McClanahan! www.paleycenter.org/events/conve...

Woohoo! Cannot wait for this! (Also, just days ago, I finally had the BSG Last Supper print below hung in my Paley office.)

You just know season 2 of The Pitt will include a scene where Dr. Robby says fuck it and orders a Hep B vaccine for a newborn anyway

I’ve seen hundreds of dumb media decisions in my career (especially in the past few years) but this puts them all to shame. To jettison the industry’s most indispensable TV critic—and the only reason many people still read RS—is outrageously stupid and short-sighted.

Hey LA: I'll be bringing my recent Paley Conversation with a Curator talk, TV Goes to College, to the Beverly Hills Library on Thursday. Stop by hear me talk about A Different World, Felicity, Community and many more! www.paleycenter.org/events/paley...

RIP to Robert Redford. Deservedly praised for his role in shaping/saving/elevating independent film, but more recently he helped get AMC's excellent Dark Winds on the air (and his S3 premiere cameo earlier this year turned out to be his last on-camera appearance) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

I’ve seen hundreds of dumb media decisions in my career (especially in the past few years) but this puts them all to shame. To jettison the industry’s most indispensable TV critic—and the only reason many people still read RS—is outrageously stupid and short-sighted.

More tomorrow, but now might be a very good time to consider subscribing to What’s Alan Watching? alansepinwall.ghost.io

I hope someone tallies how much time in total was wasted on this Cursed Bit

Will see a clip from any of the nominated shows or performances before the ceremony ends?

That #GilmoreGirls bit was sharp and fun fact-filled. More of that. #Emmys

Andor should be winning all the Emmys but I’ll settle for this one

It’s spreading to other categories, too!

Other than a bit of The Golden Girls, I don’t think tonight’s show about TV has shown any actual clips from TV shows. That’s a problem!

Awkward.

So what happens when that live countdown gets to a negative number? The Boys & Girls Club has to pay THEM? Please make this stop.

All of the White Lotus Emmy nominees tonight

When Tramell Tillman wins an Emmy

Good luck to all my TV reporter friends tonight. #Emmys

Nothing will ever come close to the original, of course, but I was pleasantly surprised that this turned out to be much more fun-and funnier-than I expected

Looking forward to Paley's next exhibit, opening next week, celebrating The Office's 20th anniversary & The Paper. www.paleycenter.org/events/paley...

10 years ago, CBS delivered this special “Col’ Brew” to my Adweek office to celebrate that night’s debut of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Very excited to talk with Mike Greenberg and @sethwickersham.bsky.social on Friday afternoon about their new books—and the start of the NFL season. You can buy your own copies and get them signed, too. Tickets available at the link below!

On Friday 9/5, I’ll kick off the new NFL season by talking with ESPN faves Mike Greenberg and @sethwickersham.bsky.social about their terrific new books (Got Your Legends and American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback). Plus, you can buy copies and get them signed. Hope to see you there!

On Friday 9/5, I’ll kick off the new NFL season by talking with ESPN faves Mike Greenberg and @sethwickersham.bsky.social about their terrific new books (Got Your Legends and American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback). Plus, you can buy copies and get them signed. Hope to see you there!

This is tomorrow—hope you can make it if you're in NYC!

This is just one week from today!

Please join me on Wed 8/20 at Paley, for my next Conversation with a Curator talk: TV Goes to College. We'll look at how TV has depicted the college experience—with lots of clips of your favorite college shows, and a few you probably didn't know existed. More info www.paleycenter.org/events/conve...

I wrote about all the impeccable timing of the South Park premiere, and the complicated nature of Parker and Stone being the guys to do this:

Mystery solved. Keep up the great work, AI!

When I think about Twin Peaks, this is definitely the first image that comes to mind

In another week packed with bad news, so thrilled to hear about one of favorite organizations giving this long-shuttered local theater a new lease on life

This seems like a lifetime ago, but it was only five years: youtu.be/wBBPkCx5m7g?...

Who can turn the world on with her smile? This incredible new high school graduate, for starters…

Who can turn the world on with her smile? This incredible new high school graduate, for starters…

If you missed last week's terrific PaleyLive with Ray Romano, Phil Rosenthal and the Everybody Loves Raymond writers, you can now stream the entire panel www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tIK...

If you missed last week's terrific PaleyLive with Ray Romano, Phil Rosenthal and the Everybody Loves Raymond writers, you can now stream the entire panel www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tIK...

Our terrific new Paley exhibit, celebrating 30 Years of Everybody Loves Raymond opens today. Be sure to stop by this summer to check it out! www.paleycenter.org/events/paley...

One of the best TV publicists ever — and the person behind almost every story you have read about FX in the 21st century

I spoke with the LA Times for this story about why some of the greatest TV shows of all time—including Better Call Saul, The Wire and Parks & Recreation—never won a single Emmy.

I spoke with the LA Times for this story about why some of the greatest TV shows of all time—including Better Call Saul, The Wire and Parks & Recreation—never won a single Emmy.

The entire plot of Andor S2 is about the Empire creating a bloody civil disturbance and then blaming the resulting violence on the previously peaceful protestors.