I love commercials. I love to hate commercials, too. I talk back to them.

My first few years as TV critic, I would go to parties and people (usually older Posties or ex-Posties who seemed to pride themselves on not watching very much television) would take me by the arm and insist that I watch this show they'd recently starting watching on DVD, about drug dealers in Baltimore.

I don't really like to arrange shows by best performances. That's why Emmy season is kind of a chore for me. Unlike movies, where it's easier to decide who was the best performance, a TV show goes up and down, including characters/portrayals.

I like the anthology concept. I wish more shows would do it.

I don't have scientific data, but I think plenty of perfectly nice weekends are being given over to the binge craze.

We all have to draw some lines. To preserve my sanity, I steer clear of cooking, professional sports and most imports, unless imported to us via PBS, Sundance, etc.

I'm a fan of half-hour shows that can be both funny and dramatic.