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Curator, The Paley Center for Media. Former senior managing editor, Adweek. So much great TV, so little time... https://linktr.ee/jasonlynch

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I’m so sorry to hear this. This industry is awful

04.08.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Conversation with a Curator Paley is bringing its renown Conversation with a Curator to the West Coast! Throughout the year, every month at the Paley Archive, visitors and Paley Members can attend these special discussions with ...

And if you're on the West Coast, you're in luck, as I'll be giving the same talk on Thursday, Sept. 18 at the Beverly Hills Public Library's Paley Archive. Hope to see you there!
www.paleycenter.org/events/paley...

04.08.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TV Goes to College As more than 15 million undergraduates prepare for their fall semesters, curator Jason Lynch examines how TV hasβ€”and hasn’tβ€”depicted higher education over the years.

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 experienceβ€”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...

04.08.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes, 'South Park' Went There -- And It's Glorious 'South Park' Season 27 premiere depicts President Trump as a con man with a micropenis who's in bed with Satan, and takes on parent company Paramount.

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:

24.07.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 243    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

Mystery solved. Keep up the great work, AI!

24.07.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SeatGeek ad for "Twin Peaks: Conversation with the Stars" with a picture of a rock guitarist onstage who has nothing to do with the series

SeatGeek ad for "Twin Peaks: Conversation with the Stars" with a picture of a rock guitarist onstage who has nothing to do with the series

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

24.07.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

18.07.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

17.07.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A high school graduate channeling Mary Tyler Moore as she throws her cap up in the air

A high school graduate channeling Mary Tyler Moore as she throws her cap up in the air

A radiant high school graduate smiling during her ceremony

A radiant high school graduate smiling during her ceremony

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

27.06.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A high school graduate channeling Mary Tyler Moore as she throws her cap up in the air

A high school graduate channeling Mary Tyler Moore as she throws her cap up in the air

A radiant high school graduate smiling during her ceremony

A radiant high school graduate smiling during her ceremony

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

27.06.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PaleyLive: 30 Years of Everybody Loves Raymond: An Evening with the Legends of the Classic Sitcom
YouTube video by The Paley Center for Media PaleyLive: 30 Years of Everybody Loves Raymond: An Evening with the Legends of the Classic Sitcom

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...

23.06.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
PaleyLive: 30 Years of Everybody Loves Raymond: An Evening with the Legends of the Classic Sitcom
YouTube video by The Paley Center for Media PaleyLive: 30 Years of Everybody Loves Raymond: An Evening with the Legends of the Classic Sitcom

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...

23.06.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They add new appointments every morning. Also check sites that are a little further away.

19.06.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Entrance to Paley’s Everybody Loves Raymond exhibit, featuring a cast photo

Entrance to Paley’s Everybody Loves Raymond exhibit, featuring a cast photo

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...

13.06.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

11.06.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

10.06.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

10.06.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

09.06.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1411    πŸ” 363    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 19
Alien vs Predator poster with the tagline, "Whoever wins ... we lose"

Alien vs Predator poster with the tagline, "Whoever wins ... we lose"

05.06.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Maybe it was a dinner roll she got on set?

05.06.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Less than three weeks after she led the TelevisaUnivision upfront eventβ€”and smack in the middle of upfront negotiationsβ€”Donna Speciale is leaving the company. Very unusual timing for a big move like this...

02.06.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was a very fun evening

22.05.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trying not to repeat other suggestions below, so ...Ted Danson (who people forget was phenomenal in Damages S1).

21.05.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Bryan Cranston is high as a goddamn kite in The Studio

Bryan Cranston is high as a goddamn kite in The Studio

Among the pleasures of the last two eps of The Studio s1 was being reminded that, before he gave one of the great dramatic performances in TV history, Bryan Cranston was an astonishingly good physical comedian.

21.05.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
Philly Justice | Good Hang with Amy Poehler
YouTube video by Good Hang with Amy Poehler Philly Justice | Good Hang with Amy Poehler

For more than a decade, β€œPhilly Justice” was an inside joke among the Parks & Rec cast and producers. On the latest ep of Good Hang, Amy Poehler and friends take a trip down memory lane, and reveal the trailer they shot but never shared publicly until now youtu.be/g6MbnxhVXSE?...

21.05.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cheers | Every Time Norm Peterson Enters the Bar
YouTube video by Peacock Cheers | Every Time Norm Peterson Enters the Bar

A supercut of every time Norm entered Cheers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXED...

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Yes, the platform will once again be called HBO Max, starting this summer

14.05.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Casey Bloys in front of an HBO Max logo

Casey Bloys in front of an HBO Max logo

How it’s going

14.05.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Casey Bloys in front of a Max logo

Casey Bloys in front of a Max logo

How it started

14.05.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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