WHAT’S NEW ON TV
Joanne says that underrepresented groups are slightly more represented on television this fall, including women and minorities. Also, comic-book characters. If you’re in the market for a new favorite show, Joanne’s picked . If you’d like to pick your own dang top ten, here’s a , including the bad ones.
NEEDS MORE BASSOON
. “It’s just the sort of clever move musicians are making in an era when traditional orchestra jobs are less certain and entrepreneurship is the norm,” writes . Of course I’m more of a bassoon quintet guy, myself.
WHAT IF ALL OF CONGRESS WENT TO AN ISLAND?
Two U.S. senators are going to be , where they will have to cooperate, and — get this — they are not in the same political party. This is exactly the sort of reality programming the Founding Fathers envisioned. You’ve got the legislative branch, you’ve got the executive producer, and you’ve got the judicial branch (sharks, maybe?).
LIGHTNING ROUND
+ Got a favorite Roosevelt? If not, it’ll be easy to pick one after 14 hours of Ken Burns’ , which starts this weekend.
+ is going to be a “Good Morning America” contributor.
+ How do you like your comedy? or ?
+ Here’s Reverb’s .
+ Here’s , with lyrics.
+ Here’s a .
+ Good day.
