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Too cute to be curmudgeonly, too straitlaced to be cool, Tucker Carlson is more than a Bunyonesque character. In this Bushian time, he's gonna be a star!

Jeff Zucker made Today the most profitable three hours on television. But as the new head of NBC Entertainment, he has a tougher job: saving network TV.

I scored a solid B+ on last year's predictions -- despite the AOL-Time Warner deal. This year's forecast is all gloomy, especially for George W. Bush.

While everyone was waiting for one of the candidates to do the right thing, the Bush black-bag operation stole the election. Does anybody care?

Forget David Boies, dimpled chads, and desperate litigation -- the country has already elected a new president. Just look at The West Wing's Nielsen ratings. He's a fire-breathing orator, a Nobel laureate in economics -- and he's almost as inspiring as FDR. Too bad Martin Sheen is only in office an hour a week.

The Good of the Country comes face-to-face with the Will of the People as the nation waits for someone to blink. It's the only real politics we've had for years.

The candidates got the vote they deserved. Turn the election into a marketing arms race, and it's bound to end in mutually assured destruction.

Dave Eggers is the new media hero as anti-media hero, complete with acolytes. Is he the voice of his generation, or is he just mixing the Kool-Aid?

Voters are about to get hitched to a man who will set the tone of the times. Whom do you want to see each morning at breakfast?

We always suspected celebrity was a place where all the stars know each other and have dinner together. We were right -- and it's Ingrid Sischy's hometown.