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Jen Chaney

@jenchaney.bsky.social
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Current: TV and film critic free agent. Former: Vulture, WashPost. Prev bylines: NYT, Vanity Fair, others. Literally wrote the book on Clueless.

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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No, you're up at this hour listening to "Detachable Penis" by King Missile.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I watched the first three episodes of AMERICAN HORROR STORY:13 so you don't have to and, quite frankly, you all owe me one. www.vulture.com/article/amer...
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We’re in Club Hell
American Horror Story’s borderline-incomprehensible 13th entry may or may not be cursed, but its viewers certainly are.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can we just stop shitting on U2? It's low-hanging fruit but it's also just not warranted! They're one of the best bands to ever exist. Sorry about the iPhone thing, it was dumb, but also: *all you had to do was delete it.*
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There is currently a wait time just to access the Met's website.
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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Too often, this [show] feels so beholden to where it came from that it can’t quite break any new ground of its own." @jenchaney.bsky.social reviews Netflix’s A DIFFERENT WORLD: www.rogerebert.com/features/a-d...
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Netflix's Reboot of "A Different World" Needs to Let Go of the Past
The Netflix reboot of the ’80s and ’90s sitcom struggles to form its own identity.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I agree with pretty much all of this, especially the Saul and Lost comments.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Starting to feel like everyone who lives in the Washington area or seeks to spend time here is being constantly terrorized. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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F.A.A. to Roll Out New A.I. Tool for Washington Airports
The tool, called SMART, will crunch scheduling and weather data to predict and avoid delays. It will be deployed in the Washington region’s three major airports next week.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Apparently the Commanders current offensive strategy is chaos menu.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dozens, I tell you!
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I reviewed the new Sharon Horgan show, YOUTH, for @ebertvoices.bsky.social and I loved it. www.rogerebert.com/streaming/yo...
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‘Youth" is a Portrait of Midlife That’s Anything But Mid
Sharon Horgan delivers another terrific, sharp comedy about women, relationships and the perils of aging.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Party at the Moon Tower! I mean, Sunset Cocktails! Let's eat!
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Widows Bay Show
ALT: Widows Bay Show
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
To clarify: Michael J. Fox is very much alive, he was just presented with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award during tonight's Emmys. Sorry for any confusion!
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tributes to Michael J. Fox, Dolly Parton and Catherine O'Hara in one Emmys telecast is a lot for this Gen Xer's heart to handle.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You know what's keeping young people from watching award shows? The lack of Supertramp covers. Well, no longer!
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I ❤️ John Mulaney.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yay, Stephen Root! www.vulture.com/article/step...
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Stephen Root Tried Not to Get Spoiled on the Widow’s Bay Set
“A couple of these scripts, I just went to my scenes and went, I don’t want to read this. I want to see it.”
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Emmy Award for the face Michelle Pfeiffer just made.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And the WIDOW'S BAY sweep has begun!
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Emmy Awards brought to you by Marriott.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Saw the news about Bob Mackie's passing (RIP) and this is the first image that came to mind. It's the first image that comes to mind whenever I hear his name, tbh. Cher was such a badass for wearing this.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Back on my fall bullshit, aka yelling at Commanders games when no one else is in the house.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
At the University of Maryland for a comedy show and it’s all college students so I feel very “Hello fellow kids” but OTOH they’re playing “Pump Up the Jam.” So.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Good luck trying to argue that cats are better than dogs after watching HEART OF THE BEAST. You'll just sound like an IDIOT.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
WHY IS SHANE GILLIS HOSTING SNL AGAIN THIS YEAR? WHY?
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Taking a brief break from tennis to say that I hope everyone is okay, but also: a sinkhole opened up in Nicolas Cage's driveway?????? www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Malibu residents evacuate after massive, expanding sinkhole opens at Nicolas Cage's house
Evacuation orders were issued for 31 Malibu homes due to a massive and expanding sinkhole in the driveway of Nicolas Cage's property.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
No, YOU'RE watching a tennis match at 2:12 a.m. I'm asleep right now like a responsible adult.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tennis is simultaneously delighting and killing me today.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is a really fun promo for ABBOTT ELEMENTARY. Wish they would do a whole episode in SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK mode. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpnI...
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Abbott House Rock | Abbott Elementary Season 6
YouTube video by ABC
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Watching the US Open and every commercial I see looks like it was made with AI slop.
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Danette Chavez @danettechavez.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Trying to reassure new journalism students that they are still on a viable path
Matthew Rhys saying “We are definitely” Matthew Rhys saying “definitely not cursed.”
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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals  i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A couple of years ago I interviewed Sally Field about her work in STEEL MAGNOLIAS. I love how she described the way Dolly Parton put the director in his place for being mean to Julia Roberts.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Pausing my grief for a sec to give my 100 percent endorsement to Carlos Alcarez’s hair.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I just truly can't believe Dolly Parton is gone. One of the best Americans to ever live, bar none.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
1. Sure it's not 1985 right now, but who knows what tomorrow will bring? 2. Trambopoline! 3. I call the big one Bitey. 4. You can't win friends with sal-ad! 5. Milhouse: Wait, what about Sunday? Bart: Yeah, what *about* Sunday?
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NomNomNomChomsky @stusherman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Coyote Vs. America is the sequel, where Coyote must sue the FTC because they abused their rule making authority to insulate Acme from litigation.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Writing about COYOTE VS. ACME and accidentally typed COYOTE VS. AMERICA, but you know what, I think that's actually correct.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Every WNBA arena should have ready an Enes Kanter Tribute Video that's just him getting absolutely cooked on 1000 pick and rolls
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This guy is such a fucking clown
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Help Louis! (And also me!)
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Random question, but for those of you who are journalists or non-fiction writers who also write fiction: how do you start a work of fiction? Do you outline first? Start writing a scene and see what develps? I want to write a novel but I keep psyching myself out of truly starting. Advice welcome!
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As a practical matter: if you're not sure whether construction on a building should continue, shouldn't you halt the construction while you figure it out?
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Finally fully catching up on the Natalie Harp saga and cannot stop singing "Madeline" by Lily Allen, but replacing that name with Natalie. "But who's Natalie?" www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The White House Freak-Out Over Natalie Harp
The West Wing’s explosive response to a fleeting jab didn’t kill the story. It enabled days of coverage.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Starting a FYC campaign for her.
Judi Dench as the fridge
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Can this person run for office somewhere as Darth Vader? I just want to see how that shakes out.
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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I also am curious about the contention that her popularity has skyrocketed. I watched part of the Fever game last night and the whole place was booing her.
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My god, this is so sad. She jumped off the screen as a kid actor in stuff like Remember the Titans, and she was a huge part of the Heroes s1 phenomenon. Nobody cares about “save the cheerleader, save the world” if she didn’t make them care about the cheerleader.
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