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Hi Alan - I'm a huge fan of your work. I've been reading your reviews since the Sopranos days at the Star Ledger. I have to tell you that, being from NNJ, Sunday evenings were holidays that lasted up until reading the last words of your next day's review when you put all of a show's pieces together. Thanks for being the best (TV) writer in America.

Here's a couple questions: *As a weekly listener of your podcast, I've come to appreciate the differences between you and Dan. You seem more affable and to look at the best parts of a bad show, while he seems at his happiest throwing water on poorly executed programming. Do you guys talk beforehand about what angle you will take, or it more organic than that?

*Do you ever binge re-watch modern classics like The Wire, Sopranos, Rome etc? I'm curious what your thoughts are when you experience them as a viewer rather than a reviewer.

*In 15 years, what do you think will be Treme's legacy? I tend to think it is a bit higher art than HBO's typical offering, and may not get its full due until college professors get their hands on it.

*Speaking of college professors, is there any chance of you being a visiting lecturer at Rutgers to teach a course on some of the better shows of the last dozen years using your book as the text?

Thanks for joining us on Reddit, I'm going to go buy your book now.