Sports
48/60 pts
NFL opening Sunday
Sports/Sep 13, 2026
Week 1 is a product launch that happens to keep score
Fourteen games, three windows, a night soap in New Jersey. The season is no longer coming. It is on.
Worth the look48/60 pts
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Television
46/60 pts
NFL Week 1, as a broadcast
Television/Sep 13, 2026
Opening Sunday is television first. The games are the programming.
A full slate, three windows, and a night game that exists to keep the lights on after dinner.
Worth the look46/60 pts
Movies
39/60 pts
TIFF, from outside the hallway
Movies/Sep 13, 2026
A festival Sunday is a press release with better lighting
Toronto is four days in. The useful question is which pictures will still exist when the carpet comes up.
Mixed39/60 pts
Food
44/60 pts
The Week 1 grocery spread
Food/Sep 13, 2026
The Sunday spread is a format. Stop styling it like a commercial.
Wings, a tray, a dip that came from a tub. Score the logistics. The recipe is not the point.
Worth the look44/60 pts
Culture
29/60 pts
The night before the Emmys
Culture/Sep 13, 2026
Emmy eve is a preview special that thinks it is a verdict
Monday is the ceremony. Sunday is the industry telling you who already won.
Mixed29/60 pts
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News and commentary
News/Sports/Sep 13, 2026
Week 1 is actually today. The Open is over. The remote changed hands.
A full NFL Sunday, a finished US Open, and a film festival that is already mid-sentence.
The Desk
News/Movies/Sep 13, 2026
Toronto is on day four. You still do not have to be there.
Carpets, surprise screenings, and a city that will be itself again on the 21st. The useful coverage names dates after the festival.
The Desk
Commentary/Entertainment/Sep 13, 2026
The Emmys are tomorrow. Football is tonight. That is the week.
A ceremony on NBC at 8. A night game on NBC at 8:20. Monday pits a trophy show against Arrowhead. Nobody is confused except the recap industry.
The Desk
Commentary/Politics/Sep 13, 2026
The picnic is over. The offices open anyway.
Labor Day was a holiday. Sunday is a calendar. Campaigns will call the next five days a turning point. Most of it is still a form.
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