In our break room, Fox News is often playing. I don't stay there long.

We eat our lunches in the conference room. . . if there isn't a meeting.

There isn't a water cooler but we sometimes have bottles of water and there is coffee.

They're going to be airing it without widescreen (so some of the screen cut out)...

That's the way FOX airs it as well, at least on their non-HD channel. It's made for both formats (like Firefly). There was an interview a few weeks ago in which Joss complained about having to make it for both aspect ratios so that there couldn't be one true format. I watch on FOX in 4:3 and then rewatch on Hulu in 16:9, and it looks genuinely good both ways.

Isn't televised slash much more entertaining when it's not intentional?

Well, if it were intentional, then it wouldn't be slash, right?

I'm resistant to that definition of slash, as it would disqualify Angel from consideration. And it's basically my gold standard for slash.

I do buy that Torchwood doesn't count, as it eschews subtext in favor of hot guys blatantly making out.

Isn't the "unintentional slash" usually quite intentional, but like an easter egg? I've always assumed, since becoming aware of it, that the writers and actors know exactly how what they're saying or doing can be viewed, but it's under the radar so as to avoid upsetting the networks.

I think a lot of unintended slash is originally due to chemistry between the actors (see Viggo and Orlando in LotR), and if TV shows decide to pursue that accidental subtext, then it becomes overt slash (see Tim Minear's constant reference to Angel being the "gayest show on television" while it was running).

Isn't the "unintentional slash" usually quite intentional, but like an easter egg?

Exhibit A: dueSouth. But I don't think that always, or even typically the case.

But as Matt points out, intentional /= canon.

Exhibit B: Smallville. No way they didn't ramp up the unintentional Clark/Lex slash in some of the later seasons.

As another example, for the first 4 years the writers of Stargate: Atlantis were either oblivious to how slashy the relationship between the two male leads was, or in deep, DEEP denial about it.

Then I think people mentioned it too much at conventions for them not to see it and they made sure that the characters only had about 3 scenes together over the entire season, while pushing their favorite into the fastest paced out-of-the-blue unconvincing romance subplot I've ever seen.

That might explain why it was no longer as enjoyable as it used to be...