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The beloved, darling, fabulous, fascinating, titillating and stimulating Ira Glass has put This American Life on Showtime.

Finally, something good on Showtime.

I've been a long time whore of This American Life, the weekly radio program on NPR, which has individual stories and essays on a given topic each week. David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell have been long-time contributers, among others, and I have it automatically downloaded to my Itunes every week.

I listen to it at work while I'm sorting mail.

I think people are beginning to wonder why sorting mail has the capacity to make me laugh hysterically or weep gently into the daily tearsheets.

Anyway, now it's been transformed into a television show. This is no easy feat, as Mr. Glass will tell you in this interview with Terry Gross, possibly the greatest living interviewer on the planet.

Here's the trailor for the show. It looks mysterious and hauntingly beautiful. The distinctive music, a long-time TAL trademark, has been happily incorporated to absolutely stunning effect. It premiers March 22 at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern.)

Here's the website. There's a picture of Ira Glass there, as well as above. Isn't he just the most adorable thing ever? I could put him in my pocket and walk around with him.

Here's the website for the radio show if you're unfamiliar with it.

If you're lucky enough to get Showtime, watch it. It looks different. And new. Let's call it the thinking man's Engaged and Underaged. That can only be a good thing.