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The Right to Make Wrong TV?
Later this year, the RightNetwork, a network dedicated to programming solely for conservatives, will launch. I’m intrigued by this network for a few reasons.
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Glee Club: “The Power of Madonna”
Antenna's weekly Glee Club column discusses "The Power of Madonna," semiotic democracy, and the pleasure of reinvention.
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Lost Wednesdays: Everything in its Right Place
Are the final teams finally in place? Or are we moving the pieces toward another move?
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‘New New’ Doctor Who: Brand Regeneration?
2010 poses a key threat to the brand, and to its 'flagship drama' status in the UK – what if a new Doctor, companion, and exec-producer team represents too much change for audiences to take?
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I Saw God and/or Treme*
Thoughts on David Simon's next HBO outing, Treme
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Laugh it Up, Fuzzball: Star Wars as Sit-com
The news of a greenlit sit-com based on the Star Wars saga is liable to set millions of eyes rolling and heads shaking, but while comedy and Star Wars are uneasy companions, it may be worth giving this latest venture a chance.
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For the Love of Glee
Glee has garnered ardent fans, or Gleeks, around the world. Just as notable, it appears to have been embraced as particularly American. What is it about the series that has inspired this phenomenon?
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Lost Wednesdays: Revving Up the Engine
Explosions, vehicular manslaughter, and throwing someone down a well make for a satisfying hour - but the real fun is in true love's kiss.
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We’re Running Out of Time!
With only eight hours left, 24 dies as it lived--made up as it goes along.
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Lost Wednesdays: Our Scottish Savior
Will Desmond deliver the payoffs we've been hoping for? Or are we still searching for The One?
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The Best Remote Control $700 Can Buy: First Impressions of the Apple iPad
I beta tested the first generation of the Apple iPad, so that you don't have to.
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Discursive Disintegration
Politically engaged, “discursively integrated” comedy has become quite the buzz topic both within the television industry as well as the academy, with all sorts of attention being paid to programs like South Park, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show etc. Nowhere is this expectation for up-to-the-minute political satire made more apparent than in...
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Lost Wednesdays: A Bug and a Package
Does the package contain a giant red V? And which will annoy fans more - the plot or the promotion?
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Lost Wednesdays: The Cork Island
Can we find the answers we need in the island's backstory? And can Richard choose sides?
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