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Words are Cool: The Magic of Moffat’s Doctor Who

July 26, 2010
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Words are Cool: The Magic of Moffat’s <i>Doctor Who</i>

The fifth season of Doctor Who saw the introduction of a new showrunner. In this post, Matt Hills considers his impact on series.
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Army Wives, Safe Soldiers, and Online Smokescreens

July 19, 2010
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<i>Army Wives</i>, Safe Soldiers, and Online Smokescreens

As everyone else was drooling over the final episodes of LOST, I fully admit that I was focusing on my weekly fix of Lifetime’s Army Wives. Despite its lack of cultural cachet, to me the show continues to illustrate an interesting tension between niche marketing, media convergence, and politically charged topicality.
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Report from the On, Archives! Conference

July 10, 2010
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Report from the On, Archives! Conference

The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research hosted a major conference this past week that featured a symposium on broadcasting in the 1930s, several thought-provoking keynote addresses, and presentations on all manner of issues pertaining to archives and the historical past.
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One Future of Network Television: A Literal Cottage Industry

July 7, 2010
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One Future of Network Television:  A Literal Cottage Industry

At the TWiT Cottage and around the web, a new kind of network television is taking hold.
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“Africa’s Heartbreak”? A Report From Malawi

July 3, 2010
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“Africa’s Heartbreak”? A Report From Malawi

If "Africa" exists, it is only in brief moments, so to pity Africa and feel sorry for "its" loss is to fall into a nasty discursive trap.
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Louie, Luckily

July 2, 2010
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<em>Louie</em>, Luckily

FX's Louie and new possibilities for half-hour television comedy.
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Redemption and Regression in the Saving Grace Series Finale

June 28, 2010
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Redemption and Regression in the <em>Saving Grace</em> Series Finale

By refusing a happy or even reassuring ending, Saving Grace's finale stayed true to the series' brand of realism and defied expectations, but in bringing the story full circle it also returned to some of the series' initial shortcomings.
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Summer Media: River Monsters

June 24, 2010
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Summer Media: <i>River Monsters</i>

One of them belches like Jabba the Hutt when pulled out of water. And yet I find myself wondering why animals and American television haven’t been even better friends.
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Damages: A Tale of Two Women

June 21, 2010
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<i>Damages</i>: A Tale of Two Women

Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Or so says high-stakes attorney Patty Hewes of FX’s Damages.
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The Melancholy of Friday Night Lights

June 19, 2010
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The Melancholy of <i>Friday Night Lights</i>

Friday Night Lights and its viewership seem suddenly caught in a state of nostalgia, uncannily aware of how very much there is to lose, and what has already been lost.
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Generation X Has a Midlife Crisis at Midcourt

June 15, 2010
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Generation X Has a Midlife Crisis at Midcourt

The 2010 NBA Finals are seeing generational conflict both on the court and on the sidelines.
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Holding My Breath: Women, Work, and Parenthood

June 3, 2010
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Holding My Breath: Women, Work, and <i>Parenthood</i>

To the series’ credit, it often “goes there”—into those contentious waters of clearly gendered dilemmas about women’s work, motherhood, and guilt that were a mainstay of a lot of 1980s and 1990s drama.
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When Sports Talk Radio Converges: The Relevance of Callers’ Hometowns

June 2, 2010
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When Sports Talk Radio Converges: The Relevance of Callers’ Hometowns

The town names of callers allow listeners to construct an imagined regional map, an extended network of communication of which they are one point in their material environment that they comprehend through the car window
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The New Reality of The Hills

May 28, 2010
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The New Reality of <i>The Hills</i>

It appears that in season six the world inside The Hills has effectively merged with the world outside The Hills. For this jaded fan, The Hills is once again must-see TV.
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