Archive for September, 2013

Breaking Bad Breakdown: Deserving Denouement

September 30, 2013
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<i>Breaking Bad</i> Breakdown: Deserving Denouement

What do we want from a finale? Should it be a spectacular episode that serves as the dramatic peak of the series? Should it like any other episode of the series, only more so? Should it be surprising, shocking, or transformative? Or should it offer closure? For me, the main thing that I’m looking...
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What Are You Missing? Sept 16 – Sept 29

September 29, 2013
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What Are You Missing? Sept 16 – Sept 29

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Marilyn Hagerty Once Mentioned Me in a Column

September 27, 2013
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Marilyn Hagerty Once Mentioned Me in a Column

Discussing Hagerty's new Anthony Bourdain-endorsed book, Kyle Conway ruminates on taste, humor, and geography in the post-modern era.
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Fall Premieres 2013: CBS

September 26, 2013
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Fall Premieres 2013: CBS

Antenna contributors review the new fall series from America's #1 network in total viewers and—in a change—the key demographic.
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Fall Premieres 2013: ABC

September 26, 2013
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Fall Premieres 2013: ABC

Antenna contributors review the new fall series from the alphabet network.
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Report From: Walking in Eternity, The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Conference

September 25, 2013
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Report From: Walking in Eternity, The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Conference

At the University of Hertfordshire earlier this month, a small group of media scholars, journalists, and writers gathered for the Doctor Who: Walking in Eternity conference, commemorating that series' 50th anniversary and its remarkable cultural impact. Derek Kompare provides a report.
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Fall Premieres 2013: NBC

September 25, 2013
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Fall Premieres 2013: NBC

Antenna contributors review the new fall series from the peacock network.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Exiling Evil

September 23, 2013
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<i>Breaking Bad</i> Breakdown: Exiling Evil

Dots are connected and characters suffer, setting up what is sure to be a heartwarming series finale.
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Self-Important Spectacle: The 2013 Emmy Awards

September 23, 2013
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Self-Important Spectacle: The 2013 Emmy Awards

From the moment the ceremony began, it was clear that this was an evening set to celebrate television in the most misguided of ways.
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Fall Premieres 2013: Dads

September 18, 2013
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Fall Premieres 2013: Dads

In an effort to replicate the scattershot nature of so many other Seth MacFarlane projects, Antenna reviewers exchanged brief, occasionally offensive, and utterly superficial thoughts about the MacFarlane-produced live-action sitcom Dads on Fox.
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Fall Premieres 2013: Fox

September 18, 2013
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Fall Premieres 2013: Fox

Antenna contributors review the new fall series from America's former #1 network in Adults 18-49.
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From Mercury to Mars: Why Teach War of the Worlds

September 17, 2013
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From Mercury to Mars: Why Teach <i>War of the Worlds</i>

In this latest installment of the Antenna-Sounding Out! continuing series From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years, Cynthia Meyers reflects on teaching the Mercury Theater's 1938 broadcast to 21st century undergraduate students.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Exploding Emotion

September 16, 2013
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<i>Breaking Bad</i> Breakdown: Exploding Emotion

Still recovering from this week's emotional devastation, but Jason Mittell works through the carnage with an extra-long post.
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What Are You Missing? Sept 2 – Sept 15

September 15, 2013
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What Are You Missing? Sept 2 – Sept 15

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Peaking Plot

September 9, 2013
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<i>Breaking Bad</i> Breakdown: Peaking Plot

Walt and Jesse return to where the series began to stage the program's climactic peak.
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