Comedy Central has long courted young men with disconcerting portrayals of women, but several of its programs this spring provide small indications of a different politics of representation.
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“Mother Daughter Sister Wife”: Gender on Comedy Central
Change and Continuity on Saturday Night Live
Despite a rough start to the season, Saturday Night Live continues to be a fascinating case study for understanding American television.
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On Leaving the Game Early
Miami Heat fans' early exit from game six of the NBA Finals is the latest flashpoint in mediated discussions of Florida this year.
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Locked In on ESPN
As the lights rose on a recent late night edition of ESPN’s SportsCenter, anchors Stuart Scott and Scott van Pelt grinned disingenuously, like desperate salesmen sampling crumb cake before demanding we sign for all eight units. ESPN had just wrapped coverage of an utterly forgettable college basketball game that saw No. 5 North Carolina...
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Louie, Luckily
FX's Louie and new possibilities for half-hour television comedy.
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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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On Sports Irrelevance
We hear a lot about teams and fans that are "tortured," but what about the ones we don't hear about at all?
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5 Thoughts On: The Marriage Ref
"I think we're wasting a lot of valuable network time here." --Alec Baldwin
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5 Thoughts On: MacGruber
Five thoughts on the film adaptation of the Saturday Night Live sketch MacGruber.
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Ad Rant: The Gap, “Go Ho Ho”
Because nobody watches commercials anymore, Antenna keeps track of what you may have missed while pushing those three triangles rightward. The Gap has long had a knack for exploiting cultural detritus and ruining things you love. To wit: Hey confused Xers and bored boomers, looking for attire to impress everyone else at the community...
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Ad Rant: Pizza Hut Tuscani Pizza
Because nobody watches commercials anymore, Antenna keeps track of what you may have missed while pushing those three triangles rightward. This week’s ad: Pizza Hut Tuscani Pasta It’s no secret we are, as Ali G so delicately put it, a nation of “fatty boom-booms”. And anyone who’s flipped through that Michael Pollan book their...
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NBC to Ruin Comedians You Once Loved
Fans of comedy on NBC rejoiced last week Monday, then went into a deep funk around 10/9c, then rejoiced again after reports that the network had agreed to a pilot commitment with Reno 911! co-creators Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant. The program was a modest success for Comedy Central over the last six...
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