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What Are You Missing? Sept 16 – Sept 29
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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Breaking Bad 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
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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From Mercury to Mars: Why Teach War of the Worlds
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
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
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Peaking Plot
Walt and Jesse return to where the series began to stage the program's climactic peak.
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Conflicted Coverage: ESPN and Johnny Manziel
ESPN reacted to Heisman-winner Johnny Manziel's controversial return to college football with both praise and criticism. What message are they trying to send to viewers, and why is it important culturally as well as financially?
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From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles’s Dracula
The Antenna-Sounding Out! ongoing series From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years continues with a new post from Debra Rae Cohen on the inaugural broadcast of the original Mercury series, Welles’s fascinating version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Postponing Progress
The season hits its first speed bump, as characters bide time while looking toward the inevitable confrontation.
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What Are You Missing? Aug 19 – Sept 1
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Title Tricking
This week we get plenty of confessions, but not the ones we might have expected.
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The Diets of the Goldbergs
Jennifer Lynn Jones explores dieting episodes in the classic family sitcom, The Goldbergs.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Digging Down
All of the characters are digging themselves out, and deeper, after last week's confrontation.
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