Welcome to our new feature, Late to the Party. Each week, our contributors will consume and report on a canonical or otherwise significant piece of media that they have missed until now. First up: Myles McNutt on Twin Peaks.
Read more »
TV
Late to the Party: Twin Peaks (1990-91)
Replying with the Enemy: Showrunners on Twitter II
For showrunners, the risks and rewards of replying to Twitter users are magnified: replying could create a sense of a personal relationship with their followers, but getting into long conversations with fans (especially antagonistic fans) could spark controversy.
Read more »
Conan and the Warm Embrace of Narrowcasting
Basic cable might turn out to be the best thing to ever happen to Conan O'Brien.
Read more »
Report from the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
A first-hand account of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's gathering on the National Mall.
Read more »
Television and the Haunted Holiday
By disrupting the everyday with a yearly tradition which unite a show's cast, Halloween episodes can use the holiday's blurring of fantasy and reality to speak to questions of character.
Read more »
Mr. Draper’s Wild Ride: “Tomorrowland” and Mad Men’s Season in Review
As Mad Men's fourth season comes to a close, we look back on what Antenna contributors have had to say, and how it reflects on the eventful finale.
Read more »
What Do You Think? The Chilean Mine Rescue
The rescue of a group of Chilean miners this week has become a media phenomenon. We want your opinion on it all.
Read more »
A Practical Magic: Christine O’Donnell’s Invocations of Witchcraft
By now you've surely heard the news: Christine O'Donnell is not a witch. Merely scoffing at her response to this brouhaha, though, means passing up an opportunity to understand how she constructs herself and her appeal as a righteous outsider.
Read more »
“Those Kinds of Shenanigans”: Mad Men’s “Blowing Smoke”
This season, Mad Men, and its mad men and women, have been on a quest to redefine what advertising is, dramatizing the radical changes that the field underwent during the 1960s.
Read more »
Simpsonic Business as Usual?
Last night, the Banksy-directed opening credit sequence “couch gag” for The Simpsons took us into the sweatshop behind the franchise. As executive producer Al Jean noted, “This is what you get when you outsource.”
Read more »
The Much(?) Anticipated Return of Caprica
Despite an appealing sense of inevitable narrative momentum, a long but more importantly uncertain wait makes it hard to feel excitement and anticipation for the mid-season return of this Battlestar spin-off.
Read more »
“Listen. Do You Want to Know a Secret?”: Mad Men, Episode 10, “Hands & Knees”
The British invasion of Sterling Cooper at the end of season two has resulted in a noticeably different firm and a noticeably different direction to the series. This has also meant moments of audible change.
Read more »
UPDATED: Premiere Week 2010 – ABC
Antenna contributors respond to ABC's fall premieres. Check back as we update over the next week!
Read more »
UPDATED: Premiere Week 2010 – CBS
Antenna contributors respond to CBS's fall premieres. Check back as we update over the next week!
Read more »
UPDATED: Premiere Week 2010 – NBC
Antenna contributors respond to NBC's fall premieres. Check back as we update over the next week!
Read more »
