Some quick thoughts about the season 6 premiere of Lost - spoilers abound!
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When Lost Said “Both”
What Does It Mean To Care About The Grammys?
Clearly, people are once again watching the telecast, even if one cannot be certain that most viewers ‘care’ about the popular artists and their music in the same way that they did in days gone by.
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Miss Marigold on Miss America
On Saturday night, 23 year-old Caressa Cameron became Miss America 2010, earning $50,000 in scholarship money, a really big crown, and an even bigger anachronistic title.
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The Tester
Sony's new reality TV program on the PlayStation Network continues to raise questions about audience/player (mis)perceptions of labor and production in the games industry.
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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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The Role of the Media in Times of Crisis
The US television coverage of Haiti has me thinking about the role of media in a humanitarian crisis.
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Simon Says Cheerio
Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol. But ironically to keep the "American" in American Idol, the show needs Simon, or at least an angry, pompous, belittling Brit judge like him.
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Canadian Butts to American Sitcom Jokes
Canadian characters and jokes seem to be all the rage in American sitcoms, but why is 30 Rock missing the mark?
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The Post-TV Era
A deal that will indelibly alter our media landscape, throw the future of broadcast into question, promise new distribution models, expand interactive and “addressable” advertising… a deal that will fundamentally redefine television. No, I’m not talking about the Comcast-NBC Universal announcement that made waves last week. This was the hype surrounding the...
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“As the world turns”. . .it also stops
The world stops spinning September 2010! It's not the apocalypse, but it is the end of another Procter & Gamble, long-running soap opera with a loyal fan base. What does this mean for the future of the daytime "sudser"?
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Comcast-NBC-U-OMG
It's official: Comcast has purchased a majority share of NBC-Universal from parent conglom GE, owning 51% to GE's 49%. Today's New York Times reports that the papers have been signed and the deal has been made, though the purchase still needs to be approved by regulatory bodies--a process that could take up to...
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Aren’t Ratings Meant to Go Up During Sweeps?
With the first sweeps weeks of the television season now behind us, the numbers suggest that it was a pretty lousy month. Indeed, far more shows experienced their lowest ratings of the season than did better.
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Five Thoughts On: Peter’s Palestinian Alarm Clock
I don’t know if I’m the only Jew who watched this episode of Family Guy while residing in the Palestinian Territories, but I’ve got a suspicion that if we all got together we’d have trouble making a minyan. In any case, it’s a good opportunity to offer up a new gimmick for Antenna: ...
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Glee on Wheels
Last night's episode of Glee, "Wheels," focused on Artie and put the entire club in wheelchairs for a performance. It also attracted a lot of attention and some controversy. A number of actors with disabilities expressed disappointment that Artie is played by an able-bodied actor, Kevin McHale, rather than by an actor who does...
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