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An Entourage Movie? Why?

February 19, 2013
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An Entourage Movie? Why?

Entourage may have already given HBO’s parent company Time Warner all that it’s capable of giving.
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The Advertisements of Super Bowl XLVII: On Dodge’s ‘Farmer’

February 4, 2013
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The Advertisements of Super Bowl XLVII: On Dodge’s ‘Farmer’

This wasn't such an interesting Super Bowl in terms of commercials, but one spot for the Ram truck line stood out to us. Was there an ad that seemed particularly notable to you?
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Current TV, Al Jazeera America, and the Experience of the Foreign

January 29, 2013
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Current TV, Al Jazeera America, and the Experience of the Foreign

The sale of U.S. cable station Current TV to the Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera raises questions about how a foreign network might explain Americans to themselves. Might Al Jazeera provide a foreign lens for Americans to examine themselves? What would that even look like?
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The Soaps Rise Again?

January 28, 2013
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The Soaps Rise Again?

Despite hard times and dire predictions for U.S. daytime soap operas in recent years, the present moment has in fact turned out to be one of the more exciting and promising in the genre's history.
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Production Mythology, Release Reality: Syfy’s Defiance

January 21, 2013
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Production Mythology, Release Reality: Syfy’s <i>Defiance</i>

While a complex production mythology makes Syfy's ambitious transmedia series/game Defiance unique, the first of two parts explores how this mythology also breeds uncertainty as the franchise's April debut nears.
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A Merry Queer Christmas: Queering Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer

December 25, 2012
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A Merry Queer Christmas: Queering Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph was created when gayness as identity was rarely represented on screens, instead shunned off into the shadowy world of coded meanings waiting to be activated by knowing readers or “appearing” as semiotic excess waiting to be queered through the practice of camp.
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Nick Moms vs. NickMom

December 14, 2012
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Nick Moms vs. NickMom

Nick Jr.'s new NickMom lineup fits with its brand but ends up missing the mark with a core segment of its audience, highlighting the ambivalence surrounding contemporary representations of motherhood.
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Officially Defeated: On the Broader Significance of the NFL Referee Lockout

September 28, 2012
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Officially Defeated: On the Broader Significance of the NFL Referee Lockout

The referee lockout has been resolved, but we would do well do consider its broader implications before we allow it to recede into the past.
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[UPDATED] Fall Premieres 2012: NBC

September 13, 2012
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[UPDATED] Fall Premieres 2012: NBC

Antenna contributors consider the 2012 Fall Premieres from NBC.
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Reality Gendervision Conference CFP

September 7, 2012
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Reality Gendervision: Sexuality and Gender on Reality TV Conference, on April 26-27, 2013, at Indiana University.
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Save “Their” Show: Public Appeals of Studio Campaigning

August 28, 2012
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Save “Their” Show: Public Appeals of Studio Campaigning

As DirecTV, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon emerge as players in content distribution, we are seeing evidence of active campaigning by production studios finding new homes for their canceled shows.
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“You Want Me to Be Anderson Cooper”: Negotiating Queer Visibility on Husbands

August 23, 2012
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“You Want Me to Be Anderson Cooper”: Negotiating Queer Visibility on <i>Husbands</i>

Beyond the issue of depicting same-sex intimacy, Husbands does not really challenge the current norms of queer visibility.
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Campaign Contributions: “Mainstreaming” the Emmy Race

July 13, 2012
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Campaign Contributions: “Mainstreaming” the Emmy Race

While usually confined to niche websites, the Emmy nomination race broke into mainstream outlets as digital pages are turned over to Emmy contenders in exchange for potential advertising revenue.
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The 2012 BET Awards as [Black] Family Reunion

July 6, 2012
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The 2012 BET Awards as [Black] Family Reunion

Its the pairing of disrepute with respectability that makes the BET Awards akin to a Black Family reunion.
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Outing Anderson: Our Cultural Coming Out Imperative

July 5, 2012
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Outing Anderson: Our Cultural Coming Out Imperative

Anderson Cooper addressed his sexuality in a letter that demonstrates a new, old reason to come out: to break down invisibility and become a model for queer youth.
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