What Are You Missing? Sept 30 – Oct 13

October 13, 2013
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What Are You Missing? Sept 30 – Oct 13

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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NYFF51: Darkness Falls on the City [Part 1]

October 10, 2013
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NYFF51: Darkness Falls on the City [Part 1]

The first installment of a series on the NYFF considers films that radically push cinematic limits: James Franco's Child of God and Catherine Breillat's Abuse of Weakness.
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Change and Continuity on Saturday Night Live

October 9, 2013
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Change and Continuity on <i>Saturday Night Live</i>

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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Fall Premieres 2013: The CW

October 5, 2013
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Fall Premieres 2013: The CW

Antenna contributors review the new fall series from everyone's favorite pretend broadcast network.
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More Fall Premieres

October 3, 2013
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More Fall Premieres

As successive posts pushed our Fall pilot reviews down to the hinterland of Page 2, we remind you that they're there with handy links.
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Stand By Your Woman: Batwoman’s Marriage in DC’s New 52

October 3, 2013
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Stand By Your Woman: Batwoman’s Marriage in DC’s New 52

The departure of J. H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman, the creative team behind Batwoman’s romance with Maggie Sawyer, results in scandal for DC and its fan community.
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Everybody’s Doing Molly? Dance Music Cultures and Drugs

October 2, 2013
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Everybody’s Doing Molly? Dance Music Cultures and Drugs

What happens when the forces of unchecked capitalism associated with the mainstreaming of dance music cultures prevent those cultures from protecting or regulating their own?
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From Mercury to Mars: “Welles,” Belles, and Fred Allen’s Sonic Pranks

October 1, 2013
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From Mercury to Mars: “Welles,” Belles, and Fred Allen’s Sonic Pranks

The Antenna-Sounding Out! series From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years continues with a new post from Kathleen Battles about Fred Allen's parodies of Welles.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Deserving Denouement

September 30, 2013
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<i>Breaking Bad</i> Breakdown: Deserving Denouement

What do we want from a finale? Should it be a spectacular episode that serves as the dramatic peak of the series? Should it like any other episode of the series, only more so? Should it be surprising, shocking, or transformative? Or should it offer closure? For me, the main thing that I’m looking...
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What Are You Missing? Sept 16 – Sept 29

September 29, 2013
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What Are You Missing? Sept 16 – Sept 29

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Marilyn Hagerty Once Mentioned Me in a Column

September 27, 2013
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Marilyn Hagerty Once Mentioned Me in a Column

Discussing Hagerty's new Anthony Bourdain-endorsed book, Kyle Conway ruminates on taste, humor, and geography in the post-modern era.
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Fall Premieres 2013: CBS

September 26, 2013
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Fall Premieres 2013: CBS

Antenna contributors review the new fall series from America's #1 network in total viewers and—in a change—the key demographic.
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Fall Premieres 2013: ABC

September 26, 2013
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Fall Premieres 2013: ABC

Antenna contributors review the new fall series from the alphabet network.
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Report From: Walking in Eternity, The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Conference

September 25, 2013
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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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Fall Premieres 2013: NBC

September 25, 2013
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Fall Premieres 2013: NBC

Antenna contributors review the new fall series from the peacock network.
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Breaking Bad Breakdown: Exiling Evil

September 23, 2013
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<i>Breaking Bad</i> Breakdown: Exiling Evil

Dots are connected and characters suffer, setting up what is sure to be a heartwarming series finale.
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