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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Self-Important Spectacle: The 2013 Emmy Awards
Fall Premieres 2013: Dads
In an effort to replicate the scattershot nature of so many other Seth MacFarlane projects, Antenna reviewers exchanged brief, occasionally offensive, and utterly superficial thoughts about the MacFarlane-produced live-action sitcom Dads on Fox.
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Fall Premieres 2013: Fox
Antenna contributors review the new fall series from America's former #1 network in Adults 18-49.
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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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Why Verizon v. FCC Matters for Net Neutrality— and Why It Doesn’t
The policy battle over net neutrality is heating back up with the hearing in Verizon v. FCC. Here's what's at stake in the case.
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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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Disney Infinity: Behind the P(l)aywall [Part Three]
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Disney's latest venture aims to earn much of its value through creativity, but you'll have to play—and pay—for it.
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Disney Infinity: A Promotional Platform [Part Two]
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Thinking about Infinity as a replacement for licensed tie-ins—as opposed to the creative revolution they claim—may still be overestimating Disney’s plans.
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Disney Infinity: A Low-Risk Revolution [Part One]
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Disney Interactive's big gaming industry play comes with rhetoric of revolution, and a business model built on the success of other gaming platforms.
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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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