THWIP!+CTRL+DEL

January 12, 2010
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THWIP!+CTRL+DEL

Only 8 years into the Spider-Man film franchise, Sony's decision to start from scratch seems a little hasty. Why reboot Spider-Man?
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Why Palin Going to Fox News Makes No Sense

January 12, 2010
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Why Palin Going to Fox News Makes No Sense

While Palin's contract with Fox News seems natural and inevitable, television is actually her worst medium.
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What Do You Think? Most Important Websites of the Decade

January 11, 2010
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What Do You Think? Most Important Websites of the Decade

Continuing with our series, what websites would you nominate as the most important of the decade?
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Beyond I Told You So: NBC Could Have Saved Network TV

January 10, 2010
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Beyond I Told You So: NBC Could Have Saved Network TV

NBC deserves an A- for taking a bold move with The Jay Leno Show, although a D for deployment.
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The NBC Late-Night Train Wreck

January 8, 2010
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The NBC Late-Night Train Wreck

What NBC failed to understand in the Leno/O'Brien debacle is what it itself had created--late-night audiences.
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What Do You Think? Most Important TV Shows of the Decade

January 8, 2010
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What Do You Think? Most Important TV Shows of the Decade

What shows would you nominate as the most important of the decade? We’re not asking for the “best” per se, and we’re leaving it open with regards to what constitutes “importance,” but humor us and play along.
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The Return of the Family Sitcom

January 7, 2010
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The Return of the Family Sitcom

I have a long tradition of disliking family sitcoms, reaching all the way back to my adolescence. But this season on TV, I have fallen in love with two “traditional” family sitcoms, both on ABC on Wednesday nights: The Middle and Modern Family.
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On “Great Moments in Tailgating History”

January 5, 2010
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On “Great Moments in Tailgating History”

The fact that these spots are part of each week’s broadcast gives them a certain ‘event’ quality. To miss the spot is to effectively miss part of the program.
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Holiday Media

December 25, 2009
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Holiday Media

What are your and your family's holiday viewing, listening, and/or reading rituals?
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Canadian Butts to American Sitcom Jokes

December 22, 2009
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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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Television and the 2000s: Notes on Cable Drama

December 15, 2009
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Television and the 2000s: Notes on Cable Drama

The early arrival of the obligatory “this year’s best” lists and even some that note this as the end of the first decade of the 21st century left me thinking about what can be said of television programming of the past ten years.
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What Are You Missing? December 6-12

December 14, 2009
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What Are You Missing? December 6-12

Your current Antenna editors join forces to bring to your attention ten media-related tidbits you might have missed this week.
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What Do You Think? Holiday Episodes

December 13, 2009
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What Do You Think? Holiday Episodes

It's December, TV fans, and you know what that means: holiday-themed episodes. Now, we're not talking about holiday specials like "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown"--we're talking about when your favorite TV characters celebrate the holidays to hilarious or moving effect. What are some of your all-time favorite holiday episodes?
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Ratings Pet Peeve #32 – Are Ratings a Good Measure of the Popular?

December 12, 2009
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Ratings Pet Peeve #32 – Are Ratings a Good Measure of the Popular?

Popularity is also about cultural salience, about a show’s place in popular culture, and about whether it really matters to people
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The Post-TV Era

December 11, 2009
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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

December 9, 2009
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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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