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Fall Premieres 2015: CBS & The CW

September 22, 2015
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Fall Premieres 2015: CBS & The CW

Antenna's reviewers consider CBS' new shows, none of which miraculously are CSI or NCIS spinoffs, and The CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
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Fall Premieres 2015: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

September 19, 2015
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Fall Premieres 2015: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Geoffrey Baym, Amber Day, Nicholas Marx, Chuck Tryon and Dannagal Young discuss Stephen Colbert's first week in the new job.
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In Memoriam: Peg Lynch and Her Records of Broadcast History

August 3, 2015
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In Memoriam: Peg Lynch and Her Records of Broadcast History

Peg Lynch, creator and star of Ethel and Albert, recently passed away at the age of 98. Her contributions to radio and early television may not be well known, but materially this forgotten show exists.
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David Letterman: So Long to Our TV Pal

May 20, 2015
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David Letterman: So Long to Our TV Pal

Bradley Schauer argues that David Letterman’s brilliant late night talk show career would have been a nonstarter in today’s television landscape.
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Fall Premieres 2014: CBS

September 23, 2014
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Fall Premieres 2014: CBS

Antenna contributors review CBS's Fall lineup.
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Antenna’s Pilot Season is Here

September 19, 2014
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Antenna’s Pilot Season is Here

The hub for Antenna fall pilot season reviews.
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What Are You Missing? Dec 30 – Jan 12

January 12, 2014
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What Are You Missing? Dec 30 – Jan 12

Back from the break, here are ten or more media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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From Mercury to Mars: The Shadow of the Great Detective: Orson Welles and Sherlock Holmes on the Air

January 10, 2014
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From Mercury to Mars: The Shadow of the Great Detective: Orson Welles and Sherlock Holmes on the Air

The Antenna-Sounding Out! series From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years continues on into the new year with a post on Sounding Out! from A. Brad Schwartz about the influence of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories on Orson Welles' radio work.
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From Mercury to Mars: Devil’s Symphony: Orson Welles’ “Hell on Ice” as Eco-Sonic Critique

December 2, 2013
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From Mercury to Mars: Devil’s Symphony: Orson Welles’ “Hell on Ice” as Eco-Sonic Critique

The Antenna-Sounding Out! series From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years continues today with a new post on Sounding Out! from Jacob Smith about the Mercury Theatre's 1938 radio play "Hell On Ice" as a proto-environmental critique that is as relevant today as it was 75 years ago.
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From Mercury to Mars: War of the Worlds and the Invasion of Media Studies

November 11, 2013
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From Mercury to Mars: <i>War of the Worlds</i> and the Invasion of Media Studies

In this latest post in our From Mercury to Mars series, Josh Shepperd discusses the "War of the Worlds" broadcast as a foundational subject for intellectual history and, as the subject of social research like Hadley Cantril's The Invasion from Mars, one of the events that legitimated the very study of media.
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#WOTW75 — It’s Time for “War of the Worlds”!

October 30, 2013
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#WOTW75 — It’s Time for “War of the Worlds”!

A full rundown of all the information you'll need to know to participate in tonight's #WOTW75 collective listening experiment, commemorating the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles' and the Mercury Theatre's "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast.
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From Mercury to Mars: A Hard Act to Follow: War of the Worlds and the Challenges of Literary Adaptation

October 14, 2013
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From Mercury to Mars: A Hard Act to Follow: <i>War of the Worlds</i> and the Challenges of Literary Adaptation

Understanding "War of the Worlds"’s neglected second act requires consideration of the contested status of character monologue and larger shifts in dominant production norms for Golden Age radio drama.
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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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From Mercury to Mars: Why Teach War of the Worlds

September 17, 2013
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From Mercury to Mars: Why Teach <i>War of the Worlds</i>

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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What Are You Missing? Sept 2 – Sept 15

September 15, 2013
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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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