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Fall Premiere Week With Antenna (or we watch NBC so you don’t have to)

September 21, 2010
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Fall Premiere Week With Antenna (or we watch NBC so you don’t have to)

Join us for Antenna's fall premiere event, beginning tomorrow - our contributors cover every new series premiering on American network television!
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Tweets of Anarchy: Showrunners on Twitter

September 17, 2010
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Tweets of Anarchy: Showrunners on Twitter

For today's television showrunner, Twitter is simultaneously rife with potential and littered with pitfalls.
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Back to School Fun: FALL TV RETURNS!

September 16, 2010
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Back to School Fun: FALL TV RETURNS!

For many academics, the coming fall television season offers excitement, but also the stress of managing what we watch.
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What Are You Missing? August 15-28

August 29, 2010
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What Are You Missing? August 15-28

Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? August 1-August 14

August 15, 2010
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What Are You Missing? August 1-August 14

And...we’re back. Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Words are Cool: The Magic of Moffat’s Doctor Who

July 26, 2010
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Words are Cool: The Magic of Moffat’s <i>Doctor Who</i>

The fifth season of Doctor Who saw the introduction of a new showrunner. In this post, Matt Hills considers his impact on series.
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Summer Media: Reading Sookie Stackhouse

Summer Media: Reading Sookie Stackhouse

True Blood begins its third season on HBO this summer, but perhaps more fun than catching up on the show's previous seasons is reading the series of novels and short stories on which the show is based.
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What Are You Missing? June 20-July 3

July 4, 2010
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What Are You Missing? June 20-July 3

Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Summer Media: Vive le Tour!

June 30, 2010
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Summer Media: Vive le Tour!

July brings with it one of my most cherished media rituals in the form of the exhilarating spectacle of suffering that is the Tour de France.
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Redemption and Regression in the Saving Grace Series Finale

June 28, 2010
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Redemption and Regression in the <em>Saving Grace</em> Series Finale

By refusing a happy or even reassuring ending, Saving Grace's finale stayed true to the series' brand of realism and defied expectations, but in bringing the story full circle it also returned to some of the series' initial shortcomings.
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What Are You Missing? June 6-June 19

June 20, 2010
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What Are You Missing? June 6-June 19

Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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The World Waits Anxiously for its Cup to Runneth Over

June 17, 2010
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The World Waits Anxiously for its Cup to Runneth Over

The controversy over the vuvuzelas is a reflection of the larger story here - that there are more ways than ever before to follow and participate in this first World Cup of the social media era.
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What Are You Missing? May 24-June 5

June 6, 2010
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What Are You Missing? May 24-June 5

Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently
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Glee’s Theatrical Identities and Other Bad Romances

May 27, 2010
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<em>Glee</em>’s Theatrical Identities and Other Bad Romances

The themed episodes often bury narrative and character development, but this week saw a powerful blending of Lady Gaga’s music and persona and the storyline. Her promotion of both over-the-top performance and being a “freak” allowed the show to return to one of its favorite themes.
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