Part one of a two-part interview with TV critic Alan Sepinwall on his popular history of the past fifteen years in television drama.
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Interview: Alan Sepinwall on writing his TV history
Murder, Rape, and More Murder on “Quality” TV
Onscreen violence against women has made several otherwise compelling programs unwatchable.
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Young Faces, Fast Cars, and the Other NBCs
Grandpa Peacock may be floundering, but the kids—MSNBC and NBC Sports Network—are holding their own.
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What Are You Missing? March 17-March 30
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tornadoes and Meteors and Bombs, Oh My! — Queering Kansas in the Pictures
Disney's Oz the Great and Powerful, like The Wizard of Oz, represents Kansas monochromatically to highlight the queer and colorful world of Oz. But as far as Hollywood's concerned, it's Kansas that's queer.
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Kickstarting Veronica Mars: A Moment in a Movement
Why kickstarting Veronica Mars was not simply a procedural act, but rather a social experience awakening, mobilizing and monetizing fan cultures in real time.
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WWE vs. Glenn Beck: Potshots to Publicity, Controversy to Cash
While the issue is ostensibly about the negative portrayal of the Tea Party, Glenn Beck and WWE have taken advantage of the situation for publicity.
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House of Cards Has No Advertising
Netflix's willingness to give the audience control over serial viewing challenges assumptions that the best way to control program costs is to eke out episodes over time, measuring demand, and then raising and lowering prices in response.
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The Advertisements of Super Bowl XLVII: On Dodge’s ‘Farmer’
This wasn't such an interesting Super Bowl in terms of commercials, but one spot for the Ram truck line stood out to us. Was there an ad that seemed particularly notable to you?
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Premiere Week 2012: The CW
Antenna contributors consider the 2012 Fall Premieres from The CW.
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[Updated] Premiere Week 2012: ABC
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Antenna contributors consider the 2012 Fall Premieres from ABC.
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[UPDATED] Premiere Week 2012: CBS
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Antenna contributors consider the 2012 Fall Premieres from CBS.
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Officially Defeated: On the Broader Significance of the NFL Referee Lockout
The referee lockout has been resolved, but we would do well do consider its broader implications before we allow it to recede into the past.
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Jewpacabra
Last week’s South Park episode, “Jewpacabra,” is just the latest in the program’s intermittent efforts to use their medium to introduce otherwise silenced elements of society and culture into the public sphere. Though packaged in exactly the sort of silliness and Jew jokiness that the title implies, the episode actually features one...
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A Song of Ice and Trading Cards: Licensing HBO’s Game of Thrones
The licensing process for the HBO series highlights the challenge of balancing a level of control over the quality of products related to the series with efforts to both monetize and expand its audience.
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