Posts Tagged ‘ TV ’

Selling Style: Mad Men and the Fashioning of Femininity

August 17, 2010
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Selling Style:  Mad Men and the Fashioning of Femininity

"The Rejected" is an episode in which how the characters look was central to the meanings on offer.
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Mad Men, Episode 4.2: Everything New is Old Again

August 3, 2010
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Mad Men, Episode 4.2: Everything New is Old Again

After the exciting new sets, haircuts, fashions, and even a new, chastened, Don of the season opening, episode two shows us that it’s not so easy to escape the familiar grooves of custom and habit.
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Glee Club: What a Journey

June 10, 2010
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<i>Glee</i> Club: What a Journey

In the wake of this week's season finale, Antenna's weekly Glee Club contributors offer their take on Glee's first season in a roundtable discussion about the pleasures and limitations of performance, reinvention, and representation.
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Being Gary Coleman

May 30, 2010
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Being Gary Coleman

Friday, Gary Coleman passed away after what appeared to be, by most accounts, an incredibly difficult 42 years, many of which were spent in an unsuccessful attempt to stay out of the spotlight and live as normal a life as humanly possible.
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Posted in Celebrity/Stardom, Current Events, TV | 4 Comments »

The Empire Strikes Back?: NBC at the 2010 Upfronts

May 23, 2010
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The Empire Strikes Back?: NBC at the 2010 Upfronts

The upfronts may seem like a vestige of a dying regime. However, given that this is also an era of brands - i.e., hot shows, and in theory, hot networks - the upfronts also serve to launch anticipation on multiple fronts. Derek Kompare takes a look at the NBC upfronts in this media context.
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Using Its Voice: Glee Shows Us What Kind of Musical(s) It’s Made of

May 20, 2010
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Using Its Voice: <em>Glee</em> Shows Us What Kind of Musical(s) It’s Made of

Joss Whedon and Neil Patrick Harris come to Glee; the results may not be what you think. Last week the glee club found its voice; this week Glee shows us its own.
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Posted in Columns, Glee Club, Perspectives, TV | 19 Comments »

Mind The Gap: Watching Doctor Who in America

April 24, 2010
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Mind The Gap: Watching <i>Doctor Who</i> in America

What has Doctor Who looked like from "the other side of the pond"?
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Posted in Global, Perspectives, TV | 8 Comments »

The Best Remote Control $700 Can Buy: First Impressions of the Apple iPad

April 5, 2010
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The Best Remote Control $700 Can Buy: First Impressions of the Apple iPad

I beta tested the first generation of the Apple iPad, so that you don't have to.
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Posted in Current Events, Technology, TV | 4 Comments »

It’s Not Your Regular TV, It’s Bindass TV

April 2, 2010
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It’s Not Your Regular TV, It’s Bindass TV

UTV Bindass' "What I Am" campaign works to counter stereotypes of young people as immature and irresponsible, and to promote an image of youth culture as hip, cool and responsible.
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What Do You Think? Consuming Media in Public

March 29, 2010
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What Do You Think? Consuming Media in Public

March Madness has us thinking about what it means to consume media in public. Chime in with your own experiences and analysis!
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Report from SCMS: Wednesday

March 18, 2010
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Report from SCMS: Wednesday

The Antenna editors have asked some writers to contribute daily reports on the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) conference in Los Angeles this week. First up--a Wednesday report from Derek Kompare.
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Undercover Boss: Making CEOs More Palatable?

March 2, 2010
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Undercover Boss: Making CEOs More Palatable?

Positioned against bad press about extravagant executive compensation in the midst of a financial meltdown and growing national unemployment, Undercover Boss is a makeover show that aims to humanize executives in the eyes of the masses disillusioned with corporate America and teaches them to be humble in the presence of their employees.
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Watching Twitter on TV

February 25, 2010
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Watching Twitter on TV

The most exciting development in television technology showcased at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show was not 3DTV, but web-connected, widget-equipped television sets.
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Posted in Current Events, Internet, Technology, TV | 21 Comments »

Network Branding, Convergence, and Hasbro/Discovery’s New Kids Channel

February 15, 2010
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Network Branding, Convergence, and Hasbro/Discovery’s New Kids Channel

What's in a name? Hasbro and Discovery begin branding efforts for their new joint venture cable network debuting later this year.
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Posted in Current Events, Industry, Internet, TV | 7 Comments »

Life Unexpected Not Up to Expectations

February 6, 2010
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<i>Life Unexpected</i> Not Up to Expectations

Life Unexpected isn't living up to my expectations. I plan on holding my breath for improvement, though--I am hopeful that the network and producers will figure out where they want to go and follow the natural lines of the premise of this story.
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