commerce
Offending Christians OK at NBC, Bothering Atheists Not an Option

Yesterday we noted that NBC is leaning toward including Madonna's mock crucifixion scene w...

commerce
Tribune Co. Joins Reversal of Media Consolidation

The nascent but distinct and ongoing reversal of the corporate consolidation of the U.S. m...

music
NBC to Air Mock Rock Crucifixion?

NBC TV is pondering what to do about rock singer Madonna's upcoming TV special on the netw...

television
Fox’s Happy Hour: Capsule Review

Fox's new sitcom Happy Hour (Thursday nights at 8:30 EDT) is a real guilty pleasure—...

television
Men in Trees on ABC, Premiere: Capsule Review

In ABC's new comedy-drama program Men in Trees, kooky blonde actress Anne Heche plays a fa...

television
Studio City on the Sunset Strip, Premiere: Capsule Review

Produced by critical favorite Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing), NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset ...

television
Jericho Premiere on CBS: Capsule Review

The new CBS program Jericho (Monday nights at 10 p.m. EST is set in small Kansas town afte...

music
Sirius Grabs Met

I like opera but don't listen to it much or go to them very often. However, this sounds to...

commerce
New York Times Redesign to Distinguish News, Opinion

The New York Times has implemented a fairly subtle redesign in its print editions today.He...

commerce
Competition on the Web

As noted earlier on several occasions in this space, big media companies are doing their l...

books
“Transcending the Genre”

 The one thing most certain to destroy a work of genre fiction is for the author to t...

commerce
Fox to Chase Christians

As I wrote in The Weekly Standard a few weeks ago, the best way for Christians to affect H...

commerce
Microsoft to Compete with YouTube

Microsoft is developing an online video-sharing service modeled after YouTube. The Seattle...

commerce
Football Rules the Box Office

For the second time in the last month, a football film is the weekend's top box-office att...

commerce
Critics Go Political, Audiences Prefer Romance: Toronto Film Festival

The prizes have been awarded at the Toronto Film Festival, and as might have been expected...

commerce
CBS Premieres New Show “Jericho” on Web Before Broadcast Debut

In another manifestation of the trend of major media outlets using the internet to promote...

art
Art That Bites

Artists in the twentieth-century increasingly operated on the insight that it is vain, stu...

manners-and-morals
Bush “Snuff” Film Premieres in Toronto

James Pinkerton of Tech Central Station went all the way up to Toronto for the city's annu...

commerce
Get Your Red Meat Before the Store Closes. . . .

The rumors are flying, that the left-wing radio network Air America is about to shut down....

manners-and-morals
A National Scandal: Brad Pitt, Beloved Sweetheart Angelina Tragically Prevented from Marrying!

I am regrettably rather late in mentioning the actor Brad Pitt's enlightening recent comme...

commerce
Media Consolidation Reversing?

Numerous writers and analysts have pointed out that large media conglomerates' purchases o...

mysteries
Dick Van Dyke, Master Detective

 Season one of one of the most appealing and enjoyable TV mystery series goes on sale...

manners-and-morals
The Need for Moral Courage (ABC’s Path to 9/11, Part 2)

Part 2 of the ABC miniseries The Path to 9/11, which aired last night, was, if anything, m...

television
ABC’s Path to 9/11: Analysis

Part 1 of ABC's The Path to 9/11 two-part docudrama aired last night, and reactions from p...

commerce
New Film to “Speak Language of Sex” to Mainstream Audiences

Another item for our ongoing Everything Happens in the Omniculture department:Shortbus, a ...

television
ABC Continues Edits on 9/11 Miniseries, Will Air It Despite Dems’ Protests

E! Online reports that ABC is carrying on with its Path to 9/11 miniseries despite complai...

books
Perry Mason Season 1, Volume 2 DVD Announced

CBS Home Video has announced that volume two of season one of Perry Mason, the popular 195...

movies
Action Star Chan to Seek Greater Respect

It's sad to see wonderfully successful people move away from what they do best, in search ...

television
Senate Dems Join Push to Dump ABC 9/11 Miniseries

In a furor echoing conservatives' continuing claims of left-wing bias among the media, Dem...

commerce
Quirkiness for Sale

The commercialization of eccentricity continues to reach new levels of absurdity. Charisma...

movies
Mozart in the Trenches

In our ongoing Everything Happens in the Omniculture department, British filmmaker Kenneth...

television
Bill Clinton Protests ABC 9/11 Miniseries, Demands Revision or Shutdown

The New York Post reports that former President Bill Clinton has sent ABC president Bob Ig...

manners-and-morals
Trial by Media

David Broder points out in his column today, "One Leak and a Flood of Silliness,"...