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Green TV

The Discovery Network officially goes green today with the launch of its Planet Green chan...

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Lifetime Network Pursues Homosexual Audience

The Lifetime TV network is pressing forward with a campaign to lure a younger, more urban,...

commerce
Miley Cyrus, Unprotected Celebrity

The embarrassing Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair photo shows the value of public relations people&...

television
Fallon to Host NBC’s ‘Late Night’

Saturday Night Live alum Jimmy Fallon reportedly will take over Conan O'Brien's spot as ho...

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TV Networks’ Audiences Slow to Return After Writers’ Strike

The media industry publication Advertising Age reports that viewers are not returning in h...

television
New Series ‘Jezebel James,’ ‘Miss Guided’ Inclined Toward Traditional Values

Two new network TV situation comedies show a more optimistic and positive approach to thei...

movies
The Art of Richard Widmark and Classic Hollywood

Hollywood actor Richard Widmark dies at age 93, represented Hollywood's heyday.Richard Wid...

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Discovery Goes Green

A new TV network, Planet Green, is about to provide a forum for allegedly "eco-friend...

movies
David Mamet Swings to the Right

TAC correspondent Michael D'Virgilio analyzes the cultural implications of the political j...

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HBO Lightens Up With New Detective Series

Could this be the start of a new trend toward greater optimism and positivity in the cultu...

genres
Fox Clones ‘House’ – Rather Successfully

Fox TV comes up with two new drama series featuring troubled geniuses.  (more&helli...

television
‘Unhitched’ Sitcom Reminiscent of ‘Seinfeld’

Fox TV network debuts a sitcom that imitates Seinfeld—and actually works. Given...

books
The Light in “Dark” Fiction

"Dark" fiction can have highly positive values behind it, writes S. T. Karnick. ...

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CBS Brings Mixed Martial Arts to Major Network TV

'Big Four' network brings original programming to Saturday nights, chasing MMA's upscale, ...

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Oscars Draw Record-Low TV Audience

In addition to the low box office numbers for most of the films nominated for Academy Awar...

television
Supercar Plus Lesbianism Equals Realism . . . Right?

This past Sunday NBC premiered a new movie, an updating of the 1980s series Knight Rider, ...

genres
Monk and God

In the absence of God, humans seek ultimate control over the world—and never find it...

genres
A Defense of Pop Fiction

Here's a preview of an article coming soon on another site. I've been working with the edi...

genres
‘Dexter’ Comes to CBS

This Sunday night at 10 p.m EST, CBS attempts to bolster its writers-strike-depleted prime...

sports
Clemens and the Constitution

As former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens testifies before a congressional com...

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Jack Bauer Drought Likely

For those wondering when new episodes of network primetime TV series will begin appearing ...

television
“Underfunded” Returns

This Friday at noon EST the USA Network will rerun the comedy-espionage-mystery movie Unde...

television
‘Eli Stone’ Tackles Heavy Issues with Light Touch

 The new ABC tv series Eli Stone deals with some serious issues—most importantl...

journalism
Jacobson’s Back, Protesters Unsatisfied

ESPN2 morning co-anchor Dana Jacobson is back at work after a week's suspension for her dr...

television
‘Torchwood’ Goes Openly Homosexual

The BBC America sci-fi series Torchwood, a spinoff of the most recent revival of the long-...

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Christ-Hater Skates,Thanks to Elite Prejudice Against Christians

Providing further proof that America's elites are delighted when people of low mental abil...

genres
Salute to Val Lewton

Turner Classic Movies is presenting a documentary on filmmaker Val Lewton, produced and na...

television
Sarah Connor, Woman As Protector

The title of Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles definitely captures show's real...

books
Masterpiece Theater Does Austen

Starting this evening at 9 EST and over the next four months, PBS will broadcast The Compl...

mysteries
‘Monk,’ ‘Psych’ Mid-Season Premieres Strong

Last night's mid-season premiere episodes of Monk and Psych, both on the USA Network, were...

books
Tie-In Novels for ‘Psych,’ ‘Burn Notice’

After the success of several tie-in novels featuring characters from the USA Network detec...

mysteries
DVR Alert: ‘Monk’ and ‘Psych’ Return

USA Network's superb comedy-mystery series Monk and Psych return to action with new o...

television
Fox’s “Damages” on DVD

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that the FX legal drama Damages will be rel...