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Netflix More Valuable Than Cable and Broadcast Among Millennials, Study Finds

In an observation that should surprise no one except a few cave-dwellers, a new study from...

television
CBS, NFL Point Way to New Broadcast Paradigm

CBS, long the nation's most popular TV network, has moved strongly into online distribut...

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Syndicated ‘The Pinkertons’ Western Drama Series Presents History (Surprisingly) Fairly

Set in the Great Plains region in the years immediately following the American Civil War/W...

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TNT Crime Dramas Push Political Points

I have long argued that contemporary U.S. entertainment offers a much greater variety of i...

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“Lost”… and Found

It began with an eye opening. It ended with an eye closing. In "The End," love conquered a...

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It’s Official: Leno Back to 11:30, Competition Could Be Strengthened Across Board

In a move that bodes well to strengthen TV programming overall in both primetime and late ...

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Abrupt End to ‘The Beautiful Life’

    The ax has fallen on the first casualty of the new TV season. S. T...

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Sexy Television Leads to Teen Pregnancy, Scientific Study Shows

       A new study in the scientific journal Pediatrics...

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Transgender TV

Homosexual activists are applauding the rapidly increasing numbers of "transgender&qu...

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New TV Series Continue Precipitous Decline

As the movie studios and TV channels and production companies contemplate the writers unio...

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ABC Is “Gayest” TV Network—Study

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has declared that the U.S. televis...

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Media Getting Dirtier But Easier to Clean Up

The media are exposing children to too much overly sexual and violent content, but parents...

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More Progress on “Jericho” TV Program Return

As we noted two weeks ago, CBS television has been contemplating resurrecting the series J...

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What TV Networks Owe Loyal Viewers

Do producers and TV networks have an obligation to their viewers?Producers and networks ar...

television
“The Half-Hour News Hour” to Premiere This Sunday

Pascal Fervor kindly forwarded us the following email message regarding the new comedy pro...

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“Supernatural” Debate About Religion

  Last Thursday night's episode of the CW drama Supernatural included some inter...

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Lowlanders Tiring of Smutty TV

Who would have thought that the merry Dutch, world pioneers of mass-marketed pornography, ...

genres
Fox’s 24 to Go Even Darker

I've mentioned on several occasions the turn toward "darker" programming on netw...

mysteries
Closer Returns Tonight

The TV crime drama The Closer returns tonight with a two-hour movie to kick off its third ...

television
Soap Opera to Feature “Transgendering” Character

This Thursday, the ABC TV daytime serial drama All My Children will introduce a character ...

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Madonna’s Crucifixion Reported Cancelled

The American Family Association has announced that NBC TV has decided to delete the mock c...

mysteries
CSI Gets Religion Big-Time

Religion is all over the place on network TV series now. Many programs just can't seem to ...