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submitted by Oscar Contreras 231 weeks 6 days 15 hours 8 minutes ago
For 40 days, the children of "Kid Nation" hauled wagons, cooked meals, managed stores and cleaned outhouses, all in the name of building a society in front of reality TV cameras.
Were they working? There doesn't seem to be a simple answer. But what is clear is...(more)
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submitted by Micca 90 weeks 17 hours 32 minutes ago
More than 100,000 people audition for "American Idol" every year, holding on to the wide-eyed fantasy that making the top 10 — with its promise of weekly exposure to millions of TV viewers and a national summer tour — will drop them squarely on the road...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 10 hours 48 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "American Idol" executive producer Nigel Lythgoe came out fighting against rival TV shows on Tuesday, calling singing contest "The Voice" a "gimmicky" show and making clear he was fed up with defending "Idol"s slipping ratings.
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Obama Watch 166 weeks 3 days 14 hours 1 minute ago
Long before he set out for the White House, Barack Obama sought to adjust the colors on America's TV sets.
Four years ago, fresh off his star-making keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, Obama challenged the television industry to live up to its responsibility as the...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 13 hours 48 minutes ago
#watchthis David Letterman loved the Super Bowl, and was heated that he couldn't show his audience highlights from the big game due to NBC's iron grip on usage rights. So last night, Dave had some choice words for NBC—he called the network "fascist"—and then took...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh 174 weeks 3 days 10 hours 1 minute ago
The Nielsen ratings are in for Thursday night's vice presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden and they are astounding- 70 million people watched (numbers on who wept are not available). That destroys the 52.4 million who watched the first presidential debate between Barack Obama...(more)
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submitted by MattMan6 224 weeks 6 days 9 hours 20 minutes ago
Saudi citizens find their international news on Al-Jazeera.
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Batboy's revenge! 139 weeks 6 days 1 hour 20 minutes ago
Let the lead characters of shows like “The Mentalist,”“Lie to Me” and “House” try to figure out what people are thinking through fancy-pants analysis of personal tics. Toby Logan (Craig Olejnik) of NBC’s “The Listener” does it the old-fashioned way -- through telepathy.
Much like Sookie Stackhouse...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright for team Batboy's revenge! 74 weeks 2 days 4 hours 27 minutes ago
In 1987, Jon Hein and his roommates at the University of Michigan were drinking beer and had Nick at Nite playing in the background. They started talking about classic TV shows when someone asked, "What was the precise moment you knew it was downhill for your...(more)
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submitted by Grace 155 weeks 3 days 6 hours 22 minutes ago
A "Masterpiece" presentation. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Starring William Miller, Timothy Spall, Tom Hardy and Sophie Okonedo. Directed by Coky Giedroyc. Adapted by Sarah Phelps. Part 1: 9 p.m. Sun. Part 2: 9 p.m. Feb. 22. KQED.
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submitted by Augie Brown 152 weeks 2 days 15 hours 24 minutes ago
For the second time in three years, a major television network is putting New Orleans in the prime-time series spotlight.
On the heels of Fox's "K-Ville," the post-Katrina detective drama that aired during the 2007-08 season, HBO is set to begin production this week on the pilot...(more)
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submitted by AB 229 weeks 1 day 10 hours 33 minutes ago
I'm posting this primarily for a friend's daughter who has been in withdrawal since the end of the O.C. and can't wait for "Gossip Girl" to start. Well, guess what, you can download the pilot for free from itunes.
So, if you're a fan of young soap...(more)
