Articles tagged "television"

Books Review

It’s the Pictures That Got Small by Christine Becker

by Sarah Boslaugh

[27.Apr.09] :. People in the movie business may have looked down upon television as a lesser medium, but they were not too good to engage in television production themselves.

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Music Review

Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime / Words from the Front

by Zach Schonfeld

[23.Sep.08] :. Funny how the best moments on Verlaine's early solo albums sound the least like Marquee Moon. Intriguing portraits of a brilliant artist in transition, but fans only need apply.

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Multimedia Review

Grand Theft Auto IV

by Arun Subramanian

[30.May.08] :. The insane brilliance on display is exemplified in the microcosm of the in-game television.

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News

So many TV shows to watch… in so many ways

by Chris O'Brien [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[2.Apr.08] :. My family’s descent into TV-watching chaos started slowly in 2004. And it began with an innocent observation. “Hey, Netflix rents TV shows, too,” I noticed. And so, we slowly...

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TV series on DVD let you catch up on what you missed

by Julie Hinds [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[29.Jun.07] :. You see a commercial for a new TV series everyone’s talking about, and yet you’re not interested. It seems too silly, too violent or much too time-consuming. Who has an hour to spare for...

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News

A sneak peek at this fall’s lineup

by David Bianculli [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[11.May.07] :. Broadcast network executives will huddle in New York this weekend to put the final touches on their fall schedules. The lineups won’t be solid until next week, but there are already some clues...

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May sweeps onto your TV; say good-bye to old favorites

by Mike Duffy [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[1.May.07] :. Say hey, here comes May. The May ratings sweeps bring eye candy treats, meaning a channel surfing month filled with first-run fun. That includes hot, highly anticipated season finales, cool...

 

Television: shows on the bubble

by Charlie McCollum [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[25.Apr.07] :. Is Veronica Mars going bye-bye? The run-down on what might be departing American airwaves.

 

TV `show runners’ describe difficulty in getting a series to market

by Luaine Lee [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[16.Apr.07] :. Ever wonder why there aren’t more good shows on television? The process of wrestling a show to a network is not easy. The movers and shakers behind some of TV’s kudos-catchers—shows...

 

These days, it isn’t only American culture that is affected

by Jonathan Last [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[13.Apr.07] :. Two recent stories from the Wall Street Journal point to a deep—and unexpected—revelation about the evolving nature of globalization, a term that we hear a lot but understand only...

 

Who knew? ‘The Sopranos’ isn’t the only surprise hit

by Julia Keller [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[6.Apr.07] :. In the beginning, nobody gave a rat’s derriere about Tony Soprano. How about Carmela, Christopher, Paulie, Dr. Melfi? Fugettabout it. As a matter of fact, the executives at HBO who were...

 

‘Entourage’ returns with more wickedly funny laughs

by Mike Duffy [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[6.Apr.07] :. Let the Hollywood good times roll. “Entourage” is back and ready to party. The occasion? It’s young dreamboat movie star Vince Chase’s birthday. And he’s celebrating...

 

Exit ‘Sopranos’: HBO’s mob show starts a long goodbye

by Ellen Gray [Philadelphia Daily News (MCT)]

[3.Apr.07] :. “Is this it?” Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco) asks her mobster husband as they’re awakened by a furious banging on their door in the opening minutes of Sunday’s “The...

 

‘That Ain’t Right!’

by Michael Abernethy

[23.Mar.07] :. The news, television, and films all reinforce the idea that there is something wrong with even the hint of homosexuality.

 

The Sopranos

by G. Christopher Williams

[1.Dec.06] :. There are enough of the sights and sounds of The Sopranos to feel immersed in its ambience as a show but there is not enough game here to feel immersed in a, well, game.

 

Television: Marquee Moon [remastered edition]

by Hunter Felt

[22.Sep.03] :. There is no need to argue the importance of Television’s debut album, Marquee Moon. Anyone with a remote interest in punk rock, the modern day garage revival or just straight-ahead no...

 

Television

by Robert Horning

[9.Apr.03] :. Going to see any band 25 years past their heyday seems a dangerous proposition. After so long a break one might question their motives, wondering if their touring has more to do with additions...

 

Television

by Jeremy Schneyer

[21.Aug.02] :. In 1992, Television basically wrote the book on how to make a reunion work. Draw from your past without being a slave to it, appear on the scene with little expectation or fanfare, and quietly...