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Desperate Housewives on Monday Night Football |
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12:03 am EST, Nov 22, 2004 |
Edie (aka Nicolette Sheridan) drops her towel to keep Terrell Owens in the locker room. Gary Schneeberger of Focus on the Family says he was "encouraged" by her "sexed-up opening." Uh huh. No kidding? At least he's honest. (Or was it the complaints that got him excited? Is there a difference?) Desperate Housewives on Monday Night Football |
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'Values' Voters Still Like Their Television Sin |
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11:57 pm EST, Nov 21, 2004 |
If it is true that the public's electoral choices are a cry for more morally driven programming, the network executives ask, why are so many people, even in the markets surrounding the Bush bastions Atlanta and Salt Lake City, watching a sex-drenched television drama? In the greater Atlanta market, reaching more than two million households, "Desperate Housewives" is the top-rated show. Nearly 58 percent of the voters in those counties voted for President Bush. The password is ... "Vicarious." Gary Schneeberger of Focus on the Family, an influential evangelical Protestant group, said that "History has shown that even people who could be described as Values Voters Are Prone To Sinful Behavior and watching representations of sinful behavior. Is it shocking that people would be enticed by it? It's not shocking, but it is tragic." If you recall, that is precisely the logic I laid out a week ago, in response to Frank Rich's column in the Sunday NYT. Mr. Schneeberger said he was encouraged by the criticism heaped on ABC last week for using a sexed-up opening for its "Monday Night Football" coverage. Ha! "Sexed-up!" Nicolette Sheridan's WMDs are real, baby, and they're spectacular. (Or something.) 'Values' Voters Still Like Their Television Sin |
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12:24 am EDT, Sep 17, 2004 |
Curb Renewed for Fifth Season! HBO has renewed Curb Your Enthusiasm for a fifth season. Production of ten new episodes will begin in Los Angeles in January 2005. Curb Receives 8 Emmy® Nominations! Curb Your Enthusiasm has been nominated for eight Emmy® nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series (its third consecutive nomination in this category.) Larry David was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series (his second consecutive nomination). Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO is funny inappropriate in ways that Seinfeld on TV never could have hoped for. (On a related note, MemeStreams appears on the first page of Google results for a search of "funny inappropriate".) Curb Your Enthusiasm |
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Hot Reruns Burn Up TV's Summer of New Series |
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1:57 am EDT, Jul 22, 2004 |
Why is CBS, with a lineup dominated by repeats of its regular-season shows, performing significantly better this summer than last? And why is every other network, including those trying to lure viewers with a lineup of new series, doing worse? CBS has even increased the ratings lead it had over second-place NBC during the regular television season, with repeats of a few hit comedies like "Everybody Loves Raymond". "This is the future of television. And we just have to face it." Face it -- everybody loves Raymond! Hot Reruns Burn Up TV's Summer of New Series |
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Feet forward | Salon.com Arts & Entertainment |
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11:39 am EDT, Jul 4, 2004 |
David and Keith provide a little more lightness than they did last season, with Keith taking a job as a bodyguard for celebrities that proves to be a little more challenging than he expected. "My job is to not put my hands on anybody," he murmurs huskily to David. "My job is to low-tone it and defuse the situation before it becomes a situation." HBO is such a cut above the rest that it's hard to compare. Feet forward | Salon.com Arts & Entertainment |
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12:42 am EDT, Jun 15, 2004 |
I like to see whats going on, and Ill watch all kinds of things, just to get a sense of the whole TV landscape. "JAG": I didnt hate it. I just didnt care about it. "According to Jim" and "Yes, Dear." They just dont interest me, and they're often painful to watch because theyre so bad. There's a proliferation of shows now that deal with peoples clutter. And Im really into those, because I'm hoping to pick up some tips about how to deal with my own clutter. Why are things that we don't even find interesting in our own lives somehow fascinating on television? I think we actually do find our own lives interesting, but it never occurs to us that anybody else would. TV or not TV |
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Sorry, I thought I had it |
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11:26 pm EDT, May 31, 2004 |
Lisa: "Can't you see the difference between earning something honestly and getting it by fraud?" Bart: Hmm, I suppose, maybe, if, uh ... no. No, sorry, I thought I had it there for a second." Level 3 was close, but ... Sorry, I thought I had it |
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