Archive | Television
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Television: The Return Of “Futurama”
Good news, everyone! Hypnotoad is back...and so is "Futurama." The new season, starting Thursday, makes it seem like the show was never gone. Instead, the writers act like the show was stored, unchanged, in some sort of cryogenic freezing chamber for a few years.
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TV Review/Interview: MTV’s “Hired”
In the early ’80s, MTV launched as a platform for music videos but, in the nearly 30 years since the network first hit television screens across the country, MTV has also become a pop culture phenomenon.
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CMT Contest leads Alabama student to Nashville
U. Alabama graduate Katy Montalto recently used her love of music and natural ability to enter Country Music Television’s 2009 Music City Madness contest, not anticipating that her video would make it to the final eight.
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Deceased Penn State alum’s life featured in domestic violence documentary
It's a story often left to fiction to depict in movies, on television and in novels. But the authors of this particular story have not made up the information -- they have only substituted the names of real people for fictional characters.
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TV: Thumb Wars. Debating The “Lost” Finale
Love It Go ahead. Say "Lost" was stupid. I dare you to cite those trite and overused examples I've had thrust my way these last six years. "Why are there polar bears on an island with a tropical climate?" or "How can that one guy still be obese after half a decade of a sea urchin and mango diet?
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TV Review: The “Lost” Series Finale
Every once in a while, a television show comes along that captures the world’s attention. For a brief period, it transcends the status of a mere weekly diversion and becomes a cultural phenomenon.
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Conan brings local flavor, personal touch to on-campus gig
Conan O'Brien told the crowd he hoped attendees would walk away thinking, "wow, that was sort of worth it." Judging by the boisterous reactions of the crowd at Michigan State U's Breslin Center on May 21, O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour" did not disappoint.
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TV Review: “Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule”
For every person who can’t bear listening to Dr. Phil, Dr. Drew, Dr. Oz or the other numerous TV doctors who give supposedly “helpful” advice — a cure has arrived. Dr.
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TV Review: Season 2 Real Housewives Of New Jersey
The bling, the backstabbing and the bubbies are back as season two of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” premiered Monday, May 3 at 10 p.m. on Bravo.