Tag Archives: Television

This story would seem to fit in with thoughts on McDonald’s from the other day: reports of US cultural hegemony throughout the world are greatly exaggerated: “Whereas American TV shows used to occupy prime-time slots, they are now more typically on cable, or airing in late-night or weekend slots,” said …

Ascending up from the broadcast pit of hell, there are reality shows, daytime talk shows, prime time news shows, the news. You expect crass exploitation down at the bottom, but I still have it in my mind that actual news shows should be different. Often, however, the morning talk shows …

If TV was any more self-referential, it would disappear up its own sphincter: ARSENIO Hall is returning to host a rival version of “American Idol” for CBS. Hall, who hosted “The Arsenio Hall Show” for six years and co-starred on “Martial Law,” will host CBS’ “Star Search,” an updated take …

We have been neglecting Book TV of late, the weekend mini-network on C-SPAN2 concentrating on serious nonfiction. This weekend’s feature is “24 Hours of History”: Join Book TV this weekend for 24 hours of History starting midnight on Saturday December 21st to midnight Sunday December 22nd. Authors will discuss the …

Hey, what’s on TV tonight? Anything warm and fuzzy for the holidays? It would appear so based upon pre-reviews from the NY Times, Daniel Pipes and the show’s own website – Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet on PBS. There is no doubt that Islam has come under much closer scrutiny …

Man, am I sorry I missed this one – hard to believe an accident could be so sweet: A technical glitch at the local cable company caused a risque HBO comedy show to replace the morning news the other day. Some viewers complained they were seeing topless women, while hearing …

Richard’s Johnson reports in the NY Post that rap chronicler Davy D has factored O’Reilly and declared him “hip-hop’s dopest MC for 2002.” Though I personally doubt O’Reilly has an ounce of rhythm in him, his scorched earth broadsides have earned respect from at least one corner of the hip-hop …

This little video presentation, “Technical Difficulties,” is clever in its own way and some of its points are perfectly legitimate. But – damn – again I am forced to confront the utterly bewildering notion that somehow the War on Terror (wherever it may lead, including Iraq) is a case of …

Company working on software to segment “video on demand” for users according to the Boston Globe: an Andover company is developing software to enable viewers to skip through movies, programs, and news broadcasts to find the segments they want to watch. Gotuit Media Corp. is announcing today it has landed …

As she would have been even if she shouldn't have been. What are they going to do, dump their biggest star and the symbol of the show?