| Project
Greenlight: True Hollywood |
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| The
third season of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's pet
project debuted last night. The concept was to
bypass traditional Hollywood roadblocks and give
young filmmakers a chance. The result is a little
less noble: it's pretty much business in Hollywood
as usual. |
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| The
Daily Show: Not So Fake After All |
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| Its
coverage of the recent conventions attracted the
same number of viewers as the major cable news
networks. Is The Daily Show's growing influence
the result of the fact that its satire is on the
money, or is something else contributing to its
rise in favor? Like, say, civility. |
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| Weird
Science |
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| There
was a time when scifi movies were regarded as
penny-ante stuff. But somehow TV scifi didn't
ride that wave. A new book tries to set the record
straight, and we asked our resident scifi maven
to take a look. Here's what he had to say... |
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| Bada-Bye-Bye:
Why HBO Is Whacking Its Golden Goose |
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| The
recent flare-up between Sopranos star James Gandolfini
and premium cabler HBO has been presented as just
another case of actor greed. But is it? In this
report we investigate the background of HBO's flagship
show and find that corporate greed doesn't begin
and end with Enron. |
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| SciFi
Culture Clash |
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| The
recent "best characters" list from British
scifi magazine SFX shows a cultural divide between
UK and US science fiction. So exactly what do our
imaginary worlds say about us? You might be surprised. |
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| Conan
Keeps It Moving (But the Emmys Play It Safe) |
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| TV
Academy voters go for the tried and true, Six
Feet Under is buried by West Wing, and basic cable's
Shield scores. |
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| New
Season: Fall 2002 |
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| The
new fall TV season is right around the corner, so
take our look at the new schedule and the shows
that the nets have deemed worthy of our time. Careful...if
you blink you could miss some of them! |
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| Watching
the Wasteland: Summer TV |
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| Summer
is traditionally the time to catch up on the episodes
of network shows you missed during the regular season,
but Noah Ruderman's spotted a disturbing trend:
really lousy TV made especially for summer. Oh,
joy! |
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| When
Cops Attack! |
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| Fox's
planned series set in the scandal ridden Rampart
Division of the LAPD raised hackles in the department
(big surprise). Find out what the TV execs were
thinking and how they're trying to squirm out of
it. |
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| SciFi
Land |
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| Here
it is: The Mediadrome guide to science fiction on
TV. What's on, when it's on, and whether it's worth
your time. |
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| The
Dumbing Down of Docs |
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| The
so-called educational channels are getting more
like FOX every day. And what on earth happened to
A&E's Biography?? |
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| Witchy
World: A Wiccan View of Wicca in
the Media |
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| Charmed
and Buffy are changing our views of witchcraft,
but how accurate are they? A Wiccan explains the
difference between Witches and Wicca, and critiques
Willow, Tara and the Halliwells. |
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| Green
Light Time: The "Sheer Fun Factor"
of an Electronic Leash |
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| Arbitron
want to know what you're watching. And they want
to know it no matter where you are what you're doing.
Even George Orwell didn't think of this baby... |
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