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Idol Creators Dream Up 'Post-Reality' TV Show

Audience and cast members will interact online

(Newser) - The company that brought you American Idol is now straining against the limits of the medium with the first ever foray into “post reality entertainment.” If I Can Dream, Lisa de Moraes writes, will tell the “authentic story” of some authentic young Americans—a musician, an actor,...

Chris Cuomo Leaves GMA for 20/20

 Chris Cuomo 
 Leaves GMA 
 for 20/20 
ABC NEWS SHAKEUP
Dec 10, 2009 12:34 PM CST

Chris Cuomo Leaves GMA for 20/20

News anchor was considered for Diane Sawyer's spot on GMA

(Newser) - It looks as though all the moving pieces of the Good Morning America shakeup have come to rest, with erstwhile news anchor Chris Cuomo landing as co-anchor of 20/20. Cuomo, who was in the running for Diane Sawyer's job—which went to George Stephanopoulos—will be replaced by Juju Chang,...

University Opens for Lost Fans




 University Opens for Lost Fans 
Dec 8, 2009 3:25 PM CST

University Opens for Lost Fans

Yes, the show is so complicated you need a degree to follow it

(Newser) - How complicated and geeky is Lost? It’s so complicated that the show has hired UCLA and USC professors to teach courses at the new “Lost University,” and so geeky that people are expected to enroll. At the newly launched lostuniversity.org , anyone who owns the just-released fifth...

Top Cultural Game-Changers
 Top Cultural Game-Changers 
decade in review
Dec 7, 2009 2:11 PM CST

Top Cultural Game-Changers

What will we still be talking about next decade? Britney, for one

(Newser) - The ‘00s were full of important contributions to culture, but which ones will we still be talking about in another decade? Here are some of New York ’s picks:
  • TV: The Sopranos for inventing quality cable, American Idol for changing the music industry, and of course all things
...

In a Decade, 'TV Became Art'
 In a Decade, 'TV Became Art' 
opinion
Dec 7, 2009 12:51 PM CST

In a Decade, 'TV Became Art'

The Wire , The Sopranos , Six Feet Under , Mad Men —get the picture?

(Newser) - For television, the past decade has been “as the sixties are to music and the seventies to movies”—some of the worst content ever was produced, but the cream of the crop rose to the level of art, Emily Nussbaum writes. Sure, “you could easily memorialize the...

The Office Is Downright Depressing
 The Office Is 
 Downright Depressing 
blame jim
Dec 4, 2009 1:41 PM CST

The Office Is Downright Depressing

Jim Halpert illustrates 'the worst purgatory of 30-something life'

(Newser) - The Office has turned from funny and charming to the most depressing show on television, and it’s all thanks to once-beloved character Jim Halpert. “The show has taken the story of a man with a promising future and given him an interminable present,” writes Meghan Keane for...

Groundbreaking Monk Solves Final Case
 Groundbreaking 
 Monk Solves
 Final Case 
FAREWELL, defective detective
Dec 4, 2009 12:50 PM CST

Groundbreaking Monk Solves Final Case

Show legitimized basic cable, ushering in golden age

(Newser) - Viewers will get their last taste of quirky detective Adrian Monk tonight, as the revolutionary USA show that bears his name airs its last episode. The content was never particularly groundbreaking—“Monk is very old-school,” its creator tells the Los Angeles Times . “It's a real throwback”—...

NY Senator Diane Savino Wins Over Internet

 NY Senator 
 Diane Savino 
 Wins Over 
 Internet  
gay marriage debate
Dec 3, 2009 2:34 PM CST

NY Senator Diane Savino Wins Over Internet

She may be on gay marriage's losing side, but she's a viral video sensation

(Newser) - The New York state senate voted down gay marriage yesterday, but the debate created a big winner on the losing side: viral video darling Diane Savino, who's taking the blogosphere by storm. "Savino for President 2016!" Lindsay Robertson writes for Jezebel . In just over 7 minutes, the Staten...

DVD Box Sets of TV Shows Are Pure Evil

Even the best programs will end up seeming superficial

(Newser) - This holiday season, have some pity on your friends and relatives—spare them the DVD box sets of their favorite TV shows. "The DVD box set is the newest and most terrifying form of ritualistic abuse we inflict on one another," writes Grady Hendrix. Not only are we...

Mystery Saddam Channel Hits Iraq TV

Executed dictator lives again on station

(Newser) - A mysterious satellite TV station honoring Saddam Hussein has become a fixture on Iraqi television on the third anniversary of the dictator's execution.The government suspects the so-called "Saddam Channel" is being funded by the late ruler's Baathist party, but no one knows for certain, reports AP . The station...

2009's Coolest Pop Culture
  2009's Coolest Pop Culture  
Nov 28, 2009 8:03 AM CST

2009's Coolest Pop Culture

Wired picks the year's best

(Newser) - This has been a vintage year for pop culture, say Wired writers listing their year's best in fields from film to video games to microsculpture.
  • Stephen Colbert's "hyper-real genius" made the year for Scott Thill, who believes "Earth’s most relevant living cultural critic" is long overdue for
...

Leno Ends Ratings Freefall
 Leno Ends Ratings Freefall 
bottoming out?
Nov 27, 2009 10:30 AM CST

Leno Ends Ratings Freefall

His recent shows have held steady in the ratings or improved

(Newser) - A turning point for Jay Leno? For about two weeks now, episodes of the Leno Show have either held steady in the ratings or improved, reversing a trend that started soon after the program’s debut in September. On the eve of Thanksgiving, for instance, every broadcast program was down—...

MTV's Jersey Shore Irks Italian-Americans

Stereotypes in 'Jersey Shore' are damaging, says UNICO

(Newser) - The young Italian-American stars of MTV’s upcoming reality show Jersey Shore are celebrated in a promo as the “hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos” this side of Parsippany. Ick, says Italian-American group UNICO. They may well “keep their hair high, their muscles juiced and their fists pumping all summer...

Biggest Loser Loses Sight of Contestants' Health

Fasting, dehydration, hospitalization daily reality of reality show

(Newser) - The Biggest Loser has produced some amazing results for its obese contestants, but at what cost? Many see the pounds come right back, and it’s likely because they engage in dangerous, damaging behavior in the first place in order to win the weight-loss reality show, the New York Times...

Home Daycare Turns Kids Into Couch Potatoes

Child-care centers do far better at restricting boob tube time

(Newser) - Children in home-based daycare watch far more TV than kids in formal child-care centers, with preschoolers averaging as much as 3.4 hours a day. The numbers in a new survey haven't changed much from stats recorded in previous years, which the researchers say they find "disconcerting, given the...

Call-In Show Lets Iraqis Grill Their Leaders

Popular program cuts red tape, gets results, frightens politicians

(Newser) - Iraqi politicians are starting to fear a prime-time television in show that gives ordinary citizens a direct chance to berate them. Hosted by portly TV vet Ala Mushin, Hotline will never be mistaken for American Idol, yet it’s become one of the most popular shows in Iraq, NPR reports....

What's Next for Oprah's Sidekicks
 What's Next for 
 Oprah's Sidekicks 
a whole new world
Nov 23, 2009 2:15 PM CST

What's Next for Oprah's Sidekicks

The big O's departure could upset a lot of apple carts

(Newser) - Oprah’s exit from broadcast TV could have big implications for the protégés and hangers-on who owe her their careers. The Chicago Sun-Times looks at what’s next for the denizens of Planet Oprah:
  • Gayle King: O, the Oprah Magazine should keep on trucking, so King, its editor-at-large,
...

Steelers Fan Kills Misbehaving Pup

Pit bull would 'not behave' before TV broadcast, so...

(Newser) - A Pittsburgh-area pit bull puppy was misbehaving before a Steelers game, police say, so 22-year-old William Woodson, his girlfriend, and her dog went out for a walk—except that instead of walking, witnesses say Woodson kicked the dog down the street. Once it was incapacitated and almost dead, he left....

Project Runway Limps to Season's End
 Project Runway 
 Limps to Season's End 
tv review
Nov 20, 2009 2:19 PM CST

Project Runway Limps to Season's End

Like the rest of Season 6, finale was a bore

(Newser) - It was hard to care who won last night’s Project Runway season finale, but it was easy to say who lost: fans. The move to Lifetime—and, probably more important, the switch in production companies—proved disastrous for the once-brilliant reality show, Heather Havrilesky writes for Salon . “The...

General Hospital More Sopranos Than Soap Opera

 General Hospital 
 More Sopranos 
 Than Soap Opera 
why, james franco, why?
Nov 19, 2009 12:05 PM CST

General Hospital More Sopranos Than Soap Opera

James Franco's guest stint highlights shows thuggery

(Newser) - Sure, it’s weird that James Franco is guest starring on General Hospital—but what’s weirder is that the soap is one of the small screen’s most violent creations, even by daytime television’s dubious standards. It stopped being a show about a hospital long ago, writes Willa...

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