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Fictional Characters I Would Like To Cast In A Reality Show
(possibly set in a hair salon) 1. Adriana La Cerva 2. Lily Bart 3. “God” (lol) 4. Kitty Pryde 5. Emma Frost 6. Maeby Fünke 7. Ozma of Oz 8. The protagonists of Pulling 9. Jem
View ArticleTV Show Has World's Most Boring Premise
“Having only driven a horse and buggy, Jeremiah craves the thrill of driving a car, something he’s only admired from afar.” — Zzzzzzz.
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Victoria Grayson's Unfortunate History As A Hamptons Hostess, In...
• Last night’s Charity Wine Auction: Two guests kidnapped from elevator as they’re leaving the party. • Liberty Project benefit dinner: Wife of a Supreme Court nominee reveals to assembled guests that...
View ArticleEven China's TV Extras Outperform Our Lazy American Workers
“Chinese TV extra Shi Zhongpeng, 26… appeared as a member of the Japanese forces more than 200 times last year, the Qianjiang Evening News reported, sometimes dying on set eight times in a single day.”
View ArticleWhat You Did Instead Of Learning French
This one has been going around the last couple of days, but in case you missed it, here is “a tool… that tells you how much of your life you’ve spent watching TV.” It’s not in any way a full...
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TV Y U NO COMFORT ANYMOAR?
“There’s this fear that you’re missing out on something. You hear people raving about ‘The Walking Dead,’ or some other show, and you feel like you’re not in the know. Even if you really love TV, you...
View ArticleEscape Your Sorry-Ass Life By Becoming A TV Writer, Here's How
“TV agents aren’t looking for worker drones, they want to make you rich so they can commission your giant paycheck. They’re hoping that you can create your own syndicated show some day, so don’t hold...
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What TV Does To Itself
Here is an excellent piece by Emily Nussbaum about “what advertising does to TV” at a time when the two are necessarily clutching each other closer and closer: Viewers have little control over how any...
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White Noise
Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” depicts young black men with humanity. “Atlanta” is the blackest show on television. (This is not quite the same as saying that it has the greatest number of black people...
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Belcher Family Values
“Bob’s Burgers” is an exception in the world of animated sitcoms: The Belchers actually like each other. Screengrab: FOX The pantheon of animated family sitcoms isn’t really a happy place. In “South...
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