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The Duggars Do it Again: Will the Public Ever Tire?
By
Ellen Leventry
I was trolling around People.com yesterday looking for the poll asking readers to weigh in on what “J” name Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, of TLC’s “18 Kids and Counting,” should bestow on their recently announced nineteenth addition, when I noticed a most ironic bit of contextual advertising. Using metadata and/or content to target the…
The Subversive Faith of Stephen Colbert
By
Paul O'Donnell
It’s not news that Stephen Colbert is a Catholic. He’s admitted as much on his Comedy Channel show, “The Colbert Report.” (Besides, even with the best hairstylists in television at your disposal, you can’t fake that precisely parted, altar-boy-grown-up hair-do.) But in an interview in the current Rolling Stone, Colbert gives us a rare glimpse…
Ramadan Is a time for Prayer, Fasting, and…TV?: ‘Freej’ and Grannies in Veils!
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Donna Freitas
I learned something new today. Apparently, at least in Dubai, Ramadan is a time for more than daily prayer and fasting, it’s a holy time for television, too: “it is also the Middle Eastern equivalent of sweeps month,” according to Brian Stelter’s New York Times article, “Dubai Superheroes: Little Old Grannies Who Wear Veils,” which…
Spiritually Speaking, We Need to Laugh and Jay’s Back
By
Douglas Howe
Jay Leno is finally coming back to evening television, and, in my opinion, it’s not a moment too soon. We need to laugh more, go to bed earlier, carry less stress and treat each other better every day. So the nightly television line-up will finally have more than drama and newsmagazines. I think Jay Leno’s…
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