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Primetime TV, FCC and Court Rulings
By
Douglas Howe
“Fade whatever is left of the family hour,” said the story. “It’s about to get even racier out there.” When it comes to primetime television, the gap between what’s in the public interest and what will profit private sector just got a whole lot wider. I’m not sure whether to be unbelievably discouraged or just…
‘Nightline’ Asks: Is ‘OMG!’ Blasphemy?
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Ellen Leventry
The popularity of “Gossip Girl” may be waning — it was last in the ratings this past week — but the popularity of “OMG!”, one of the teen drama’s catchphrases and the bedrock of one of its ad campaigns, has only increased. Used by the teen textorati as a time- and Blackberry thumb-saving shorthand for…
BBC America’s Buzzworthy ‘Skins’ Returns
By
Ellen Leventry
The news of director John Hughes’ (“The Breakfast Club,” “Some Kind of Wonderful,” Pretty in Pink”) passing this morning is made even more poignant by the fact that the latest season of “Skins,” a gritty BBC teen drama full of Hughes’ influence, premieres tonight on BBC America. Powered by sex, drugs, and ennui, “Skins” follows…
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