There’s a rule of thumb in network executive suites that any TV program can survive low ratings, if there’s a potential upside. What no TV program can survive, though, is a consistent pattern of deteriorating ratings...

2016

Jul

‘THE PEOPLE V. O.J.’ VS. ‘OJ: MADE IN AMERICA’: WHEN TRUTH TRUMPS FICTION By Alex Strachan

Sometimes, when you watch a program is just as telling as whether you chose to watch in the first place...

2016

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EMMY NOMINATIONS FULL OF SURPRISES – MOST GOOD, SOME NOT-SO-GOOD By Alex Strachan

No, The Good Wife will not win the Emmy for its farewell season. Downton Abbey might, though. And with 23 nominations overall, last year’s drama series-winner Game of Thrones is not about to go away anytime soon...

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IT'S BEST OF TIMES, WORST OF TIMES FOR THE EMMYS By Alex Strachan

It is the best of times for the Emmys — so much choice. It is the worst of times — too many worthy candidates likely to be overlooked, or snubbed entirely...

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NOT THE 11 O’CLOCK NEWS: HOW THE LATE-NIGHT COMEDY SHOWS ARE DEEPENING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN COMMENTARY AND TRADITIONAL NEWS By Alex Strachan

Two lists. First is a list of the most recent Emmy winners for news and documentary. Next is a list of this month’s Television Critics Association (TCA) nominees for news and information...

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NEW 'STAR TREK' FAN-FICTION GUIDELINES CAUSE RIFT IN TV FAN SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM By Alex Strachan

Star Trek has been much in the news of late. The biggest disturbance in the force that is Star Trek fandom, though, was Star Trek studio and rights-holders CBS and Paramount Pictures issuing an official set of legal guidelines...

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‘RAY DONOVAN’ RETURNS AS ONE OF THE SMALL SCREEN’S SMARTEST, SHARPEST, MOST SATISFYING DRAMAS By Alex Strachan

Ray Donovan isn’t just any detective drama. Los Angeles may be the most filmed city on the planet, and yet Donovan’s deft use of shadows and light makes the familiar look like no place on Earth...

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IN ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ WE TRUST: HOW SUMMER’S SILLIEST SHOW BECAME A MUCH-NEEDED BALM FOR AN AILING NATION By Alex Strachan

America’s Got Talent shows up in the darnedest places. Not just small-town America, either, but in nooks and crannies around the world...

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IN MEMORIAM FOR A ‘VOICE’ – ON CHRISTINA GRIMMIE, ‘THE VOICE’ AND FAME IN THE AGE OF TWITTER By Alex Strachan

Christina Grimmie was a YouTube find on The Voice. She joined YouTube in February 2009, and in just seven years amassed some 3,246,000 subscribers...

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ANTHONY BOURDAIN’S ‘PARTS UNKNOWN’ DISHES OUT FOOD, POLITICS, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE By Alex Strachan

Where’s the beef? Anthony Bourdain is about to tell you, this weekend, as Parts Unknown puts the finishing touch on its seventh season as one of CNN’s most reliable mainstays...

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