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Five Great TV Series to Discover on DVD (Feature)

One of the greatest things about TV shows having a second life on DVD is that we viewers get an opportunity to see the ones that got away. This never happened during the age of VHS. Unlike DVD, VHS had almost no impact on the rediscovery of TV because ...

From ROBERT MOORE, PopMatters,  2 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Paul Gross,  Rachel McAdams,  William Hutt,  Mark McKinney,  Ron Livingston

Polar Bear Club and Circle Line Cruises sponsor "Naked" Polar Bear Cruise

Circle Line hosts its second annual "Naked" Polar Bear Cruise to benefit the Wildlife Conservation Society, which oversees the Bronx Zoo. Would you go on a "naked" cruise in the middle of winter? It was cold, but they grinned and bared it. Dozens ...

From DANIEL ROBERTS AND TINA MOORE, New York Daily News,  28 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Wildlife Conservation Society,  Greg Fox

'Chuck' Versus 'Gossip Girl' (Feature)

One of the few upside to NBC’s Fall 2009 scheduling debacle—a perfect storm resulting from the weak ratings of most of their shows combined with the utter disaster of the Jay Leno prime time experiment—has been the somewhat early return of Josh ...

From ROBERT MOORE, PopMatters,  19 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Josh Schwartz,  Jay Leno,  Rachel Bilson,  Adam Brody,  Michael Chabon

Life Unexpected: The CW's Unexpectedly Excellent Drama (Channel Surfing)

To understand why the new CW series Life Unexpected is such a pleasant surprise, one has to consider both the long string of successful character-driven family dramas created by the earlier WB and the shorter string of unsuccessful and persistently ...

From ROBERT MOORE, PopMatters,  10 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Lauren Graham

City put homeless into foreclosed homes and illegally converted apartments

Sephora Verdiner, 18, in her illegally converted apartment which she shares with her father. Blas Perez (l.) lives in two-bedroom Bronx apartment with kids Jacob, 3, and Jonathan, 2, along with (not-pictured) Christopher, 13, and wife, ...

From ROBERT GEARTY AND TINA MOORE, New York Daily News,  31 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Department of Homeless Services,  Michael Bloomberg

Has 'Fringe' Lost Its Way? (Channel Surfing)

The recent episode “Johari Window” was not merely mediocre but increasingly typical of Fringe. A lackluster story about individuals who were hideously deformed as the result of military experiments but who appear normal as long as they stay within ...

From ROBERT MOORE, PopMatters,  25 Jan 2010
Related Topics: William Bell,  Barack Obama,  White House,  FOX Broadcasting Company,  David Duchovny

Is 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand' a Joke? (Channel Surfing)

If you were to ask someone what words first spring to mind after watching the two debut episodes, they would not be the ones that you would associate with great television. Instead of great acting, great writing, and compelling production values, with ...

From ROBERT MOORE, PopMatters,  22 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Lucy Lawless

TV's Ten Greatest Cyborgs (Feature)

One of the most persistent and compelling character types in television has been the Cyborg. There are many reasons for this, but without question a great deal of this is the enormous flexibility of the Cyborg and the myriad of uses that the figure can ...

From ROBERT MOORE, PopMatters,  13 Jan 2010
Related Topics: James Cameron,  J J Abrams,  Joss Whedon,  Steve Austin (musician),  Jessica Alba

TV's First Female Hero: Annie Oakley (Channel Surfing)

Although she is an expert shot, she avoids causing damage to others. Although in a couple of episodes she shoots an opponent, once the formula of the show was established she would never kill or even wound even the vilest villain. Her shooting ...

From ROBERT MOORE, PopMatters,  7 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Steve Austin (musician),  Gail Davis,  John Russell (politician),  Matt Dillon,  Barbara Stanwyck

When TV Became Art: What We Owe to Buffy (Channel Surfing)

This was the decade in which television became art. So argues Emily Nussbuam in a recent New York Magazine essay, “When TV Became Art”. She certainly makes a strong case that 2000-2009 was a pivotal age for TV and I strongly recommend her essay to ...

From ROBERT MOORE, PopMatters,  17 Dec 2009
Related Topics: Joss Whedon,  New York Magazine,  Rod Serling,  Requiem (designer),  Veronica Mars

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