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20 Jul 2009 16:31

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Culture: Futurama is back! They just might have to, umm, rejig the cast a bit

  • The good news: Futurama will return in 2010. The bad news: it might be with a new cast. The reason: money, of course. Word on the street is that original cast members John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal and Billy West want a bit more than Fox is willing to cough up. Does it matter if it’s just a cartoon? source
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18 May 2009 20:52

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Culture: Fox gets rid of some shows, gets some new ones. Neat.

  • fresh Fox, in announcing its new schedule, added six shows, including a Fall edition of “So You Think You Can Dance,” a bunch of comedies (including “Family Guy” spinoff “The Cleveland Show”) and a Wanda Sykes riff-on-news late-night show.
  • stale The coming of the new means the old stuff has to go, and the biggest casualty may be the Terminator spin-off TV series “The Sarah Connor Chronicles.” Some reality series will go, and “King of the Hill” will be sent off properly in the Fall.
  • solid But the more interesting story may be what they kept and how they kept it. Joss Whedon’s latest series, “Dollhouse,” is sticking around despite low ratings, and hit drama series “Fringe” will upgrade to the tough Thursday night schedule. source
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07 May 2009 10:05

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Culture, Tech: Hugh Jackman’s leaked “Wolverine” graced a ton of laptops

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28 Apr 2009 11:59

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Culture, U.S.: &!*#*^% Supreme Court has to ruin everything, dammit

  • one Cher said a bad word in 2002. Nicole Ritchie said one in 2003.
  • two The FCC sued Fox for allowing said bad word to get on air.
  • three An appeals court turned down the decision against Fox.
  • four The Supreme Court sided with the FCC. !&%* them. source
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28 Apr 2009 08:38

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Culture, U.S.: Fox officially thinks Tim Roth is more important than Obama

  • tension For the last few months, Barack Obama has made more addresses on live TV than networks are happy with, because those addresses cost them lots of advertising revenue. Then again, Obama doesn’t really care about that when there’s a financial crisis and SWINE FLU PANIC OMG going on.
  • response For Obama’s address tomorrow night, Fox has waved its middle finger in the air and decided to ignore the address, choosing instead to go with the Tim Roth drama “Lie to Me.” Some will say Rupert Murdoch has political reasons for this, but we think he’s just a prick. source
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19 Apr 2009 22:22

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Culture: Dear Mitch Hurwitz: What happened with “Sit Down, Shut Up”?

  • amazing our personal opinion on the everlasting quality of Hurwitz’s last show, “Arrested Development”
  • 42 the average rating on Metacritic for “Sit Down, Shut Up,” with many scathing reviews source
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08 Apr 2009 22:09

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Culture: Fox turns layoffs into a competitive sport with its new show

  • 15-20 number of employees at the tiny companies “Someone’s Gotta Go” will target during each episode of concentrated evil
  • one unlucky sap will lose their job, because Fox has no respect for human beings when it comes to ratings source
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31 Mar 2009 21:19

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Culture: “Osbournes – Reloaded”: This is why we don’t own a TV.

Good God, did we need more cartoon characters on TV? This is the kind of thing that ruins it for us. source
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19 Mar 2009 02:52

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Culture, Politics: Whiny TV execs ticked at Obama’s constant nation addresses

  • These repeated interruptions – and the rumor of even more to come – really make it difficult to build audience flow and loyalty. We will all lose one or two million dollars for this.
  • A (obviously anonymous) network executive • On the fact that Barack Obama has the gall to request another nation address on “American Idol” Tuesday! I mean, what the heck? It’s not like anyone else is struggling. (ABC, by the way, will be preempting episodes of “According to Jim,” which we’re surprised is still on the air, just like everyone else besides Jim Belushi.) • source
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