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On AlterNet: television

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "television"

The New Face of Sex on Television

The New Face of Sex on Television

Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. July 1, 2008.
Two new shows present people with alternative sexualities as ... actual people.

The Seeds of the Culture War Sprout Here

The Seeds of the Culture War Sprout Here

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Media and Technology. May 5, 2008.
A new television show takes on the patriarchy.

YouTube for Smart People

YouTube for Smart People

Ari Melber, TheNation.com. April 2, 2008.
Big Think seeks to smarten up the Internet by getting up close and intellectual with the most creative thinkers alive.

Jay Leno Confuses Homophobia with Humor Yet Again

Jay Leno Confuses Homophobia with Humor Yet Again

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Video. March 26, 2008.
WTF is wrong with the Tonight Show host? Has he so little creativity that he has to stoop to lame humor like this over and over?

Ellen DeGeneres Calls GOP Rep Who Said Gays Are

Ellen DeGeneres Calls GOP Rep Who Said Gays Are "Bigger Threat" Than Terrorism [VIDEO]

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 13, 2008.
"Hi! It's Ellen DeGeneres," she opens. "The gay one."

Why Is Saturday Night Live Shilling for Hillary Clinton's Campaign?

Why Is Saturday Night Live Shilling for Hillary Clinton's Campaign?

Adam McKay, Huffington Post AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 8, 2008.
It's weird. Weird like....well, Pat Buchanan praising Hillary Clinton.

Parts of

Parts of "60 Minutes" Don Siegelman Story Blocked in Alabama

Larisa Alexandrovna, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. February 25, 2008.
Are they trying to tell us that a glitch in New York ONLY happened in Alabama and ONLY during the Don Siegelman segment? Are you kidding me?

Howard Zinn Presents Progressive American History in

Howard Zinn Presents Progressive American History in "The People Speak" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. February 18, 2008.
Marisa Tomei, Danny Glover, Josh Brolin and many more join Howard Zinn to celebrate some of America's frequently overlooked heroes.

Jane Fonda Uses the

Jane Fonda Uses the "C-Word" on Today Show, Offends Idiots

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. February 15, 2008.
Something so simple and yet so hard for so many people to understand: A word's meaning derives from its context.

WGA Declares

WGA Declares "Huge Victory" With New Contract

Jeff Fecke, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. February 9, 2008.
I'm very much looking forward to seeing The Daily Show with writers again.

Top Ten Reasons Why the WGA's Deal With Letterman Is Great

Top Ten Reasons Why the WGA's Deal With Letterman Is Great

Jesse Wendel, Group News Blog AlterNet: Video. January 1, 2008.
The deal included the entire MBA. Everything the the WGA had on the table--where the AMPTP left it when they walked out 25 days ago.

Olbermann Tells Moyers: "Skepticism is a Necessity in Journalism" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Media and Technology. December 17, 2007.
Keith Olbermann and Bill Moyers, together at last!

Sherri Shepherd Strikes Again, Says Her Son Can't Be Transgendered Until He's 18 and Out of Her House

Sherri Shepherd Strikes Again, Says Her Son Can't Be Transgendered Until He's 18 and Out of Her House

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Video. December 6, 2007.
Melissa McEwan: "The View" co-host goes apeshit about the idea of her son wearing a dress in her house.

ABC’s "Boston Legal" Slams ABC Pundit Glenn Beck

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. December 5, 2007.
Amanda Terkel: Too bad ABC executives don't take the advice of their own shows more seriously.

Al Gore Makes Cameo Appearance on "30 Rock", Reveals His Superpowers [VIDEO]

Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority AlterNet: Video. November 9, 2007.
Former Vice President Gore mixes it up with Tina Fey, David Schwimmer and Alec Baldwin on a hilarious and incisive environmentally themed episode.

Will MSNBC Fire Tucker Carlson and Hire Rosie O'Donnell?

Will MSNBC Fire Tucker Carlson and Hire Rosie O'Donnell?

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: Media and Technology. November 6, 2007.
Steven Reynolds: I'm not all that much of a Rosie fan but I'll have a little party if Tucker Carlson is canned from MSNBC.

What's At Stake In The Writer's Guild Strike

What's At Stake In The Writer's Guild Strike

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. November 5, 2007.
Lindsay Beyerstein: The Alliance of Television & Motion Picture Producers' position is illogical, greedy and unfair.

Sweet Jesus Elisabeth Hasselbeck Is a Moron

Jill Filipovic, AlterNet: PEEK. October 9, 2007.
Jill Filipovic: A discussion of Hillary's "baby bond" proposal on "The View" brings some of Hasselbeck's disturbing views on abortion to light.

Chris Matthews Says Cheney Pressured MSNBC Brass to Influence Content

Chris Matthews Says Cheney Pressured MSNBC Brass to Influence Content

Jane Hamsher, AlterNet: PEEK. October 6, 2007.
Jane Hamsher: Matthews says, "God help us if we had Cheney during the Cuban missile crisis. We'd all be under a parking lot."

Christian Theater Troupe Spends $90,000 On Ad Denouncing Kathy Griffin

Christian Theater Troupe Spends $90,000 On Ad Denouncing Kathy Griffin

Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. September 21, 2007.
Adam Howard: Griffin says, "Am I the only Catholic left with a sense of humor?"

Fox News' Malkin Launches Vicious Personal Attack on Sally Field

Fox News' Malkin Launches Vicious Personal Attack on Sally Field

Satyam Khanna, AlterNet: PEEK. September 21, 2007.
Satyam Khanna: Saying a single anti-war sentence has made Sally Field public enemy number one for the nuts at Fox News

Fox Attacks Sally Field [VIDEO]

Jim Gilliam, AlterNet: Video. September 20, 2007.
Some people want to claim Field was censored by Fox because she said "god damn", but clearly FOX has had no qualms airing "god damn" in the past.

New "View" Co-Host Doesn't Know If the World Is Flat [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. September 20, 2007.
Sherri Shepherd, the latest addition to "The View", confidently says she doesn't believe in evolution but also doesn't know the shape of the Earth.

Fox Censors Sally Field's Anti-War Remarks at Emmys

Fox Censors Sally Field's Anti-War Remarks at Emmys

Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. September 17, 2007.
Adam Howard: Field says, "I have no comment other than, 'Oh, well.' I said what I wanted to say."

80's Flashback: Fred Thompson vs. Roseanne [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. September 14, 2007.
Simultaneously creepy and amusing footage from a sexual harassment themed episode of "Roseanne", co-starring Fred Thompson.