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26.3 Million Watch Obama's Prime Time Segment (That's a Lot)

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Election 2008. October 30, 2008.
The New York Times notes that the segment "was particularly high-rated in several battleground states."

Top 5 Most Sexually Educational Movie Moments

Liz Langley, Alice the Goon AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. September 26, 2008.
We all need a little sex-ed -- despite what the abstinence-only crown thinks.

Obama Courts the Nation's Mayors

Drum Major Institute AlterNet: PEEKJune 24, 2008.
Mayors court DMI's MayorTV.

Disruptive Party Building: From a Straw to a Funnel

Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: Election 2008. May 15, 2008.
TV is still the dominant force in campaigns, but that's beginning to change.

The Culture of "K-Ville"

Christine Cupaiuolo, The American Prospect. September 28, 2007.
FOX's new drama portrays a post-Katrina New Orleans. But in reducing its tragedy to a cop drama, have the real lessons been lost?

The Entertainment Industry's Love Affair With Immature Men

Alicia Rebensdorf, AlterNet. September 13, 2007.
In Hollywood, a pudgy slacker man can always get a hot can-do woman.

New "Mad Men" TV Show Uses the Past to Reveal Racism and Sexism of Today

Bernie Heidkamp, PopPolitics.com. August 24, 2007.
AMC's new TV show Mad Men uses the overtly sexist and racist atmosphere of a 1960 New York advertising office to talk about persisting issues that we're too "polite" to talk about openly.

When Kurt Vonnegut Met Sammy Davis

David Cassel, AlterNet: PEEK. April 13, 2007.
Destiny: Race, TV and GE...

Marvin Gaye's National Anthem completes the circle [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. April 6, 2007.
Thomas Dolby: Networks can't handle a black man singing a soulful National Anthem...

American McMuslim [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. December 23, 2006.
A Christian from Middle America spends '30 Days' as a Muslim...

Reality Rape TV?

Jessica Valenti, AlterNet: PEEK. December 21, 2006.
What could be more fun...

Israelis Kill Palestinian Child--or do they? Pictures can lie.

Barry Lando, AlterNet: Video. December 15, 2006.
You can't always trust your eyes--nor the TV voice overs.

Television is History

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. November 1, 2006.
A meticulous new report finally reveals why researchers can't seem to research TV.