Television Shows

TV Networks Want Auto Hop Put Back on the Shelf

25 May 2012

COMMENTARY | Just about ever technology fan over a certain age remembers the good old days of the VCR. Being able to fast-forward through commercials was an advantage the old school television boxes had, today many folks time shift their favorite television shows as a way to fast-forward through the commercials on their DVR. However, according to The Hollywood Reporter a few of the major ...

Will 'Twilight' and 'True Blood' Replace Religion in Teenagers?

25 May 2012

Young people become have increasingly irreligious in countries such as Denmark, yet they still ponder the big questions: Is there a heaven? What happens to us when we die? Will we turn into vampires? Well, perhaps not that last question, but according to Line Nybro Petersen of the University of Copenhagen's film and media studies department, supernatural-themed television shows and movies are ...

Living in the Land of Make Believe: Play, Pause or Stop

25 May 2012

*Suffice it to say there are more than enough messages infiltrating our ears, eyes and thoughts. Many of those messages are coming from television shows, marketing campaigns and other media related outcomes. I thought I might offer my humble opinion on what I would like to continue, hold and what we should quit. BASKETBALL WIVES [...]