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  Deadwood: Reinventing the World

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  Horace Newcomb

  October 26, 2006

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  Deadwood: Reinventing the World HBO Westerns David Milch revisionism Curator's Note Raw. Raw material. The opening sequences in Deadwood refresh any sense of "the Western" we have. It looks true, whatever that might mean. Proabably means it ...
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  “Define Good”: The Anxious Pleasures of Subscribing to HBO

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  April 13, 2007

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  and high-mindedness but must simultaneously seek out as many new subscribers as possible and continue ...
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  You have options …

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  Janet McCabe and Kim Akass Manchester Metropolitan University

  June 26, 2007

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  everything is possible with a gold credit card paid for by daddy, but surely the paradox speaks to a broader ...
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  Feminist Sopranos

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  Maurice Yacowar University of Calgary

  June 29, 2007

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  Feminist Sopranos HBO gender masculinity The Sopranos Curator's Note The drama opens on this sculpture in Dr Melfi's office. Tony is introduced as discomfited by Woman, indeed caught in its scissor. The old skirt-chaser fears the feminine. He� ...
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  Oh, What a Primetime Party: The Night is Young on the WB

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  Miranda Banks Loyola Marymount University

  April 03, 2008

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  Oh, What a Primetime Party: The Night is Young on the WB branding idents race HBO sexuality nostalgia Buffy the Vampire Slayer youth culture demographics Dawson's Creek The WB cross-series interaction Charmed Roswell Popular The Jamie Foxx Show 7th H ...
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  Sunday driver: What does AMC's scheduling say about its branding?

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  Andrew Daglas ChicagoNow.com

  November 03, 2011

  1 comment

  Sunday driver: What does AMC's scheduling say about its branding? The Sopranos Sunday TV Mad Men HBO AMC Curator's Note In an era often heralded as a golden age of television, few networks have made the notion of “quality TV” as central to its b ...
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  Storytelling and the Role of Imagination in Educational Children's TV of the 1980s

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  Caroline Ferris Leader University of Texas at Austin

  February 01, 2012

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  the possibility of stories without clear origins. Children’s reactions to this kind of visual and ...
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  Hung Out to Dry: HBO’s Cancellation Habit

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  Maya Montanez Smukler UCLA & The New School

  May 14, 2012

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  Hung Out to Dry: HBO’s Cancellation Habit sex Save this Show, HBO Cancelled Shows, Curator's Note Premiering in June 2009, HBO’s half-hour comedy Hung embodied in its leading character a recession mania sweeping the country, as American Everyman Ray ...
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  'Enlightened' or Not?: How HBO Learned to Trust Its Viewers But Not Its Shows

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  May 15, 2012

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  'Enlightened' or Not?: How HBO Learned to Trust Its Viewers But Not Its Shows Enlightened HBO Save Our Show Curator's Note HBO and flashier rival Showtime became powerhouses by programming series so provocative or pedigreed that non-subscri ...
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  Owning Her Abjection: Lena Dunham's Queer Feminist Sexual Politics

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  January 07, 2013

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  Owning Her Abjection: Lena Dunham's Queer Feminist Sexual Politics Catherine Breillat feminist girls HBO Julia Kristeva Lena Dunham nudity queer the abject the body Curator's Note From the 2007 YouTube short featuring her bikini-clad and brushin ...

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