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  Holding Out For A Hiro

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  Henry Jenkins Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California

  October 24, 2006

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  Holding Out For A Hiro transnationalism superheroes NBC comic books Heroes X-men Japan Curator's Note Hiro Nakamura, salary man, otaku, "superhiro," superfan, has emerged as the most popular character on NBC's new Heroes. Here are a fe ...
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  The Third Kind of Heat: 30 Rock & Overcooked Synergy

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  October 25, 2006

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  The Third Kind of Heat: 30 Rock & Overcooked Synergy advertising product integration NBC 30 Rock General Electric synergy Curator's Note In the pilot of 30 Rock, Jack Donaghy (as smarmed by Alec Baldwin) takes over NBC's oversight of a sketc ...
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  Friday Night Whites — Nighttime Drama Don’t Respect My Conway Twitty

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  Kelly Kessler DePaul University

  March 23, 2007

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  jobs in strip clubs and burger joints. The sitcom Earl appears—at least to me—to embrace those I often ...
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  The West (Coast) Wing: How Studio 60 Moved Off the Sunset Strip

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  Alisa Perren University of Texas at Austin

  August 10, 2007

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  The West (Coast) Wing: How Studio 60 Moved Off the Sunset Strip narrative politics September 11 2001 drama NBC The West Wing Studio 60 Aaron Sorkin Curator's Note The evolution of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip over the 2006-2007 season was fascinatin ...
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  Managing Little Orphan Annie’s excesses

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  November 30, 2007

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  child’s best interests in mind (at least rhetorically), BSH demonstrated to NBC its ability to balance ...
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  “You Got No Idea What’s Goin’ On On That Island!”: What SNL Can Teach Us About Lost

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  Ivan Askwith Big Spaceship

  February 13, 2008

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  stereotyped representation of gendered concerns and interests: at least in this elevator, men care about plot, ...
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  "'You know what my favorite promotion is? Lost!' The ongoing convergence of content and promotion"

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  Max Dawson Indiana University

  February 17, 2009

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  first of my two videos, “ The Office Is Closed,” was made early during the strike, and begins with the ...
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  "Everyone at ComicCon Loved The Event!": Creating Pre-Season Buzz for Fall Premieres

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  Erin Copple Smith Austin College

  September 21, 2010

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  the hype and intrigue, while soothing fears about the storytelling.   To begin, moderator Kristin dos ...
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  Dinner with Mavis: Reviewing The Tonight Show conflict

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  Tom Hallaq Idaho State University

  April 22, 2011

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  journey in time. The trip begins on September 27, 2004, the 50 th anniversary of The Tonight Show. Jay ...
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  NBC Comedy, 2011 Style

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  Ethan Thompson Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

  September 22, 2011

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  NBC Comedy, 2011 Style up all night seinfeld NBC fall season comedy arnett Curator's Note I watched Up All Night, a new NBC sitcom starring two supremely talented comic actors (Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph) and another exceptional one, Christina Appl ...