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  So long, Kate Gosselin... and cable programming, too?

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  Megan Mullen University of Wisconsin-Parkside

  September 21, 2011

  Gosselins. (John and) Kate Plus 8 has run on TLC (The Learning Channel) since 2007, recently airing the ... legitimate progenitor. After all, "reality" can run the gamut for production costs, and cable ...
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  From Four to Ten: A New Lens for Scripted TV

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  Aymar Jean Christian Northwestern University

  September 23, 2010

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  Lone Star, Running Wilde, My Generation, Outsourced, $#*! My Dad Says and others will all get my ...
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  (Re)Claiming Space in the Kids Cable Game: Discovery, Hasbro, and The Hub

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  Lindsay H. Garrison University of Wisconsin, Madison

  October 26, 2010

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  learning with toys, cartoons, and games in the hopes of pleasing everyone in the living room. Striking the ...
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  Queer, There, Everywhere: Buying & Selling Citizenship on Gay Narrowcast TV

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  Hollis Griffin Denison University

  March 09, 2009

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  Queer, There, Everywhere: Buying & Selling Citizenship on Gay Narrowcast TV queer niche narrowcasting LOGO here! gay consumer citizenship cable television Curator's Note In looking for instances of sexual and political agency, queer media critici ...
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  Summer Binging: What will it make you do?

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  Christine Becker University of Notre Dame

  July 16, 2010

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  Summer Binging: What will it make you do? television schedule spectatorship network television DVD cable television Curator's Note This delicious promo offers much to deconstruct (woe be upon the forever over-identifying female spectator), but to tie ...