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  Re: Season? Finale?

  Kristen, it seems to me that

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  Kim Akass Royal Holloway, University of London

  Thursday, May 19, 2011 — 1:30 pm

  Kristen, it seems to me that we are all in agreement.  The way we watch TV now has totally changed.  Running through these posts is a real nostalgia for 'event TV', which seems to be reserved for finales like The X-Facto r (over here) or America ...
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  Re: A sendoff to obscurity: I Married Dora and the anti-cliffhanger season finale

  I Married Dora

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  Kim Akass Royal Holloway, University of London

  Saturday, May 21, 2011 — 10:38 am

  What a finale to a week on series finales.  I had never even heard of Dora  let alone this ending.   There is something refreshing about the honesty of this finale.  Why bother to try to tie up all the loose ends when the series has been cancelled and tha ...
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  Re: "Do Season Finales Even Matter Anymore?" or "Season Finale, Schmeason Finale. I Don’t Even Know When It’s On!"

  Season Finales

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  Kim Akass Royal Holloway, University of London

  Monday, May 16, 2011 — 9:57 am

  Kelly you're absolutely right, aside from narrative significance, season finales have lost their 'must-see' appeal.  I often watch season finales well after the end of the season, and sometimes not until the beginning of the next (as a catc ...
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  Re: The Biggest Loser: The Television Show that Never Ends?

  The Biggest Loser

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  Kim Akass Royal Holloway, University of London

  Tuesday, May 17, 2011 — 9:18 pm

  I have to say that I am feeling more 'outside' of this topic than ever.  Although in the UK we do have shows like The Biggest Loser, they are certainly not in the same rhythm that they are in the States.  We receive them on a small cable channel ...
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  Re: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" - Sex and the City: The Ending(s)

   I can’t imagine the series

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  Kim Akass Royal Holloway, University of London

  Thursday, May 19, 2011 — 1:41 pm

   I can't imagine the series ending in any other way either.  Big and Carrie were signposted to be together from the first moment they met.  An elongated romantic comedy- spread over 6 years- that had to end with them getting together (much like Rache ...