Monthly Archives: June 2010
All-Stars, No Story: Confusion reigns over So You Think You Can Dance Season 7
All-Stars, No Story: SYTYCD Season 7 June 16th, 2010 When it was announced that So You Think You Can Dance would be changing its structure for its seventh season, in theory there shouldn’t be any complaints: after all, many of … Continue reading
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Off-Site Learnings: Glee’s Impact on Television Development
I was in transit when last week’s episode of the (excellent) Firewall and Iceberg podcast was posted, and during that trip I wrote a piece for Jive TV which discussed what Glee’s impact will be on television development; little did … Continue reading
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Fiske-ian Learnings: Reflections on Fiske Matters
While I don’t often delve too far into my academic experiences here at Cultural Learnings, this past weekend offered an interesting convergence of my various different hats, and since I’m going to be more academically involved in television studies in … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Justified – “Bulletville”
“Bulletville” June 8th, 2010 I think an “I told you so” is in order (albeit a little bit late, as I didn’t get to the finale until this weekend). I wrote at length earlier this spring about how Justified’s gradual … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Breaking Bad – “Full Measure”
“Full Measure” June 13th, 2010 “We had a good run…but it’s over.” When I sat down at about 3:00 am last night to watch the Breaking Bad finale after arriving home from my trip to Madison, I discovered that AMC … Continue reading
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Cultural Catchup Project: Decision Time (Buffy and Angel)
Decision Time June 13th, 2010 You can follow along with the Cultural Catchup Project by following me on Twitter (@Memles), by subscribing to the category’s feed, or by bookmarking the Cultural Catchup Project page where I’ll be posting a link … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Glee – “Journey”
“Journey” June 8th, 2010 “Life only really has one beginning and one end – the rest is just a whole lot of middle.” In his attempts to inspire his Glee Club to achieve despite the nearly insurmountable odds placed before … Continue reading
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Season Finale: United States of Tara – “From This Day Forward”
“From This Day Forward” June 7th, 2010 I wish that I had more to say about United States of Tara’s second season finale, but for the most part I don’t. This is not to say that the episode wasn’t enjoyable, … Continue reading
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Cultural Catchup Project: “Graduation Day” (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
“Graduation Day” June 7th, 2010 You can follow along with the Cultural Catchup Project by following me on Twitter (@Memles), by subscribing to the category’s feed, or by bookmarking the Cultural Catchup Project page where I’ll be posting a link … Continue reading
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