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January 16, 2012

The Search for Significance: The Television Industry and the Golden Globes

Earlier this evening, my brother directed me to a piece at Slate defending the Golden Globes, something that we don’t see particularly often. Indeed, that is very much the impetus behind Tom Shone’s argument, praising the Globes relative to the … Continue reading →

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December 14, 2009

Casting the Nominees: AFI and the Golden Globes

When the American Film Institute delivered their list of the Top 10 Television Series of 2009, with critics Maureen Ryan, Brian Lowry and Matt Roush on the jury with CCH Pounder and David Milch, you start to realize that any … Continue reading →

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January 12, 2009

Credit Where It’s Due: The Golden Globes are not (entirely) Irrelevant

Credit Where It’s Due: The Golden Globes are not (entirely) Irrelevant It is often very easy to discredit the Golden Globes for being one thing or another, or for not being one thing or another. It is not that these … Continue reading →

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