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Who Says TV Has to Be Good?

CBS Ulrich on Jericho Any given season, there are at least a couple series that I watch, loyally and attentively, even though they are not, in any aesthetically defensible sense of the word, good. This year, that award has to go to Jericho, CBS’s postapocalyptic drama set in Kansas after a multiple nuke attack cripples [...]

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Coming Soon: WhoTube

SCI FI Channel Photo: BBC/Adrian Rogers Who’s afraid of YouTube? Viacom may be, but not Her Majesty’s broadcasters. The BBC has just announced a deal to launch three channels on YouTube, which will carry BBC news, documentaries and clips and video diaries from programs including Doctor Who. The broadcaster says it has worked out a [...]

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Dead Tree Alert: J.C. Vs. J.C.

My Culture Complex column in this week’s Time looks at the Lost Tomb of Jesus controversy as an example of the love/hate/love-to-hate relationship between Hollywood and Christianity. Just to be clear: I’m not taking a side on the accuracy of the documentary, or for that matter the New Testament; you want to hear from someone [...]