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Journalism: America's Most Desired Career, Except Among Journalists

Two related items: Tonight, MTV premieres a show about teenagers who actually look like the teenagers who watch MTV, as opposed to teenagers who look like the cast of a TV soap. The Paper is a reality show about the staff of a Florida high-school newspaper, the first episode of which is not about boyfriends [...]

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Reading Between the Linelessness

Here’s a must-read today for anyone with a TV, or a face. The LA Times’ Mary McNamara discusses the epidemic of Botox and cosmetic surgery in Hollywood, its effect on the viewing experience and the difficulties of writing about it: For a critic, this poses a dilemma — while it is appropriate, indeed, necessary to [...]

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Why You Should Start Watching Greek, and So Should I

We just moved offices at Time; the company is consolidating three floors’ worth of staff onto two (yay, downsizing!) and saving money by converting my former home on the 24th floor into, I don’t know, a Bed Bath and Beyond or something. This means I’ve been packing, and sifting through years of accumulated promotional tchotchkes. [...]

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BSG Watch: Centurion Superdelegates

SCI FI Channel Photo: Carole Segal SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, sneak off in a decommissioned sewage ship and watch Battlestar Galactica.

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The Morning After: Love on the Rocks

I’m not really qualified to hold forth on VH1′s Rock of Love II, having joined the series for, oh, about the last half-hour of the finale (I won’t spoil, don’t worry). But it seems like the sort of show that inspires, um, passions, so I’ll throw this thread open to your opinions on Bret’s choice [...]