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The Fine Line Between Casting and Kidnapping

By James Poniewozik

Last week: Reality TV Wants to Heal You. This week: Reality TV Wants to Heal You, Whether You Like It or Not: Marc Brilleman, 33, identified as the chief operating officer, director and writer of “Pauper to Princess,” was arrested Saturday on a charge of false imprisonment. According to the show’s Web site, its concept [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1395 days ago

TV Poll: What Game Show Would You Revive?

By James Poniewozik

In the Things You Weren’t Aware You Wanted From TV Dept. this morning: CBS is reviving the game show Password, hosted by Regis Philbin. The new show will be known as Million-Dollar Password, that now being the official sum of primetime reality/game shows and Dr. Evil. (Actually, it’s been the industry standard since around 1999 [...]

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Tuned In+News Media | 1395 days ago

The "Bitter" Story, and Why Disclosure Works

By James Poniewozik

One of the angles lost in much of the coverage of Barack Obama’s remarks in San Francisco about “bitter” small-town voters and their social beliefs was that the reporter who broke it for The Huffington Post, Mayhill Fowler, was an Obama supporter—and, in fact, an Obama donor. What’s more, her editor, Jay Rosen—who founded HuffPo’s [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1396 days ago

The Morning After: I Scream, You Scream

By James Poniewozik

Just an OK episode of How I Met Your Mother last night—for me, dawg—but I’m glad they made it. Last season, I was concerned that HIMYM was copping out on the question of Marshall selling out to the big firm for money to support himself and kindergarten teacher Lily. (You’ll recall, there was a jokey [...]