For those who don't live in the Chicago, Illinois area, you might not be aware that Jenny McCarthy has a column for the Chicago Sun-Times' lifestyle section Splash. Her appointment to said position was not without criticism; as Chicago media columnist Robert Feder wrote at the time, "That sound you’re hearing is Mike…
Lifetime's Steel Magnolias teleplay became the network's third-most-watched tele-event ever, transfixing 6.5 million viewers over the weekend. That wasn't enough to dethrone Lifetime's most popular TV offering, 2006's Life Is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story, which has coincidentally reigned the numero uno…
PBS has released its ratings numbers for Season 2 of Downton Abbey and, to some mild and socially restrained surprise, viewership among the male 18-34 demographic, — the same demographic largely to blame for the Entourage phenomenon — jumped up 100 percent, matching the rise in viewership among 18-34-year-old women as…
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The movie Bully was (at least according to its distributors) intended to start conversations among teens about bullying and its consequences. But now that it's rated R, many teens might not get to see it. And so begins a weird power struggle over a film that was supposed to be uplifting.
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On Sunday Hannah Montana's final episode attracted 6.2 million viewers, a 9% increase over its season average. The episode got mixed reviews from tweens, who were confused by Hannah sporting increasingly racy outfits and ritualistically burning Mickey Mouse ears.
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Remember how the MPAA made Ryan Gosling so appealingly sad about the patriarchy? It's still inscrutable what exactly got got his and Michelle Williams' Blue Valentine that NC-17 rating, but finally, here are some clues.
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After a record-setting premier, ratings for Sarah Palin's Alaska have dropped 40%. Shockingly, people may have tuned into the first episode out of "sheer curiosity rather than eagerness to see an Alaska-based travelogue reality show."
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Ryan Gosling is not just a very attractive man, or a good actor. He is an attractive man who issues statements that include the sentence, "It's misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman's sexual presentation of self."
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Judge Judy was the top-rated daytime show of the 2009-2010 season, averaging 6.5 million viewers. That's 600,000 more viewers than Oprah, which has been in the number one spot since 2002.
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In a poll, 40 percent of respondents said they're tired of reality TV, calling it the most overdone television genre. However, 15 of this summer's 20 highest-rated programs, including Jersey Shore, Big Brother, and America's Got Talent, were reality shows.
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In case you forgot who we really elected, here's a gentle reminder: Michelle Obama's poll numbers are falling. Politico wonders, is she doing too much gardening - or too little? And for god's sake, what's her stance on crime? [Politico]
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The Culture Secretary of England is considering giving websites cinema-style ratings to restrict access to unacceptable material. If website ratings go into effect, what kind of rating will we get?
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Are you a fan of Lipstick Jungle? Then you might want to consider actually tuning in to watch this season's remaining episodes instead of relying on your DVR. The show has been facing cancellation for some time because of the low number of viewers who watch the show during its scheduled airtime. NBC says it has a…
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