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  • January 2008

    • Most-Traded Music, Movies and TV Shows of 2007

      newser  |  Wired  |  Jan 1, 08 1:28 PM CST

      Most-Traded Music, Movies and TV Shows of 2007

      Forget box office numbers and Billboard charts: Wired reveals what people were really into last year by probing the action on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The year's most-traded files: Songs: Shop Boyz, "Party Like A Rock Star" Akon, "I Wanna Luv U" Sean Kingston, "Beautiful Girls" Movies: Resident Evil: Extinction Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry More »

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      list  • television  • movie  • music  • Radiohead  • file sharing  • Heroes  • Akon  • T Pain

  • December 2007

    • 'Heroes' Can't Save NBC From Ad Refunds

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 12, 07 12:49 PM CST

      'Heroes' Can't Save NBC From Ad Refunds

      With a lack of fall blockbusters keeping its ratings down and the writers' strike jeopardizing current and future offerings, NBC is giving money back to advertisers for prime time underperformers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Typically, networks give advertisers additional spots—“make goods"—when shows fail to draw. Analysts say NBC is wise to act now rather than risk falling into a bigger hole. More »

    • Hair Alert: Best and Worst on TV

      newser  |  Entertainment Weekly  |  Dec 8, 07 11:51 AM CST

      Hair Alert: Best and Worst on TV

      What's TV for, if not an excellent opportunity to mock celebrity hairstyles? Entertainment Weekly readers selected the best and worst: Hair-Do Top Five: Chloe (Allison Mack), "Smallville" Peter (Milo Ventimiglia), "Heroes" Karen (Natalie Zia), "Dirty Sexy Money" More »

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      list  • celebrity  • hair  • Heroes  • America's Next Top Model

    • iPhone Tops Google Search List

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 5, 07 12:28 PM CST

      iPhone Tops Google Search List

      The iPhone topped Google’s list of fastest-growing search terms this year, reports Reuters. "iPhone, of course, is a word very few people typed in a search box in 2006,” said a Google rep. “It didn’t exist.” The list was dominated by social networking and celebrity terms. iPhone Webkinz TMZ More »

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      list  • Google  • Apple  • Facebook  • YouTube  • iPhone  • MySpace  • search engine  • Heroes  • TMZ  • Transformers  • Webkinz  • Club Penguin

  • July 2007
  • May 2007

    • Cheney Should TiVo 'Heroes'

      newser  |  Salon  |  May 30, 07 3:20 PM CDT

      Cheney Should TiVo 'Heroes'

      With the ratings on Jack Bauer's "24" fading almost as fast as those of George Bush's White House, it's time for the principals in the war in Iraq to start studying "Heroes "— the most-watched show on television this year—writes Salon 's Juan Cole. In fact, think of Heroes as a sci-fi corrective to the whole the Bush-Cheney approach to terrorism.  More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • television  • terrorism  • War on Terror  • Dick Cheney  • NBC  • Heroes  • 24  • Jack Bauer

    • Kevin Reilly Quits NBC

      newser  |  Variety  |  May 29, 07 6:35 AM CDT

      Kevin Reilly Quits NBC

      Kevin Reilly is bolting from his gig as NBC's entertainment president, reports Variety , after network capo Jeff Zucker recruited Reveille head Ben Silverman for a position over him. Reilly—who produced several hits including Heroes and Deal or No Deal —will take his multi-million dollar severance package and most likely join a new network. More »

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      NBC  • CEO  • NBC Universal  • Heroes  • The Office  • Jeff Zucker  • Ugly Betty  • Deal or No Deal  • Ben Silverman

    • Fourth-Place Peacock Goes Light on New Shows

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 15, 07 8:23 AM CDT

      Fourth-Place Peacock Goes Light on New Shows

      NBC offered surprising few new plays for its 2007-08 season, with only one new comedy, five new dramas and a slew of cancellations. The network has been bringing up the rear in a generally bearish market, but signaled it would continue to push shows with critical acclaim but middling commercial success, among them 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights. More »

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      television  • NBC  • entertainment  • The Office  • Heroes

  • March 2007

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