As Audiences Shift To Cable, TV Programming Changes, Too
Mad Men comes back for its sixth season Sunday at an opportune moment for basic cable. Last weekend, 25 million viewers combined watched The Bible and The Walking Dead on basic cable channels. That's...
View Article'Arrested Development' Leads The Charge For Old Brands In New Media
Arrested Development returning via Netflix? Just another old-media brand reviving itself on new media.The TV show, which originally ran on Fox from 2003 to 2006 and unveils new episodes on Netflix next...
View ArticleFrom Classic Toys To New Twists, Kids Go Back To Blocks
I visited Toy Fair in New York City hunting for ideas for our summer series about kids' culture. One of the big takeaways was the increasing popularity of construction games such as Legos. Sales shot...
View ArticleGirls' Legos Are A Hit, But Why Do Girls Need Special Legos?
Two years ago, in 2011, 90 percent of Lego's consumers were boys. A tough statistic to swallow for those of us who grew up playing with Lego's gender-neutral buckets of bricks. But the statistic came...
View ArticleSongs Of Africa: Beautiful Music With A Violent History
For the next year, NPR will take a musical journey across America, which is one of the most religiously diverse countries on earth. We want to discover and celebrate the many ways in which people make...
View ArticleFor You To Borrow, Some Libraries Have To Go Begging
More than 90 percent of Americans say public libraries are important to their communities, according to the Pew Research Center. But the way that love translates into actual financial support varies...
View ArticleAwaiting The Apocalypse In The Quiet Town Of Concord
No place seems safe these days from someone's terrifying, post-apocalyptic imaginings. Los Angeles is wrecked in the movie Elysium, the South is zombie-ridden in TV's The Walking Dead, and now— thanks...
View ArticleWhat The $@** Is Up On Cable These Days?
Seriously, if you were being attacked by zombies, you might yell out the word f- - -! But no one does on The Walking Dead. When it comes to language in this golden age of basic cable dramas, the rules...
View ArticleThe Man Who Gets The Science Right On 'The Big Bang Theory'
Sure, Bob Newhart may have won his first Emmy for guest-starring as Professor Proton on the hugely popular show The Big Bang Theory, about four young scientists at Caltech. But behind the scenes is a...
View Article'Trophy Wife' Is More Than Just A Pretty Face On ABC
One of the strongest new sitcoms on TV this season has the worst name, but its title, Trophy Wife, was intended to be ironic. The show's creators, Sarah Haskins and Emily Halpern, are self-professed...
View ArticleNew Cable Channels Try To Lure Millennials Back To TV
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Okay, three brand new cable channels all share the same problem. How do you persuade 20-somethings to look up from their phones long enough to gaze at an old-fashioned...
View ArticleLou Reed, Beloved Contrarian, Dies
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View ArticleMost Remaining Blockbusters To Close In January
Blockbuster is going to shut all of its company-owned stores. Some franchise stores will stay open. At its peak, the video rental chain had about 9,000 stores.
View ArticleHollywood's New Strategy: Supporting Chinese-Made Blockbusters
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View ArticleA YouTube Powerhouse Looks Beyond Its Gamer Base
One of the most popular channels on YouTube is aimed toward people who play video games. It's got tons of content — thousands of game reviews, how-to videos of people gaming away enthusiastically, even...
View ArticleAmiri Baraka's Legacy Both Controversial And Achingly Beautiful
One of America's most important — and controversial — literary figures, Amiri Baraka, died on Thursday from complications after surgery following a long illness, according to his oldest son. Baraka was...
View ArticleA Baby Didn't Bump These Moms Out Of Competition
Let's be clear: Olympians handle the physical challenges of childbirth differently than most of the rest of us.Aretha Thurmond is a discus thrower who'd already competed in two Olympics when she went...
View ArticleA Picket Line At The Oscars: Visual-Effects Artists To Protest
Hundreds of visual-effects artists are planning to picket the Academy Awards on Sunday for the second year in a row. They're hoping to bring attention to what's been happening in their industry.The...
View ArticleDance Music Legend Frankie Knuckles Dies At 59
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