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...major challenge of Americanizing many of these shows, which is not so much cultural as structural. Like our restaurant portions and children, we make our TV bigger in the States. Where an overseas series may run a dozen or so episodes in its entire life, an American show will air 22 or more a season. So plots must be stretched out and subplots multiplied. This is not automatically bad; the American version of The Office fleshed out a stronger supporting cast, made its central character more multifaceted and found its own voice. Other adaptations find that once they...
...just banks - or the commercial-paper market, for that matter - that are the obstacle. Talk to Mike Mitternight, president of Factory Service Agency, which installs commercial air-conditioning systems in suburban New Orleans, and you'll find out that one of his biggest problems is other businesses. Historically, he's gotten paid by contractors within 45 to 60 days. His suppliers, even major manufacturers, used to be amenable to waiting that long to get paid themselves...
What game show involves a series of polls, John O’Hurley, and a team of five Harvard students? Survey says Family Feud. A team of Harvard undergraduates has been selected to compete on the show’s college edition, which will air in mid-November. On Oct. 17, the team, composed of Alexander B. Cohn ’10, Michael T. Henderson ’11, Tana Jambaldorj ’11, Nicholas A. Noyer ’09 and Michelle M. Parilo ’10, will fly to Los Angeles to tape up to three...
...Lesbianism was on the airwaves and in the air this summer. It was a neurotic time: McCain and Obama were getting snipey, the Russian government was getting imperial, and Fannie and Freddie were getting killed. We needed something fun, something slightly dangerous, something to blow off a little steam. So we kissed a girl...
Herritage, Maj. Allen •America is assured by that, despite her claims, Sarah Palin is nowhere to be found in the chain of command over Air Force fighter jets...