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...when hearing the phrase "interactive TV": collaborative, choose-your-own-ending stories, which are becoming more widespread than ever. The season finale of ABC's eminently forgettable Two Guys and a Girl allowed viewers to vote online among four possible endings. (I searched in vain for the options to cancel the series, burn all videotapes or watch Disney honcho Michael Eisner commit ritual suicide in shame for having aired it.) Meanwhile, the creator of Dharma and Greg is developing a sitcom for Fox called Nathan's Choice, in which the hero faces a dilemma halfway through the show, the audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Couch Potato Blight | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...surrounded by armament. To be fair, Fox has used this scheduling ploy before, with some success - after another sitcom had bombed and left a smoldering crater in the lineup. Again, not exactly a hosanna for your development to say you'll just skip the middleman and pre-cancel a sitcom to be named later in advance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Upfronts: Reruns From UPN and Fox | 5/18/2001 | See Source »

...controversial civil rights activist and president of the National Action Network called to cancel only one day before he was scheduled to give a speech at the ARCO Forum...

Author: By Christina S. Lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sharpton Cancels Appearances at IOP | 5/18/2001 | See Source »

...think we're going to reach out and invite him again," White said. "If he reaches out and contacts us and convinces us he's not going to cancel again, we'd be happy to accommodate...

Author: By Christina S. Lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sharpton Cancels Appearances at IOP | 5/18/2001 | See Source »

...individual airlines use the conclusion agreed to from each call to decide which flights to cancel or delay. Since weather accounts for a whopping 65 per cent of all delays (and in 2000, one in four flights was delayed), a Command Center conference call can make the difference between you over-nighting on a cot in Chicago or alternatively, enjoying your summer vacation in that exclusive resort you booked months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Your Flight Might Be on Time This Summer | 5/17/2001 | See Source »

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