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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...independent television producer in the world. Formed in 2001 and based in the Netherlands, it has affiliates in 14 countries, and its offerings are broadcast to the citizens of 50. Its American arm, 3Ball Productions, makes reality shows that range from respectable (The Biggest Loser and Beauty and the Geek) to cringe-inducing (Breaking Bonaduce and Scott Baio Is 45 ... and Single). It produced I Know My Kid's a Star, so it can handle high-maintenance mothers, and it's now casting for Camp Cougar, a show about older women chasing younger men, so clearly it's not afraid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Octomom's Reality Show: Not for American Eyes | 6/3/2009 | See Source »

...comic-book geek? Melissa Wolland LOS ANGELES...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for J.J. Abrams | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...chorus number set to Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" is the funniest thing I've seen on TV this year. But this raises the question of how good a match it really is for the Idol audience, who tend to like their glitter dreams earnest. Indeed, the jock-meets-music-geek pair-up is a straight lift from, and parody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glee: A Chorus of Laughter | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...meaux's conclusion: "Trying to force a kid to exercise may not work." Anyone who has ever been in P.E. class knows that she's right. (As a certifiable geek, I used to feign stomachaches every day so I could do my homework in the bleachers instead of play basketball.) But is there really nothing we can do to encourage kids to be more active? (See 10 dieting myths debunked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Kids' Exercise Matters Less Than We Think | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...biggest winners here, for instance, is Adobe, whose Air engine (it's free and runs on any PC, Macintosh or Linux computer) will drive many, if not most, of the new Facebook applications. Air creates, in geek parlance, a "run time" - think of it as a universal mini-operating system across all computers. Developers, writing in Flash, can build an application once, and it runs on any computer. About 100 million people have installed it to date. Its most popular application? Tiny programs that make Twitter easier to use than its lean website interface. (See, for instance, Tweetdeck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facebook's Big Move Toward the AfterWeb | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

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