Word: nites
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There has been, recently, a murmur of voices against Harvard's First Annual Award Nite--the much anticipated "Parade of Stars." Protesters seem to feel that perhaps the event is petty in its scope, that it creates unnecessary competition, that it attempts to judge qualities of groups where it has no qualifications to do so. I disagree...
...movie becomes a bizarrely postmodern version of "Fatal Attraction"--if you haven't watched enough Nick at Nite in the last few years, you're going to have a hard time fully appreciating what's going...
...channel with a strong mission and a well-targeted audience could be a financial success. Nickelodeon, now seen in 66 million homes, is the highest-rated basic-cable network, and it has spun off lines of imaginative toys as well as another cable channel, TV Land (ne Nick at Nite), aimed at baby-boomer parents. Nickelodeon has also provided a role model for reformers seeking to upgrade network fare for children. Says Kathryn Montgomery, president of the Washington-based Center for Media Education: "Nickelodeon shows that you can create more quality programming for kids in the commercial market...
...rated programs, aiding the network in its haphazard quest to be seen as something other than a buzz bin for all things Celine Dion. The reruns, each featuring newly taped introductions by the still chipper Dick Clark, prove that VH1 has mastered the Nick-at-Nite art of repackaging cheesy old shows as found-object satire. It's so easy! And so hip--a lesson that has eluded the minds at MTV, VH1's cooler sister network, where they generally work very hard at being hip, sometimes too hard. A perfect example is the new Squirt TV, a talk show...
...seven women live up to the attention drawn to them by the staging and atmosphere. Andrea Oliver '97 shines, especially in her role as a battered wife trying to deal with the violence in "A Nite with Beau Willie Brown...