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Word: rerun (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that it has yet to see a script with a lesbian story line. Some industry executives speculate, however, that the network leaked the notion of outing Ellen to test advertiser reaction. DeGeneres has reportedly never been comfortable with the dating subplots of her TV vehicle, and now that rerun rights have been sold to Lifetime in a relatively disappointing deal, she has little to lose by making Ellen Morgan a lesbian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: LOOKING FOR AN OUT | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...promise to "win this election and make the Republicans like it!" Then we'll leave the gloriously colorful black-and-white past and head for the brightly colored convention hall, hoping for a floor fight, a delegate rebellion, something, anything, that might prove itself worthy of a rerun years from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Looking Glass: THOSE WERE THE DAYS | 8/19/1996 | See Source »

Bandstand is tailor-made for late twentysomethings still wallowing in the absurdist culture of their youth. The most frequently rerun episode has John Travolta in a skintight turtleneck giggling his way through an interview with remarks like "I'm going to get to dance in a film in January, and it's going to be hot!" But the real celebrity fun comes with the far less recognizable faces--the Corey Harts and Quarterflashes that dominated the mainstream pop of the late '70s and early '80s. In one segment John Waite performs his only hit single, Missing You, wearing a gauze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: ULTRASUEDE IS FUNNY | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

...struck by these children: they are so rare to see these days. We college students are swallowed for four years into a Generation X black hole. We don't see anyone younger or anyone older; not an old man or a small child. We are stuck in an unending rerun of the "Breakfast Club." Every once in a while I need...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CROSSING THE YARD | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

...caricatures rankle. Kushnick was certainly an abrasive advocate for her client; once, furious that NBC let its coverage of the Republican National Convention run long, delaying the start of the Tonight Show, she sent the studio audience home and forced the network to air a rerun. But the movie's portrayal of her power-mad bitchiness, even to Leno ("Stand up straight, for chrisakes; you're the host of the Tonight Show!"), leaves the viewer wondering why Leno was loyal to her for so long. Similarly, the NBC executives are too wimpy and stupid to be believed. In one scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: STUPID NETWORK TRICKS | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

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