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...funny thing. In nine months of school I watched hardly any television. Sure, every now and then I found myself taking in an episode of Seinfeld. Once in a while I tuned in for a late-night fix of Politically Incorrect. And of course I was obligated to endure the annual ritual of watching the Knicks fold in the second round of the playoffs. But my relationship to television from September through May has, through three years of college, grown quite efficient: I've learned to use it only when it's the best or only means of being delivered...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: A Small Screen Summer | 7/11/1997 | See Source »

...that do right by television, that challenge its "idiot box" reputation. No matter how popular it has become to blast TV as a vapid medium, it's impossible to ignore the basic integrity and ingenuity of shows like Homicide, NYPD Blue, Dennis Miller Live, Conan O'Brien, Law & Order, Seinfeld, The Simpsons... . The list goes...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: A Small Screen Summer | 7/11/1997 | See Source »

...that nbc, the No. 1 rated network, is concerned about how S, L, V will work with the V chip, and that the ratings might prompt more boycott campaigns. Others say nbc is nervous about parents getting a heads up to the sexy language in such top shows as Seinfeld and Friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: (S)EX, (L)ANGUAGE AND (V)IOLENCE--AT HOME | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

...pony. "We're always going to try to do shows that skew younger and more urban, because that's the desirable audience. But I think the biggest mistake you can make is to be derivative. At NBC we put the best shows on the schedule. One year it was Seinfeld, the next year it was Mad About You, the next year Frasier, the next year Friends. You put them together, and all of a sudden look what we have--sophisticated urban comedy. But we didn't say, 'That's what we are.' Shows inform the network identity rather than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: WILL JAMIE GET WITH THE PROGRAM? | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...that odyssey last week. Inside a sharkproof cage attached to the good ship Reel Lady, Maroney crawled 112 miles in 24 1/2 hours. In the wee small hours she hallucinated, seeing monkeys in the water. And to distract herself from the hammerhead sharks cruising by, she mentally replayed Seinfeld episodes. Upon arrival in Florida, her tongue swollen from salt water, her skin tattooed with jellyfish stings, she said, "So many times you think, 'I just don't want to keep going.'" Then she passed out cold. Later Maroney announced plans to swim some 140 miles from Cuba to Mexico. Good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 26, 1997 | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

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