televison | Portside

August 17, 2023

Jeopardy! Contestants Weigh a Second Shot at Glory Versus Crossing the Picket Line

Matt Patches Polygon

Jeopardy! is not like other game shows. According to the WGA, “Jeopardy is produced by a struck company...Anyone participating in a Jeopardy production would be crossing a picket line comprised of Jeopardy writers who wrote the clues.”

January 8, 2019

Media Bits and Bytes - January 8, 2019

Portside

Tech Workers Stand Up; TV Goes Global; Biz Adapts; China's History Censored; The End of Women's Mags; NBC News Confidential; German Hacker Nabbed

tv

July 23, 2017

TV Why HBO’s “Confederate” Is Completely Unnecessary

Lincoln Anthony Blades Teen Vogue

In this op-ed, Lincoln Blades argues that HBO's new show Confederate is an unnecessary series that turns a blind eye to the world we currently live in.

tv

December 6, 2015

TV Writers Weigh In: Is Mexican Television Glorifying Narcos?

Andrew S. Vargas Remezcla

From ethically dubious telenovelas like El señor de los cielos to brutally insightful features like El infierno, Mexican media has become in many ways a reflection of the violence that has racked the country since the Cártel de Juárez took over the coke game from Pablo Escobar back in the 1990s.

Subscribe to televison