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...That system depends on affiliates, the infrastructure of broadcast TV since Uncle Miltie's day. (Right now, those affiliates have great, if temporary, leverage, because NBC needs them to play nice while it's being sold to cable operator Comcast.) And it depends on pleasing an audience used to ER and Law & Order at 10, not Jaywalking. (See TIME's photo-essay "Behind the Scenes with Jay Leno...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lessons of Leno: Why the Future Failed for NBC | 1/14/2010 | See Source »

There's a growing debate in France about eating viande chevaline - and neither side is horsing around. Because what's at, er, "steak" in the dispute is whether France's 200-year tradition of consuming horsemeat will continue unimpeded, or if it - and the economic activity it generates - will be legislated into history at the behest of animal-rights activists who denounce it as unnecessary and cruel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Monsieur Ed? France's Horsemeat Debate | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

...have the coveted No. 1 single at Christmas usually goes down like this: it's either won by a song extolling the merits of the time of year ("Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid); a novelty track ("Mr. Blobby" by, er, Mr. Blobby, "Can We Fix It?" by Bob the Builder); or, for the past four years, a song by the newly minted winner of The X Factor, Britain's wildly popular version of American Idol. Indeed, the chances of any act upsetting X Factor creator and judge Simon Cowell's latest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rage Against Simon Cowell? A British Pop Charts Upset | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

...want to skip all that backbreaking plowing, er, clicking, or if you've run out of friends who faux-farm, you can buy farm cash and get what you want. These virtual goods are the products that social games are actually trying to hawk. People hand over real money for make-believe merchandise. It's like using greenbacks to buy Monopoly dollars--but if you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubling Rise of Facebook's Top Game Company | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...intro claiming that Kurt has come out to “everybody”? Look, we honestly can’t keep with your fast-paced life, Mr. Hummel. Are you out? Semi-closeted? Are you on the football team this week or not? When can we start stalk-- er, following you on twitter...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Recap: “Wheels” | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

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