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New Year, Same Favorites

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Photos by Tara Jenkins Toward the end of the fall semester, most TV shows went on winter hiatus, leaving students with nothing to do but watch Netflix and study for finals. Now that school and television are starting back up again, students offered what they will be watching this upcoming semester. In a culture inundated with all sorts of viewing options, these shows stood out … [Read more...] about New Year, Same Favorites

20 Years Later, ‘Friends’ is Still Relevant

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Sick of New Year’s resolutions you cannot keep? Have no fear, for starting Jan. 1, 2015, all 10 seasons and 236 episodes of Friends will be there for you on Netflix. Something tells me that finishing every episode will seem like a doable goal. The appeal of a show like “Friends” is that it is reliably funny and indulges the imagination in trivial concerns of the characters. … [Read more...] about 20 Years Later, ‘Friends’ is Still Relevant

Prime Time TV Changes its Color

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With the recent surge of popularity of “Scandal” (Season 4 premiere of 9.8 million viewers, Entertainment Weekly), “How to Get Away with Murder” (series premiere of 14 million viewers, Entertainment Weekly) and “Black-ish” (series premiere of 10.8 million viewers, Entertainment Weekly), there is seemingly a quest to infiltrate the white culture that has dominated television for … [Read more...] about Prime Time TV Changes its Color