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‘Gilmore Girls’ Added to Netflix

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Editor's Note: All seven seasons of Gilmore Girls were added to Netflix on Oct. 1.  I am a man. I like red meat and Hemingway. I have facial hair. And I love the Gilmore Girls. It started as a family obsession in high school: My mom and sister borrowed the DVDs. I watched from the entryway, finding some excuse to sit in the shadows and observe. I slowly inched closer — … [Read more...] about ‘Gilmore Girls’ Added to Netflix

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

G News 09.11.14

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Whitney Ashton and Shayla Girardin bring you this week's top stories from the Graphic, Pepperdine University's award-winning student newspaper. For more information on these stories and more, visit pepperdine-graphic.com. http://youtu.be/8EzvdgOY9jo __________ Follow the Graphic on Twitter: @PeppGraphic … [Read more...] about G News 09.11.14

A love letter to my TV ladies

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We get it — this is the Golden Age of Television. The Emmys, Breaking Bad finale and the return of all the good shows — all in a week’s news cycle. If you didn’t watch TV this week, you must be some sort of Cylon. For me, the beauty of TV today is its redeeming social value. Showrunners and writers become litmus tests for how gender, among other things, impacts our knee-jerk … [Read more...] about A love letter to my TV ladies