The Wire

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Source: 1eyedmonkee (WordPress)

Sometimes it comes in the form of a six back-to-back episodes of The Wire.  Or nine hours in bed…if you know me at all, you see red flags.  I’ve operated on very little sleep most of my life and insomniac episodes for months at a time.  But in these last months, it is my favorite time of the day when I...

Published Sun, Nov 30

HEROES: DESTINY Webisodes

Source: Daemon's TV

One episode is released every Monday at 9pm et/pt starting on November 10. You can watch the first three episodes below. The next episode will be released next Monday, December 1, 2008. You will be able to watch it on the Heroes Destiny official website. Enjoy! Episode 1 Episode 2

Published Tue, Nov 25

'The Shield's' last episode: 'Family Meeting'

Source: The Watcher

Ryan on other TV shows: Ryan said he had recently watched the first three seasons of “Battlestar Galactica” in about a two-week period. He pronounced himself a fan. “To me that’s about the closest show to what we’ve been able to do, in terms of maintaining consistency. That’s the show I’m most...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Tube News: Chances of Actor's Strike (Mostly) Unlikely

Source: Watch with Intelligence

Now for some good news: Amy Ryan, her of the Academy Award-nominee and all-around awesomenes fame, has signed on to reprise the role she played in the fourth season finale of NBC's The Office. She'll continue being Dunder Mifflin's human resources rep for at least five episodes -- or at lea...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Ink and Beans: Are You a Honker? Die.

Source: Ink and Beans

Consider Me Climaxed · Writing the Climax · Biweekly: A Useless Word · Writer's Blog Progress - First 55 days · Top Five Available Pen Names · "The Wire" Creator David Simon Comes to Harvard · Celebrity Sightings in the Mirror ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Laurel’s TV Picks » 2008 » November » 25

Source: Laurel's TV Picks

Other guest stars in this episode include Wood Harris (who played “Avon Barksdale” on The Wire), Sarah Thompson (who was “Eve” on Angel and “Rose” on 7th Heaven), and Natasha Gregson Wagner. Now that they’ve captured the mole at NCIS ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

A modest proposal « A blog from the back room.

Source: hopisen (WordPress)

This proved no burden at all, as I was able to devour David Simon’s “Homicide”, a book based on his year with the Baltimore police department and which would become the inspiration for his stunning HBO show, The Wire. ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Planet Money Makes Me Realize Storytelling Is Missing From My ...

Source: INDEX

I have been thinking a lot about journalism since The Wire’s David Simon addressed the craft’s decline in a recent speech. I have been thinking about it since I read a story on saving journalism in the Columbia journalism review. ...

Published Mon, Nov 24