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Rising Through the Ranks: Welcome to the world of Jennifer Kim
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History of TV: Peeling back the layers that made 'Dexter' such a guilty pleasure
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History of TV: 'One Tree Hill' doesn't want to be anything other than what it is
And that is teenage drama at its best. I was halfway through university when One Tree Hill premiered on The WB back in 2003. A romantic teen drama? Not too far off from where I was in life and I, too, hailed from a small town where you either fell in...
Director Gaurav Seth on the synergy behind indie sci-fi ‘Multiverse’
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History of TV: Why 'Girlfriends' are the best friends
In September 2000, audiences were introduced to Girlfriends' Joan Clayton (Tracee Ellis Ross), Maya Denise Wilkes (Golden Brooks), Lynn Ann Searcy (Persia White), and Antoinette “Toni” Marie Childress Garrett (Jill Marie Jones), along with Monica Cha...
History of TV: The sardonic sincerity of MTV’s ‘Daria’
The glasses. The boots. The sardonic quips and monotone voice. You either get it — or you don’t, which is core to what made Daria, Daria. The adult animated sitcom premiered in 1997 on MTV and went on to deliver five seasons of sneers, satire, and pl...
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When you see a tweet like, "Screenwriting update: Summer of 2020, I promised myself I’d be repped by the end of the year. I was repped by fall & optioned a pilot to a studio soon after. 2021 my goal was staffing. Now that the deal is closed, I’m ...