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πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ(He)πŸ“Ί Broadcast historian focusing on marginalized histories/media policy, TV Lamp collector, Media Studies Prof. πŸ‘΅ Golden Girls book coming soon! University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. 🌈

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It's the warm-up clap for me

14.02.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When a streamer has one or two commercials, I watch them all the way through. When they have two and a half minutes of commercials, I take a restroom break or mute and look at TikTok and don’t watch any commercials.

14.02.2026 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish they'd just only count the politicians' time against the clock and not the respondent's irrelevant filibustering.

11.02.2026 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just encountered a 2.5 minute commercial break in an Amazon @awscloud.bsky.social show. That's too greedy. Stop it.

31.01.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I wish democrats would stop nationalizing local elections. I am not donating to someone running for Senate in Alaska, stop texting me and spend your money focusing on Alaskan voters. I have Stop2End fatigue.

15.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PBS News notes this Sunday will be β€œPBS News Weekend’s” last due to federal budget cuts

10.01.2026 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2940    πŸ” 1388    πŸ’¬ 131    πŸ“Œ 186
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Due to Trump regime cuts to PBS, PBS News Weekend ends its broadcast this weekend.

Farewell to the team.

10.01.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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23 reactions Β· 11 shares | Happy 50th anniversary to #maryhartmanmaryhartman one of the zaniest out of pocket #tvshows in American #tvhistory - featuring Claudia Lamb Louise Lasser Teaches Acting Bruc... Happy 50th anniversary to #maryhartmanmaryhartman one of the zaniest out of pocket #tvshows in American #tvhistory - featuring Claudia Lamb Louise Lasser Teaches Acting Bruce P Solomon Greg L...

My dear friend, the TV Doc @tvdoc.bsky.social put together a wonderful piece about Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and how it changed television.

www.facebook.com/reel/1419246...

06.01.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existence The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's directors voted the organization out of business Monday. The private agency, which has distributed federal funding to PBS, NPR and hundreds of local televisio...

apnews.com/article/publ...

06.01.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello, friends! I'm doing Beth LagarΓ³n's novel-of-the-month friend challenge! Please share one novel you think I should read (something that just blew you away you think I'd enoy), and I'll pick 12 and then share my thoughts each month!

29.12.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump used to be very against Redacting Trump. Now's a great time to reread my piece on editing reruns (and use it in your classes this spring!). www.flowjournal.org/2020/02/synd...

21.12.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ALL platforms need to have specific categories for reporting unlabeled AI nonsense. Since none of you let us write comments about why we are reporting something, at least do this.

15.12.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reiners buy home for $5-million Director Rob Reiner and his wife, photographer Michele Singer Reiner, have purchased the longtime home of Norman Lear, writer-producer of the TV sitcom All in the Family, in which Reiner played...

Rob Reiner's mansion in the news used to be Norman's. www.tampabay.com/archive/1991...

15.12.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Golden Girls with @alfredmartin.bsky.social and @tvdoc.bsky.social .

LISTEN: linktr.ee/FrontRowClas...

11.12.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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i asked chat gpt to fact check an article for me

08.12.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2944    πŸ” 606    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 112
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a woman in a sweater is talking on a cell phone and saying please leave me alone . ALT: a woman in a sweater is talking on a cell phone and saying please leave me alone .

i love when people make fun of millennials who panic when our phones ring as if we weren't all raised by #SCREAM

05.12.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I just searched Ariana "Girl in the Bubble" on TikTok and these were the results that popped up. 😟

29.11.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not to be the complainer account, but it a regulator could intervene in the whole "subscribe with your email for 10% off" but then in the next screen you also have to enter your phone number, should be illegal.

26.11.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so tired of political texting whack-a-mole. Every single congressional politician (I'm not even their constituent) is now going to text me and I just have to, what, stop2end them all for the rest of my life?

25.11.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Trump only investigates Epstein democrats, does that mean the only files made available will be Republicans'? Lol

19.11.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will someone give me a sora invitation code?

25.10.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beginning to feel appreciative of the β€œsince the beginning of time, humans have ______” sentences because at least AI didn’t write them

19.10.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nielsen begins updated era of TV ratings with Big Data + Panel for this fall’s TV season | NielsenNielsen begins updated era of TV ratings with Big Data + Panel for this fall’s TV season | Nielsen Big Data + Panel Provides More Accurate Measurement Data Than Ever Before New Big Data + Panel Rankings to be...

Nielsen no longer just using Nielsen family data but also data collection from Smart TVs, set top boxes, etc.

www.nielsen.com/news-center/...

16.10.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is real btw

24.09.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3842    πŸ” 1138    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 72

In case of rapture tomorrow, my classes won't get canceled if they're under-enrolled, right, because we have passed add/drop?

22.09.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NAB is no advocate of responsibile broadcasting. They are advocates of major station groups only and are currently advocating eliminating station ownership caps.

19.09.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai – Interview with the Editors! This cover is as pretty as a ladybug sunning itselfΒ on a lily pad on a misty spring day south of Savannah! Girls, girls, here it is! No, you don’t see Molly Ringwald sitting here: it&#82…

Today is publication day for The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai!!! Copies are going fast on Amazon, and if you’re still undecided be sure to check out my interview with editors @tvdoc.bsky.social and @alfredmartin.bsky.social on my #GoldenGirls blog!

goldengirlsfashion.com/2025/08/25/t...

09.09.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Golden Girls and Tabloids in the 1980s #Goldengirls #nationalenquirer in book #Talesfromthelanai
YouTube video by Taylor Cole Miller, PhD The Golden Girls and Tabloids in the 1980s #Goldengirls #nationalenquirer in book #Talesfromthelanai

Watch my breakdown of @clairebrarian.bsky.social 's terrific new chapter in the new #GoldenGirls anthology #TalesfromtheLanai

youtube.com/shorts/cgdHq...

28.08.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Claire's chapter is amazing, y'all!!!!!

27.08.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking of, my friend @tvdoc.bsky.social 's new Golden Girls book just dropped!!! Squeeeeee!

22.08.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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