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Anderson Cooper And Jeff Corwin Insanely Homoerotic In HD—But Not In New York

Maggie — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:35:21 EST

You cannot possibly have missed the relentless ads for CNN's October "Planet in Peril" documentary, a four-hour eco-soap starring Anderson Cooper, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and (of course!) Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin, the impoverished man's Steve Irwin. The "CNN Worldwide Investigation" (oooh...heavy) took a year to complete, cost the network some serious change, and was hailed as its first high-definition documentary, following the fall launch of CNN-HD. Too bad that sister-company Time Warner neglected to get with the freaking program already—the largest cable provider in New York and LA still doesn't carry CNN in high-definition.

Tough to imagine how no one in the Columbus Circle building, where both Time Warner Inc. and the Anderson Coooper 360 studios are housed, managed to anticipate that one! It probably didn't help much that Time Warner bent over for Fox Business Channel, launching the barely two-week-old fledgling network in both standard and high-definition formats.
Meanwhile, CNN's been filming in HD for just over two months without a leg-up from its parent company. DirecTV carries CNN-HD, though the provider apparently wasn't ready for the network's September launch.

But enough business talk—clearly the one good thing to come out of CNN-HD is the crystal-clear focus through which you can see Corwin's and Cooper's man-love emerge. (Also, Anderson's work with his trainer is paying off!) The trunk-caressing! The water-frolicking! The fervent snake-wrangling! The co-parenting and bottle-feeding! Phew. Cigarette, anyone?

Media Bubble: The Man Can't Bust Our Music

abalk2 — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:40:43 EDT

• Music industry decides that illegal downloaders are people too. Which means they can be marketed to. [WSJ]
• Or sued. [Reuters]
• "By contrast, I don't know anyone who comes to a Web site out of a feeling of obligation. People gravitate to the Internet because they want to, not because they need to. The public's rallying cry might well be, in Nirvana's memorable words: 'Here we are now, entertain us.'" Okay, now Jon Friedman is starting to freak us out a little bit. [Marketwatch]
• Time Warner Cable files for $100 million IPO. The company will be listed on the NYSE some time in the next three weeks between the hours of nine and four. [Reuters]

Media Bubble: Among The Dead and Dying

abalk2 — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:40:31 EDT

• Ailing humorist Art Buchwald stays alive long enough to make his 5 millionth Medicaid joke. [WP]
• No one at Time Warner has ever heard the phrase "throwing good money after bad." [WSJ]
• CJR finds a way to make even gossip boring. This essay will make you long for the sweet embrace of the grave. [CJR]

A Gawker PSA: Time Warner Cable Truly Is the Place to Be

Jesse — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:23:03 EST

We've just been told about this: Channel 1017 is on-demand karaoke. We might never leave the house again.

Earlier: Sing, Sing a Song, Sing Out Loud, Sing Out Strong

Remainders: Get Dick Parsons to Install Your Cable

Jessica — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:45:01 EST

• We hate Time-Warner cable and their pathetic high-speed internet service, almost as much as we hate dealing with their mentally handicapped and surly customer service reps. If, however, we had Time-Warner CEO Dick Parsons to make those service phone calls for us, we might change our tune. [Consumerist]
• Because the money isn't the only thing that's dirty on Wall Street, enjoy some limericks. [UndertheCounter]
• Contrary to B&T belief, the coolest shoes do NOT come from Long Island City. We're not sure Long Island City has the "coolest" anything, to be honest. [What's the Code]
• And yet more insight into the strange syrupy smell, which seems to be more associated with Thursdays than Must See TV. [NYT]
• Mr. Pibb and Red Vines equals crazy delicious, yes, but wearing the thought does not. [Boing Boing]
• SAG and DGA awards nominees are announced, which means Academy members have to do a lot less thinking about their Oscar votes. [ABC]
• Google continues its reign of terror, dominating you in the most pleasurable, visual ways. [Reuters]
• And finally, congratulations to Nadine Nunnelee, the first teacher of 2006 to be arrested for having sex with a student. It's going to be a good year! [TSG]

Logo TV: Gays Are Nice to Visit, But You Wouldn't Want to Live With One

Jesse — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:57:51 EST

We've long had an odd fascination with the one-line distillations of television shows that appear in TV listings and program guides. With an old roommate, we shared a particular fondness for episode summaries that inadvertently describe an entire series: "Kevin realizes he has feelings for Winnie"; "Joey's misunderstanding causes problems for the gang"; "Tragedy strikes the ER."

So you can imagine how pleased we were when blogger Fish Drink Water directed us to this Time Warner Cable description of "Some of My Best Friends," Jason Bateman's little-known "gay" series, which has just come to Logo, the new gay cable network:

The horror.

LOGO: TV for the Gays, or Is It? [Fish Drink Water]