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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show or Series/News
WINNER: BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA, BBC AMERICA In an age where in-studio blather can pass for reporting and TV news outlets have slashed their foreign bureaus, BBC World News America stands as a beacon of hope for global journalism. Its reporters don’t just fly in to cover a story in some corner of the world; […]
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Seek and Thou Shall Find
I hear it regularly at social events of all kinds, big parties, small get-togethers, in casual conversations with friends and relatives. It would be nice to say I hear it mostly from a particular demographic and at a specific time of the year. In fact, I hear it from people of all ages, sexes and […]
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Host/Other
WINNER: ANTHONY BOURDAIN, NO RESERVATIONS, TRAVEL CHANNEL There’s something intangible about Anthony Bourdain. His face is more interesting than handsome, and he’s not a world-class authority on food or culture. The restaurant he cooked at, Les Halles, serves hearty, not fancy, fare. Judging by the few times we’ve seen him in front of a room […]
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Opening Sequence
WINNER: DARK PATH CHRONICLES, FEARNET Cross horror film classic Pet Sematary with music videos, like those for Madonna’s Material Girl and Like a Virgin, and you have an idea of the opening sequence for Dark Path Chronicles. It’s like a dream, a nightmare possibly, composed of blazing fast clips, in black and white, of tunnels, […]
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Show or Series/Other
CO-WINNER: ATTACK OF THE SHOW, G4 Perhaps this is the most unprofessional-looking show to win one of our awards, but its prosaic look is mostly intentional. Broadcast live Mon-Fri, AOTS is an irreverent, often geeky, look at pop news (lots of Star Trek stories), tech trends and things its young, largely male demo considers fun. […]
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09/16/2009
CableFAX 2009 Program Awards: Best Host/News
WINNER: DAN RATHER, DAN RATHER REPORTS, HDNET We were glad to see HDNet finally closed a carriage deal with Comcast. This will expose more people to the fact that Dan Rather is hosting a show with some of the best investigative journalism and foreign reporting on television. That’s because Rather is the sole reporter. He’s […]