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People Love Nostalgia, So Why Doesn't MTV Go All In?

Puppy Makes Grown Man Weep [VIDEO]

via Animal Planet​Marvin is terrified of pit bulls because of a traumatic experience he had as a child. Forty years ago, this fear would have been undiagnosed and Marvin's phobia would be his secret shame. Because it is 2011, the world gets to watch Marvin break down in tears when confronted b ... More >>

Shark Week Sucks

​Sharks haven't evolved for 100 million years, yet the Discovery Channel insists on updating us on the species every summer. Starting last Sunday, Shark Week kicked off its 24th year of shark-themed programming. And for the 24th consecutive year, it was a solid week of gurgling underwater soun ... More >>

Some Like It Hot

​Sharks haven't evolved for 100 million years, yet the Discovery Channel insists on updating us on the species every summer. Starting last Sunday, Shark Week kicked off its 24th year of shark-themed programming. And for the 24th consecutive year, it was a solid week of gurgling underwater soun ... More >>

SIREN SONG

Urban merpeople, rejoice!

New York City Rats, Bed Bugs Getting Their Own Reality Show

​Bed Bugs have infested bedrooms, the Gramercy Hotel and have even scared away tourists. Rats are on the subway and even someone's face. It's inevitable that someone was going to give our local celebrities a reality television show. But you too can be a part of the action!

CREATURE COMFORTS

Bring out your dead (animals)

Discovery Channel James Jay Lee Hostage Situation: The Creepy DCist Foreshadowing, Chaos, Environmental Extremism

​There are two kinds of "WTF" stories we encounter regularly: The first is "WTF?" which implies a situation that we pointedly don't understand much if anything about, and are trying to make sense of. The other is "WTF." which implies a situation that is beyond absurd, terrifying, or otherwise ... More >>

NYC Media Stonewalls Council on Hiring Questions

Jumaane Williams​Part of the ritual of every City Council hearing is the "we'll get back to you" response by city officials on the hot seat who are stuck for an answer. That was the steady refrain more than two months ago when the two top officials of NYC Media, the city's TV station (yes, the ... More >>

What Caused Viacom/MTV to Issue Last Week's Employee Gag Reminder?

​On Saturday, we showed you what media giant Viacom's employee guidelines regarding the press -- and social media presences -- were as per their employee handbook: pretty draconian, especially considering that Viacom doesn't pay for many of the email's recipients' health insurance. Jeremy Zwei ... More >>

Au Revoir Simone

​On Saturday, we showed you what media giant Viacom's employee guidelines regarding the press -- and social media presences -- were as per their employee handbook: pretty draconian, especially considering that Viacom doesn't pay for many of the email's recipients' health insurance. Jeremy Zwei ... More >>

Fox and Time Warner cut a deal

​After weeks of high-stakes brinksmanship and a last-minute extension, Time Warner Cable cut a deal Friday night to pay an unspecified per-viewer fee to transmit Fox programming from News Corporation-0wned stations broadcasting in New York, Los Angeles, and a number of other major cities. Fox ... More >>

BUGGIN’ OUT

Isabella Rossellini makes insect love

Watch Chantal on the Travel Channel Tonight!

Our very own Chantal Martineau will be on your teevee tonight! She's one of five stars of the Travel Channel's Confessions of a Travel Writer, which airs tonight at 9pm, just before the new No Reservations. Tonight's episode finds Chantal in Chile, talking about wine. We think you ought to watch it ... More >>

New York Times Co. Sells WQXR

The cash-strapped New York Times Company has sold WQXR-FM, its famously toney classical music station, to WNYC Radio and Univision. The Times Company gets $45 million in the deal. WNYC is kicking in $11.5 million, with $33.5 coming from Univision, which will put WQXR on its 105.9 FM signal and go to ... More >>

Staten Island Man Gets Prison for Broadcasting Terror Available Online

Back in December we told you Staten Island's Javed Iqbal was rousted by the feds for feeding transmissions from Al Manar, a Lebanon-based TV station backed by Hamas, into the free world. Today the U.S. Attorney's office announces Iqbal has been sentenced to 69 months for "providing material suppor ... More >>

Lil Wayne on Letterman: Reasons I'm Looking Forward to the Grammy Awards

Back in December we told you Staten Island's Javed Iqbal was rousted by the feds for feeding transmissions from Al Manar, a Lebanon-based TV station backed by Hamas, into the free world. Today the U.S. Attorney's office announces Iqbal has been sentenced to 69 months for "providing material suppor ... More >>

Judge Jeanine Pirro Takes Office on Monday; Consult Local Listings

Back in December we told you Staten Island's Javed Iqbal was rousted by the feds for feeding transmissions from Al Manar, a Lebanon-based TV station backed by Hamas, into the free world. Today the U.S. Attorney's office announces Iqbal has been sentenced to 69 months for "providing material suppor ... More >>

Voice Choice: Mike Birbiglia

Back in December we told you Staten Island's Javed Iqbal was rousted by the feds for feeding transmissions from Al Manar, a Lebanon-based TV station backed by Hamas, into the free world. Today the U.S. Attorney's office announces Iqbal has been sentenced to 69 months for "providing material suppor ... More >>

Laugh In

Comedy Central comes to Central Park

SIMPLY MAHVELOUS

Be a fine-art connoisseur, or just act like one

Power-Grabbing Chaos

Be a fine-art connoisseur, or just act like one

'The Great Warming'

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Cozy Commuting on the Metro North

Be a fine-art connoisseur, or just act like one

Docs Without Borders

An activist filmmaking collective wants to change the world—one documentary at a time

In One Ear, Out the Other

An activist filmmaking collective wants to change the world—one documentary at a time

Quid Pro Coup

The 'Times' Condones Censorship, Venezuelan Style

Age of Discovery

Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Mammals on TV Do It

1999 Village Voice Sportswriters Poll Results

Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Mammals on TV Do It

'Access' Denied

Studios seethe over HSX predictions

American Pie in the Sky

Studios seethe over HSX predictions