american gladiators

FAQ: What Microsoft's block of 'American Gladiators' teaches us

CNET Tech blog  Thu, 05/22/2008 - 6:00am

Users of Windows Vista Media Centers were prevented from recording two NBC Universal shows. The incident raises questions about anticopying controls, Hollywood's intentions toward DRM and Microsoft's willingness to obey broadcasters.



 

NBC says it inadvertently blocked 'American Gladiators'

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 05/19/2008 - 5:37pm

A week after some users of Vista Media Centers are prevented from blocking two NBC Universal shows, the network acknowledges issuing broadcast flag.



 

Writers' Strike Remedy #3

Daily Texan  Sun, 01/13/2008 - 11:00pm

Times are at their most desperate. New episodes of scripted television have become harder than ever to find.

Once a last resort, shows such as "Gossip Girl" have become an oasis in a reality TV desert. Any morsel of creative writing is worthy of time now that primetime is filled with a new, not-improved "American Gladiators," yet another season of "Flavor of Love" and a truly terrifying reality show called "The Baby Borrowers," where teen couples must care for infants, toddlers, adolescents and the elderly.