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| | Terminal Boredom - Airline, A&E's new series, doesn't quite take off. By Dana Stevens |
 | | Airline, which focuses exclusively on the goings-on at the Southwest Airlines terminals at LAX and Chicago's Midway Airport, is based on a British reality show about that country's analogous low-cost carrier, EasyJet, which has, mystifyingly, kept audiences captivated for six seasons. |
 | | Airline's biggest problem is its lack of momentum, which comes as no surprise, since this is a show about stasis: people stranded in airports because of inclement weather, dumb luck, or their own poor choices. |
 | | Airline is a reality show without auditions, objectives, or rules; its only subject matter is everyday tedium, its only culling process the cutting-room floor. |
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