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  Boston, Massachusetts - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The peninsula was connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus, and surrounded by the waters of Massachusetts Bay and the marshes at the mouth of the Charles River.
Boston University, now the city's second largest employer and one of the largest private universities in the country, was originally established in Vermont before moving to Brookline and later to its present campus in Boston's Back Bay in the 1950s.
Boston Medical Center, located in the South End neighborhood, is the primary teaching facility for the Boston University School of Medicine as well as the largest trauma center in the Boston area; it was formed by the merger of Boston University Hospital and Boston City Hospital.
www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Boston   (5272 words)

  
  List of television programs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of television shows set in Manchester (U.K. List of television shows set in Miami
List of television shows set in New Jersey
List of television shows set in Washington, D.C. List of television shows set in India
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 Setting - The TV IV
Sometimes a show's setting is so prominent that it almost comes to define that location for many viewers such as Seinfeld or Sex and the City for New York City or Northern Exposure for Alaska.
For some shows the setting is so key to the premise it's right in the title of the show such as with Rome, Deadwood, Las Vegas, or Miami Vice.
In the case of science fiction shows set in the future, the change in time is often done to allow certain types of stories that are too controversial to portray in a more realistic setting such as the original Star Trek.
tviv.org /Setting   (1173 words)

  
 Boston, Massachusetts
Greater Boston is one of the top-ten largest metropolitan areas in the United States, the fifteenth in the Americas, and one of the top-fifty largest in the world.
The Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and several early battles of the Revolution, (such as the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston) occurred in or near the city.
Boston is bordered by the cities of Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge, Watertown, Newton, and Quincy, and the towns of Winthrop, Brookline, Needham, Dedham, Canton, and Milton.
www.creekin.net /c7635-n226-boston-massachusetts.html   (3048 words)

  
 Boston, Massachusetts - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
Greater Boston is one of the top-ten largest metropolitan areas in the United States, the fifteenth in the Americas, and the one of the top-fifty largest in the world.
Boston College was the first institution of higher education to be founded in Boston, though it moved from the city's South End to then-rural Chestnut Hill to escape Boston's rapid urbanization in the late nineteenth century.
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood; post-nuclear Cambridge and Boston are the setting of this dystopian novel.
www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=4309   (3925 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Boston Mass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Boston is bordered by the cities of Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge, Watertown, Newton, and Quincy, and the towns of Winthrop, Brookline, Needham, Dedham, Canton, and Milton.
Boston is notable for having one of the most attractive and livable urban cores in the country; rents and housing prices have remained correspondingly high in recent years.
Boston College, the first institution of higher education established in the city, was originally located in the South End before moving outside the city limits to Chestnut Hill.
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 Boston, Massachusetts
Boston is the county seat of Suffolk County.
The Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and several of the early battles of the revolutionary war (such as the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston) occurred near the city.
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood; post-nuclear Cambridge and Boston are the setting of this dystopian novel.
en.mcfly.org /Boston,_Massachusetts   (2949 words)

  
 Travesty by Ron Steinman- The Digital Journalist
The show is here today, then gone tomorrow, quickly out of our consciousness like the fumes from a passing city bus.
Doing a reality show in the guise of a documentary is not the answer for a once reliable news division.
Simply put, "Hooking Up" was a reality show disguised as a documentary to lure in an audience titillated for years by "Sex in the City" and the many knockoffs on "We" and "Oxygen." At least these were not pretentious - or worse, produced by a reputable news organization.
www.digitaljournalist.org /issue0511/steinman.html   (1335 words)

  
 Boston, Massachusetts - www.1-boston.com
Boston is the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
Boston also grew by annexing the adjacent communities of East Boston, Dorchester, South Boston, Brighton, Allston, Hyde Park, and Charlestown, some of which were also augmented by landfill reclamation.
Boston University, now the city's second largest employer and one of the largest private universities in the country, was originally established in Vermont before moving to Brookline and later to its present campus in the Back Bay in the 1950s.
www.1-boston.com   (6389 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Boston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Boston also grew by annexing the adjacent communities of East Boston, Dorchester, South Boston, Brighton, Allston, Hyde Park, and Charlestown, some of which were augmented by landfill reclamation.
Boston's reputation as the Athens of America derives in large part from the teaching and research activities of over 100 colleges and universities located in its metropolitan area.
Boston University, now the city's second largest employer and one of the largest private universities in the country, was originally established in Vermont before moving to Brookline and later to its present campus in the Back Bay in the 1950s.
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 Television gravitates to the coasts - TELEVISION - MSNBC.com
California and New York state are settings nearly 60 percent of the time — even though those states make up less than 19 percent of the nation’s population.
A few years ago, NBC was able to run a stunt with its comedies called “flout Thursday,” during which each show — all set in New York — had to deal with the ramifications of a power outage.
A distant third on the list of most-used settings is Chicago, where the “ER” doctors tend to their wounded.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6560595   (853 words)

  
 The Shows With The Biggest Body Count » Netscape.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
TelevisionTelevision shows that leave a big trail of bodies...
I was thinking this was going to be an actual list of shows and talk about them.
Television – Trey Parker and Matt Stone on liberals, conservatives, censorship, and religion.
tv.netscape.com /story/2006/11/30/the-shows-with-the-biggest-body-count   (220 words)

  
 Fall 2003 TV Schedules | Line-Up | Fox | The WB | ABC | NBC | CBS | Cancelled | Eliza Dushku | Fearless   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The big television networks - Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, The WB and UPN - are about to launch their new line-ups.
Still On: That '70s Show, Boston Public, Malcolm in the Middle, The Simpsons.
But, she's also a gifted matchmaker, setting up friends and family with their "true loves." This new NBC TV show is kind of like Legally Blonde meets The Practice.
www.kidzworld.com /article/3482-get-the-scoop-on-the-new-2003-tv-shows   (307 words)

  
 The TV Set - Rotten Tomatoes
Much like the television pilot it revolves around, the pale satire The TV Set doesn't quite know what it wants to be.
The TV Set, about the Hollywood cultural miasma called “pilot season," is the kind of sharp, satirical picture of show business as no business that so badly missed the mark in For Your Consideration.
The TV Set skewers the television industry in a manner that occasionally feels familiar and at other times is humorously incisive.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/tv_set   (1063 words)

  
 w a n d e r l i s t - Category: Television
List of the Hottest TV Babes in the Louisville KY area.
It could be either as an actor on the set, or as a fantasy, an actual character in the fictitious world Hollywood has created.
List of the Most Beautiful Actresses on TV in America (This is for those who has or had been a regular part in a TV series.)
www.wanderlist.com /cats.cgi?catid=8   (1757 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / TV / Study: TV shows gravitate to the coasts
California and New York state are settings nearly 60 percent of the time -- even though those states make up less than 19 percent of the nation's population.
A few years ago, NBC was able to run a stunt with its comedies called "flout Thursday," during which each show -- all set in New York -- had to deal with the ramifications of a power outage.
There are programs so unique to their big cities that they couldn't be imagined elsewhere: the neurotic characters of "Seinfeld" in New York, for instance, or the show-biz shallowness of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in Los Angeles.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2004/11/22/study_tv_shows_gravitate_to_the_coasts   (800 words)

  
 List of television shows set in Boston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of television shows set in Boston, Massachusetts:
Lists of TV series by city setting
This page was last modified 23:26, 19 October 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_television_shows_set_in_Boston   (92 words)

  
 The Cleanest TV Shows for Children are Reality Shows?
The PTC™ analysis also found that none of the scripted shows in the top 20 are appropriate due to the high levels of sex, violence and profanity.
The Parents Television Council was founded in 1995 to ensure that children are not constantly assaulted by sex, violence and profanity on television and in other media.
This national grassroots organization has over one million members across the United States, and works with television producers, broadcasters, networks and sponsors in an effort to stem the flow of harmful and negative messages targeted to children.
www.parentstv.org /PTC/publications/release/2006/1031.asp   (612 words)

  
 Television Without Pity The Verdict
High courtroom drama, with us now in Boston is Ellenor Frutt, attorney for Lindsay Dole." A split screen reveals Ellenor, with the caption "Boston" underneath her head.
The rest of the lawyers watch their co-worker intently on the television.
O'Malley showed up." Larry is still pointing his finger; he continues, "And this is different from self-defense how?" Ellenor responds, "Self-defense would be an objective standard.
www.televisionwithoutpity.com /articles/content/a5290   (579 words)

  
 The Practice TV Show - The Practice Television Show - TV.com
Set in Boston, The Practice centers on a firm of passionate attorneys to whom every case is important and every client worth a fight to the end.
Led by an Emmy Award-winning cast, "Boston Legal" returns for a third season to tell the professional and personal stories of a group of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys....
A mixed comedy-drama show about the trials and tribulations of a 28-year-old lawyer by the name of Ally McBeal (Calista Flockhart), who is just fresh out of Harvard Law School.
www.tv.com /practice/show/223/summary.html   (675 words)

  
 Top 50 Science Fiction Television Shows of All Time - Boston.com
Yes, perhaps it didn't feature the best acting or the most compelling story plots, but it was a show that set the standard for future space epics since.
The show is also more popular today than it was when it first aired.
The show went on to inspire several movies, several spinoffs, and hordes of fans.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/gallery/topscifishows?pg=50   (115 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com's television industry headlines
The game shows mania seems to be taking the country (read television channels) by storm.
It is set on an island off the coast of France.
This show allows troubled couples to go on dates with other people to decide if they have found their right match.
www.indiantelevision.com /special/gameshows.htm   (968 words)

  
 List of fictional radio stations
List of deities (note: most deities are, or were at some time, not considered fictional by members of their respective religious traditions)
List of television shows set in New York City
List of television shows set in Washington, D.C. See also: Lists of television shows by city setting; and List of movies for a list of movies set in specific locations.
www.libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_List_of_fictional_radio_stations.html   (2949 words)

  
 OLD RADIO SHOWS - WISH LIST
Airchecks of the "Big 11 Countdown" show with Johnny Hayes heard daily on KRLA in Pasadena, which ran from about 1976 to 1991.
Shows #1, #67 and #150 of Scott Muni's "Ticket To Ride, A Weekly Tribute To The Beatles".
Copy of the 1970 Barry Richards television show from WDCA TV (Channel 20) in Washington DC that featured a band called The Illusion.
www.oldradioshows.com /wishlist.html   (953 words)

  
 The Jeff Pulver Blog: Jeff's Quick Guide to TV on the Net (TV/IP)
When compiling this list, the focus was on English language content and a bias was applied to the established companies and brands associated with Cable and Broadcast TV programming.
AOL Television - "In2TV is the first broadband network and it's got the largest collection of free TV shows anywhere on the web.
You can find the best moments of all G4 shows, as well as exclusive interviews and never seen before footage that were unable to be shown on cable TV.
pulverblog.pulver.com /archives/005088.html   (2967 words)

  
 List Tv Shows - Inbox.com
List of television shows filmed in New York City...
Each list displays only titles and airdates, but in most cases the episode title is a link to the...
This is a list of television shows quoted (or soon to be quoted) in Wikiquote.
www.inbox.com /rl/te31_sr-1/List-Tv-Shows.html   (348 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com's television industry headlines
The game shows mania seems to be taking the country (read television channels) by storm.
It is set on an island off the coast of France.
This show allows troubled couples to go on dates with other people to decide if they have found their right match.
us.indiantelevision.com /special/gameshows.htm   (968 words)

  
 A complete list of Christmas shows on DVD - TV Squad
TVShowsonDVD has a cool list of all of the TV shows currently available on DVD that contain holiday episodes.
Now, at first glance it just looks like their regular list of TV shows that are available on television in general, but if you look closer you'll see that they actually tell you what season set has the holiday episodes.
There are even some sets that are nothing but Christmas episodes, like the America's Funniest Home Videos: Home For The Holidays set or the Christmas episodes DVD from Ozzie and Harriet.
www.tvsquad.com /2006/12/15/a-complete-list-of-christmas-shows-on-dvd   (640 words)

  
 Boston Legal TV Show - AOL Television
Premise: The final episodes of "The Practice" set up this new series about a decidedly different law firm than the one Bobby Donnell headed for so long.
Boston Legal TV fan site with episode segment video clips, photos, Boston Legal show summary, fan fiction, role playing, stories, Boston Legal download and...
Get Boston Legal TV show listings, episode guide, Boston Legal cast and crew, Boston Legal recaps, video clips, Boston Legal spoilers, Boston Legal DVDs and more on AOL Television.
tvshows.aol.com /show/boston-legal/SH6723690000/main   (310 words)

  
 Abrams and Bettes on The Weather Channel
Mike and Stephanie prepare for the show by doing some unsual things.
We give you a sneak peak at one of th...
Take a look back in time as we show y...
www.weather.com /aboutus/television/abramsandbettes/index.html?from=footer   (306 words)

  
 Family TV Guide - List of Family-Friendly Green Rated Shows - Parents Television Council
Then click on the button to find out who is sponsoring each show.
Show may include gratuitous sex, explicit dialogue, violent content, or obscene language, and is unsuitable for children.
The show contains adult-oriented themes and dialogue that may be inappropriate for youngsters.
www.parentstv.org /ptc/shows/greenratings.asp   (222 words)

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