PROGRAMMING
Comedy Central's expletive-heavy animated series "South Park" has been
cleared for syndication by distributor Tribune Entertainment in 85 percent of the
U.S. But viewers will certainly notice a difference, as much of the cussing will
have been cut out. [Eonline.com]
E! Online News

"Growing up Gotti," the new A&E reality series about the life and times of
the newly divorced Victoria Gotti gets dull very fast, despite Victoria's Mafia
parentage. [New York Daily News]
New York Daily News

UPN's new 10-part reality series, "Amish in the City," which puts
Pennsylvania Dutch kids in a house with city kids, debuted Wednesday and was watched by
5.4 million viewers. It was the number one show in New York, Los Angeles,
Boston and Seattle. [Eonline.com]
E! Online News

Though the U.S. ABC network was the clear winner in a bidding war for the
rights to "Supernanny," a U.K.-based reality show that's said to be like "Extreme
Makeover" for parents, Fox announced it's in talks with Britain's Granada TV
about airing a similar series, "Nanny 911." [Eonline.com]
E! Online News

Telemundo, the United States's Spanish-language network, has begun coaching
its telenovela actors to learn the Mexican dialect so as to neutralize national
and regional Spanish accents. [Washington Post]
Washington Post

TECHNOLOGY
DirectTV Group, Inc. the biggest U.S. satellite-television provider, agreed
to buy Pegasus Satellite Television Inc.'s satellite-TV unit for about $938
million. [Bloomberg.com]
Bloomberg.com

ADVERTISING
A small Australian company called Ice is trying to revolutionize the way we
watch television. Users can use Ice to program their televisions to block
commercials altogether or to change the channel during commercials and then switch
back when they're over. [Daily Telegraph]
The Daily Telegraph

CONTROVERSY
Kuwait has banned Michael Moore's controversial film, "Fahrenheit 9/11,"
calling it insulting to Saudi Arabia's royal family and critical of the Iraq war.
[Guardian Unlimited]
Guardian Unlimited

FILM
"The Village," M. Night Shyamalan's latest thriller, debuted at number one
this weekend, earning an estimated $50.8 million. [Eonline.com]
E! Online News

"Control Room," a documentary that gives viewers the inside scoop on
al-Jazeera, shows that Americans and Arabs are clashing on the battlefield and in the
newsroom. [Guardian Unlimited]
Guardian Unlimited

When director Sydney Pollack decided he wanted to film his new movie, "The
Interpreter," at the United Nations, he started at the top, meeting with
Secretary General, Kofi Annan. [New York Times]
The New York Times

The revival of South Korean cinema means good news for all in the Asian
country —except the animals who are mistreated in films like Kim-Ki duk's "The
Isle." [Guardian Unlimited]
Guardian Unlimited

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