Big Classes Talk About Little Networks

Mass Comm 101 classes have been jam-packed early this semester. This class is extraordinarily well-behaved because--as you can infer from the camera angle--I AM 8 feet tall.

News Corp, the parent company of Fox, is launching a stripped-down mini-broadcast TV network called, appropriately enough, My Network TV. Among its programming will be two Americanized Telenovelas. MC101 students discussed whether this type of soap opera, tremendously popular in Spanish-language broadcasting, will find a following among English-speaking audiences. We also talked a little bit about reality shows and downloadable television (for video iPods and similar devices).