Teenage Girls Lift Soapy Drama From Slump
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In its second season, "One Tree Hill" has emerged as one of WB's hits, thanks to a shift in focus from a male-driven plot to a female one.
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Arts & entertainment: The thirtysomething drama is under siege from crime shows. TV writer Danny Brocklehurst on why shaky love lives and make for proper drama.
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In a nation obsessed with soap operas, it's the hottest telenovela in years. Airing nightly in prime time, "Sin Tetas no hay Paraiso" &#151; "Without (Breasts) There's No Paradise" &#151; revolves around a 17-year old call girl who agonizes that her flat chest is a barrier to deliverance from poverty and a life of ease as a drug trafficker's pampered plaything.
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Cable TV continued to chip away at the broadcast networks this year, but a handful of new hits, including ABC&#39;s Desperate Housewives and Lost and CBS&#39; CSI: NY, helped ease the erosion among valuable young-adult viewers.
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Lifetimeâs two new comedic dramas, which are surprisingly appealing, are centered on the interplay between friends and co-workers but do not include steamy soap-opera subplots.
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NEW YORK  - The ladies of Wisteria Lane   helped give ABC the nightly victory Sunday, though "Desperate   Housewives" was down significantly from its monster Season 2   premiere last fall.
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A peek into the lives of American teens
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Teenagers who watch a lot of television with sexual content are twice as likely to engage in intercourse than those who watch few such programs, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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It's not just Jersey girls who get tripped up by embarrassing Internet photos.
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Pop culture has glamorized the role of fashion designer, and nowadays many teenagers nurture the hope of parading their own work on the catwalk.
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Teenage emotional and behavioural problems are increasing, research shows.
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Psychological thrillers gain a toehold as they tone down the gore for a PG-13 audience.
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NEW YORK | Just when it seemed that reality television was set to take over the dial, scripted shows have come roaring back - at least for now.
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Limited's young spin-off cleans up nicely.
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A soapy melodrama that uses  the world of streetball (a loose, urban version of basketball  with far fewer rules) as its backdrop, "Crossover" doesn't  exactly live up to its billing.
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The use of alcohol in TV soap operas could be desensitising teens to the dangers of alcohol, a report suggests.
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Teenagers raised by two women appear to be as well adjusted as those who are raised by male-female couples, a new report indicates.