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Current Channels

Currently, features rotating on Channel 1 include Steeve Reese in "Hercules," Jack Nicholson in "The Terror," Robert Wagner in "Beneath 12 Mile Reef," George Huston in "Captain Calamity," Liz Taylor in an F.Scott Fitzgerald story, "The Last Time I Saw Paris," and Kirk Douglas in "The Big Trees." More program/schedule info to follow.

Channel 2- News

Democracy Now! Will air M-F. First, live at 8am est, then every 6 hours starting at 4pm/1pm est/pac).

The News that Was will cycle "Let it Reel," a review of 20th century newsreels, daily at 11am, 2pm, 5, 8, 11pm, 2am, etc.

EandK Present, topics of the week, starting Sunday at 6:30 (recast per three hours).

Video and text RSS news from sources you can trust. Expect a expanding broadcasts of full news coverage, investigations, editorial programming. , as well as new formats- as only the web can host- that will change the shape and nature of news coverage and analysis as we know it today.

Channel 3- Archives

Downloadable programming, past broadcasts and shows, bonus material on your favorite shows, archive-only features, downloadable movies, audio, multi-media, and more. As myTVweb grows, so will the archives!

Channel 4 - Livefeed... When avaliable, see what myTVweb's cemera crews are bringing you, live performances, breaking events, live stunts, roving candid cameras, and more.

Channel 5 - All Cinema Currently playing in rotation, in honor of P.S. Hoffman's oscar win, "Beat the Devil," a Truman Capote script starring Bogart and directed by legend John Huston. There are other features in rotation too. Howard Hughes "The Outlaw" co-starring Jane Russell as featured in "The Aviator" starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Henry Fonda narrating the docu-drama "The Battle of Midway." More features to come.

Channel 6: History

Documentaries, historically oriented movies (re general history or history of film), lectures, conferences, mult-media projets and more. Currently, see "Let it Reel: The Medium is the Message," (a history of the 20th century and the medium that conveyed it) and "The Battle of Russia I-II"

See myTVweb Forums (hosted by HTVweb) for more discussion of the programs below!

"Let it Reel" A history of the 20th century and the newsreel medium that conveyed that history. Letting the newsreel medium speak for itself, this documentary examines 20th century history, its interpretation (and spin), as well as the changes within and surrounding the newsreel medium- from its birth, to its maturity, to its dissolution before the medium of television. It is a fully intended irony that these newsreels are being brought back to life on a medium that is now eroding television viewership, television being the very medium that eroded and eliminated newsreel viewership. See channel 6 (H Forums) for discussion and resources related to this program.. (archive)
The Battle of Russia (I) (II) A rich example of the history of documentary work (subject and techniques). This is a good piece for comparison between Capra and Ford's WWII work. It is also fertile material for examining the fluid relationship between history, spin, and propaganda. The work is deeply informative of Russian history (from 1200s on!) and late 1930s and early 1940s USSR society. However, the work is also illuminating of a rare moment in USSR / US relations.(archive)
The Battle of Midway Henry Fonda narrates actual footage of this battle. A good peice for comparison between Capra and Ford's WWII work. Material for examining the fluid relationship between history, spin, and propaganda.(archive)
Hercules! A fine if campy introduction to Greek mythology and to an entire film genre dedicated to Hercules and other Greek heroes. (archive)
The Big Trees Kirk Douglas in a movie that compares interestingly with Spartacus; that is, in both movies, dynamic (dialectic?) tensions between economics, morality, and social bonds move events, though in very different settings, and with very different results. This film is interesting both regarding film history (Douglas being a film legend worth studying) as well as regarding "historical process" (that is, the film's depiction of economic and social forces interacting with individual passions to produce change over time).(archive)
Captain Calamity A great example of 1930s color film, as well as a look into the early career of George Houston, who would go on to become one of the cinema's "Singing Cowboys."(archive)
The Last Time I Saw Paris Good example of Liz Taylor's acting, F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing, and the process of adapting literature to film. The piece is also an interesting depiction of the WWII - post WWII era that the film covers. (archive)
Beaneath 12 Mile Reef A unique look into the early career of Robert Wagner, as well as an early use of Technicolor. A good discussion primer for film history, popular culture, maritime lives, and interrelations between ethnicity and labor. (archive)
The Terror Though topically lite on general history, regarding film history, this is a unique example of the horror genre, and a rare nexus of film legends. Starring Boris Karloff with Jack Nicholson and produced by Francis Copala.(archive)
Beat the Devil Legendary actor/director duo Humphrey Bogart and John Huston team up on this Truman Capote script. Part noir, part adventure, part comedy, this delightful piece threads through post-WWII film history and post-WWII history itself. Regarding film history, of the many interesting subjects the film points to or raises, the "back story" of this film is of interest. The author of the novel the movie is based on, James Helvick, was black listed during the 1940s and 50s red scare. It is no accident that the boldly left-leaning, and certainly anti-black list, Humphrey Bogart took on this project. Relating to film history and history of the period generally, anti-fascist sentiment and liberal sexual relationships displayed in the film are hallmarks of Helvick's politics and contemporary left-wing politics in general. Considering history more generally, transportation norms alone are of interest in this film. Today, the idea of waiting in ports for days would be out of the question, yet here, travel by boat was still the norm, and delays associated with it were as well. Further, emergencies and intrigues moving along at newspaper, foot, and boat speed in this film would evaporate with a single cell-phone call today. As viewing the film with today's context in mind makes clear, modes of travel and communication impact modes individual and social interaction as well. How have things changed (and how have they not)? (archive)
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