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(Updated on 23/10/2012)

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 FLASH FORWARD - FRIENDS -
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 HEROES -
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THE SIMPSONS - THE WALKING DEAD - THE WIRE -

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Information / Scripts :

  • Watching TV Linked to Higher Risk of Death
    "Australian researchers who tracked 8,800 people for an average of six years found that those who said they watched TV for more than four hours a day were 46% more likely to die of any cause and 80% more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than people who reported spending less than two hours a day in front of the tube.
    Time spent in front of televisions and computers and playing videogames has come under fire in studies in recent years for contributing to an epidemic of obesity in the U.S. and around the world.  "
    (online.wsj.com)

 

  • EZTV - TV series to download
    (eztv.it)
    + Subtitles for the most popular TV Shows and TV series.
    (tvsubtitles.net)
  • TV Scripts and Teleplays (simplyscripts.com)
    Missing / Angel / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Friends / Lost / Without a Trace / etc...

 

 

TV Series :

COLD CASE - CRIMINAL MINDS - CSI -
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - DOCTOR HOUSE -
FRIENDS -
HEROES -
KID NATION -
LOST -
MAP -
NCIS -
PRISON BREAK -
STAR TREK - STATE of PLAY -
THE CLOSER - THE INSIDE - THE LOST ROOM - THE MIDDLE - THE PRISONER - THE WIRE

 

 

  • "COLD CASE"


    • Cold Case (Wikipedia)
      " refers to a criminal investigation that has not been solved and is not the subject of current investigation, but for which new information could plausibly arise."
      1 Characteristics of a "cold case"
      1.1 Violent or major crime 1.2 Identifying a suspect 1.3 Recent improvements in forensics
      2 Famous examples
      3 See also
      4 External links

     

    • Watch a video (cbs.com)


 

  • "CRIMINAL MINDS"


    • Criminal Minds
      It "is an American CBS television show about an elite squad of FBI profilers that analyzes the country's most twisted criminal minds and anticipates their next move before they strike again."
      "Each episode has a voice-over in one of the early sequences, and again in the concluding one, discussing a quote by a well-known author or poet..."
      Read the quotes.
      (Wikipedia)

     

     




  • "C.S.I."


    • TV Theme Song Lyrics : C.S.I. - Crime Scene Investigation
      "Out here in the fields
      I fight for my meals
      I get my back into my living
      I don't need to fight
      To prove I'm right
      I don't need to be forgiven..."
      (Sorry, no link)
    • Les Experts Manhattan : Générique S2
      (dailymotion.com)

     

    • C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation
      (Wikipedia)

     

 

 

  • "DOCTOR HOUSE"



     

    • Gregory House
      1 Character biography
      2 Characterization
      3 Casting
      4 Concept and creation 4.1 Parallels to Sherlock Holmes
      ("The name "House" is a play on "Holmes" (a homophone of "homes").")
      5 References
      6 External links
      (Wikipedia)

     

    • House, M.D./Gregory House
      1 Basic Information 1.1 Comparisons to Sherlock Holmes
      2 Character History
      3 Memorable Moments
      4 Trivia
      5 Quotes
      "Dr. Gregory House is the head of Diagnostic Medicine for Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in Princeton, New Jersey."
      (Wikipedia)


     

     

     

    • En collège, revisiter Sherlock Holmes grâce à Dr House
      "Nos élèves ... adorent ce personnage brillant, solitaire et cynique qui a l'art de résoudre les énigmes médicales comme on mène une enquête criminelle... ce docteur House ressemble à son grand-père spirituel : Sherlock Holmes.
      Pour les enseignants, il y a là matière à donner un souffle nouveau aux séquences sur le genre policier.
      Découverte de la notion d'intertextualité et de la référence originale par la lecture des récits de Conan Doyle, rédactions variées, réflexion sur la langue, exploration du support filmique... "
      Pour approfondir le sujet... :
      - A propos de Dr House et de Sherlock Holmes
      - Mises en place pédagogiques sur Sherlock Holmes
      (cafepedagogique.net)

     

 

  • "FRIENDS"

     

     

    • "Friends" (Wikipedia)
      = "a long-running American television sitcom centered on the lives of a group of six twenty-somethings
      (eventually thirty-somethings) consisting of three men and three women living in New York City."

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    • Friends - Scripts (fanfr.com)

    • Movie Lines - videos + fill-in the gaps exercises (englishdaily626.com) :
      Forrest Gump - Bridget Jones' Diary - Shrek - Dead Poets Society - Friends -
      Desperate Housewives...

       

       



  • "GLEE"



    • Glee
      "I am sure you all know "Glee". Take the quiz and then play the hangman game. Have fun!"
      Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)



  • "HEROES"


     

     

     

     

    • HEROES AND SUPERHEROES INTERNET PROJECT
      * TASK 1 * TASK 2 * TASK 3 * TASK 4 * TASK 5
      * DICTIONARY * DEFINITIONS * SYNONYMS
      - séquences sur la série 'Heroes'
      avec activités sur ce qu'est un héro/superhéro,
      + un article sur Christopher Reeve avec cartoons
      + études d'extraits vidéos de la série.
      (my-english-courses.com / Valérie Gély - Ac. Paris)

     

    • Heroes - TV series
      1 Characters 2 Plot 2.1 Heroes: Origins
      3 Recurring elements 3.1 Helix 3.2 Scar 3.3 Eclipse
      4 Reception 4.1 Critical acclaim 4.2 Ratings
      5 Production notes 6 Music 7 Heroes 360 experience
      8 International broadcasters 9 Emerson lawsuit
      10 DVD Release 11 Video Game
      (Wikipedia)

     

    • Heroes - Gap-fill exercise
      "Look at the trailer and fill in the blanks."
      (Florinda Fernandes - Calvados)


      - UPDATED

     

     

  • "KID NATION"


    • Kid Nation
      "is a reality television show that is to air on the CBS network beginning September 19, 2007...
      In the show, the children try to create a functioning society in the town, including setting up a government system, with minimal adult help and supervision.
      (Wikipedia)
    • Kid Nation: CBS Trailer (YouTube)

     

     

 

  • "LOST"


    • LOST - "Listen and find the missing words." (Soundguide)
      (cliquer à gauche sur Sujets divers / Séries télé)

     

    • "Lost" crashes onto UK television (BBC)
      "The story revolves around the aftermath to a passenger jet crash on a desert island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
      While many die, there are dozens of survivors..."

    • Lost - TV series (Wikipedia)

      1 Ratings and critical response
      2 Episode structure
      3 Filming location
      4 Distribution
      5 Music
      6 Cast and characters
      7 Season synopses
      8 Thematic motifs
      8.1 Black and white
      8.2 Eyes
      8.3 Dysfunctional families
      8.4 Literature
      8.5 Philosophy
      9 Mythology
      9.1 The Monster
      9.2 Crossovers
      9.3 The Others
      9.4 The numbers
      9.5 DHARMA Initiative
      9.6 Animals
      10 Discredited theories
      11 In other media
      12 Licensed merchandise
      13 In popular culture
      14 Fandom
      15 References
      16 External links

     



  • "NCIS"

     

    • NCIS (Wikipedia)
      "a CBS network show about a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps."
      1 Overview
      2 Main Characters
      3 Naming the show
      4 Episodes
      5 Filming Location
      6 U.S. television ratings
      7 Changes
      8 DVD Releases
      9 References
      10 External links

     

 

  • "PRISON BREAK"


       

       

       

       

       

      • PRISON BREAK :
        "Behind the walls" (23 min), résumé de la première saison avec interviews et bonus
        "The road to freedom" (45 min) résumé de la deuxième saison (13 premiers épisodes) avec interviews et bonus
        (tv.com)

       

       

       

       

       

      • Prison Break (Wikipedia)
        1 Production : 1.1 Origin / 1.2 Filming location / 1.3 Broadcast
        2 Plot : 2.1 Season 1 / 2.2 Season 2
        3 Cast and characters
        4 Response : 4.1 Critical reception and viewership / 4.2 International viewership / 4.3 Ratings
        5 Awards : 5.1 Wins / 5.2 Nominations
        6 DVD and other releases : 6.1 DVD / 6.2 Online / 6.3 Mobisodes
        7 Trivia

       

      • Joliet Prison (Wikipedia)
        "Joliet Correctional Center (colloquially known as Joliet Prison) was a prison in Joliet, Illinois, United States from 1858 to 2002."
        It is "the location for the Fox Network's Prison Break television show."
        1 History
        2 Closure
        3 Media
        3.1 Music
        3.2 Television/Film
        4 See also
        5 External links

       

       



  • "STAR TREK" :

 

 


 

"STATE of PLAY" :


    • State of Play (TV serial)
      - a British television drama serial
      "It tells the story of a newspaper's investigation into the death of a young woman, and centres around the relationship between the leading journalist and his old friend, the woman's employer."
      1 Plot 2 Overview 3 Critical reception 4 Film adaptation 5 References 6 External links
      (Wikipedia)

     

    • State of Play - Jeux de pouvoir
      "À partir de deux meurtres sans lien apparent, l intrigue tisse une toile d araignée où se mêlent politique, enquête policière, journalisme d investigation, poids des lobbies, intox et manipulations, pressions et manigances de coulisses entre White Hall, Scotland Yard et Fleet Street."
      (locus-solus-fr.net)

     

 

"THE CLOSER"


    • The Closer (Wikipedia)
      It "is an American television police drama series.."
      1 Characters
      2 Episodes
      3 Production Crew
      4 Awards and nominations
      5 U.S. television ratings
      6 Trivia and other notes
      7 References
      8 External links

     

 

"THE INSIDE"


    • The Inside (Wikipedia)
      - "an American crime drama television series"
      1 Premise
      2 Characters
      3 Ratings
      4 Episodes
      5 References
      6 External link

     

     

 

"THE LOST ROOM"


    • The Lost Room
      - "a science fiction television miniseries that aired on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States.
      The series revolves around the titular room and roughly one hundred everyday items from that room that possess unusual powers. The show's protagonist, Joe Miller, is searching for these Objects to rescue his daughter, Anna, who has disappeared inside the Room. Once a typical room at a 1960s motel along Route 66, the Lost Room now exists outside of normal time and space..."
      * 1 Characters * 2 The Room * 3 The Event
      * 4 The Objects * 5 The Cabals * 6 Episodes
      * 7 DVD Release * 8 International broadcasters
      * 9 References * 10 External links
      (Wikipedia)

     




"THE MIDDLE" :


    • The Middle - TV series
      It "is an American comedy television series...
      The show features Frances "Frankie" Heck (née Spence, Patricia Heaton), a middle-class, Midwestern woman married to Mike Heck (Neil Flynn) who reside in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana.
      They are the parents of three children, Axl, Sue, and Brick...
      Axl, the oldest, is her rebellious teenage son...
      Sue, the middle child and only daughter, wears braces, part of the reason for her almost neurotic self-consciousness...
      Brick, the youngest child, is a very bright but socially awkward and "quirky" nine-year-old..."
      (Wikipedia)

    • Watch the episodes here. - ex : Christmas
      (abc.go.com)





"THE PRISONER"





"THE SIMPSONS" :





 

Animations / Videos :

60 Years of Television's Most Memorable Catch Phrases in 146 Seconds
"From The Lone Ranger's cry of "Hi Ho Silver, Away!" in 1949 to new shows like The Big Bang Theory, television catch phrases are remembered, repeated, and absorbed into our culture. Watch the most memorable from dramas and sitcoms, inside!"
- with  the full listing of quotes
(tv.gawker.com)

 

Newsy Video: Extended Screen Time Linked to Depression
"According to a study, children who watch television or use a computer for more than two hours a day are more likely to experience psychological problems down the road."
(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)
+ transcript (newsy.com)

Screen time linked to psychological problems in children (bris.ac.uk)

 

Television is a drug
"The inspiration of this video comes from Todd Alcott's poem, Television."
(vimeo.com)

Cooler than homes... movie theaters !
- "a clip that promotes going to a movie theater rather than watching TV at home!"
(anglais.over-blog.org)


- UPDATED

 

TV Hat Commercial
(YouTube)

 

Watch TV SHOWS
(tv.blinkx.com)

Simon's Cat 'TV Dinner'
"A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures to gain its owner's attention."
(YouTube)

 

Infosquares.com
Listening comprehension exercises based on movie trailers and television shows

The TeeV - an animation (acobas.net)
- with vocabulary help and activities

 

CINEMA :

The Hunger Games