Although the second half lacked the drama of an incident-packed first period, there were numerous chances for both sides to add to their tallies.
While "Big Bang" and ABC's "Modern Family" are closing the gap, "Idol" generates more than 50 hours per season compared to roughly 11 for half-hour comedies (no drama series come close to Idol's numbers).
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Tonga took a 12-10 lead into the break, but the drama came in the second half.
Coventry slowly began to exert some pressure as the half wore on, but the real drama was reserved for a controversial final three minutes.
The Lakers regained the lead shortly thereafter on a 3-pointer by Jodie Meeks, and led 44-40 at the half, but not without a little drama.
And if we had come together on a bipartisan basis, we could have avoided all this drama over the last two and half months.
In nearly two hours, and at a cost of more than forty million dollars, the movie supplies almost exactly the entertainment value of a single half-hour episode of the original radio drama, which always sounded as if it cost about a buck ninety-eight to produce.
There was early drama at the start of the second half when Lester saw a close-range shot blocked by defender Adrian Williams.
The historical drama eventually clocked in at three and a half hours.
In California alone, half of all school districts last year cut or reduced art, drama and music programs.
Often over the coming years, the exact opposite of compromise, difference-splitting and cosy half-measures will be needed to deal with a debt crisis big enough to make even the drama of the past week look like a frivolous sideshow.
Next week the BBC is moving Vanity Fair back half an hour to 21.30 to ensure that it does not clash with ITV's popular drama Heartbeat - although instead it will be up against Cold Feet, a new award winning comedy drama.
With a half century of total war ending and something like peace breaking out politics loses its life-and-death drama.
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Ong cites Lear, his avant-garde interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy flavored with elements of Indonesian martial arts, Noh drama and Beijing opera -- and performed in different languages by a multi-national cast, half Singaporean, a good part Japanese, with a sprinkling of other Asians.
Proof: CBS is home to the top-rated drama (NCIS, 18.9 million viewers, on average), comedy (Two and a Half Men, 14.8 million), newsmagazine (60 Minutes, 13.3 million) and new series (Undercover Boss, 17.7 million).
The network is home to the top-rated drama (NCIS, 20.6 million viewers, on average), comedy (Two and a Half Men, 14.6 million), newsmagazine (60 Minutes, 14.5 million) and new series (NCIS: Los Angeles, 16.8 million).
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