In the past decade, US TV shows have bee one of the biggest pop cultures among young Chinese city-dwellers.

在过去十年，美国电视剧成为中国城市年轻人的主要流行文化。

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In April, China began a campaign to "clean up" the Internet that saw popular US TV shows such as the Big Bang Theory and the Good Wife removed from video streaming sites.

在四月，中国开始了网络内容大清理运动，一些当红美剧，如《生活大爆炸》和《傲骨贤妻》已从视频网站上下架。

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I don't mean with trashy reality shows, but how TV has the ability to grab a hold of us.

我并不是说那些真实的记录节目毫无意义，但是电视是如何抓住我们的心呢？

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Seven years on, he's back with a film exposing the practice of aggressive product placement in US TV shows and movies.

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The updated app gives tablet fans new streams of activity to explore what songs people are tagging and, in the US, what TV shows people are currently watching, as well as a fascinating new interactive mapping feature enabling music fans to explore what people are discovering in any city around the world.

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All of which means that the indices that come to us from the TV business shows are becoming obsolete now.

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