Conan O’Brien told Charlie Rose in a recent interview that he thinks we are in a “Golden Age of Television.” It got me thinking. What does that even mean? And what measure could we use to justify this statement? Primarliy, I suspect the two measures one would immediately think of are: viewership and program quality. [...]
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Lifetime’s Odd Choice In Fashion
I’ve loyally watched every season of PROJECT RUNWAY on Bravo, hence the concern I’ve felt since April when the news broke that PROJECT RUNWAY is leaving Bravo and going to Lifetime as of November. I’m not looking to bash Lifetime here… No one can argue that the network has done incredibly well for itself over [...]
The Multiplatform Genius of Big Brother
For the better part of this decade the summer television season has meant one thing: BIG BROTHER is back. I used to think of BB as one of my guilty pleasures in life, filling the television void in the aftermath of the May finales as I awaited the return of regular television in the fall. [...]
Why I Like Television Narcissists. And You Should Too.
The New York Times published an article last week by Jan Hoffman exploring the source, meaning and growth in usage of the word narcissist. Despite the efforts of the author, I still think there’s a lot of gray matter surrounding what this word means. What became clear to me after reading the article, however — [...]
TV (literally) makes me sick!
I don’t like vomit. I mean, no one really loves it, but I happen to have a fear, a problem, and “issue” with the idea of your body, angry and bothered, hurling its contents into the outside world. I am, and I’m proud to admit, an emetophobe. As of this writing, I am proud to [...]
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What I’ve Learned from CNBC
Greatest television story of the year was, of course, the seemingly endless Presidential election. Hillary or Barack? Barack or Hillary? McCain comes back. Iowa, New Hampshire Michigan, Florida. The conventions, the balloons, more speeches, the debates, and polls. Tons of polls. Battleground states, Chuck Todd, Allen County, Indiana. It was the best serial television out [...]