Quipol It used to be that television was all about the family. There was T.G.I.F on Friday nights, ABC Family movies on Sundays, and family-focused shows every other day of the week. Now days it seems that most of what’s on TV is about pushing boundaries, having fun, and living “the dream”. But does that [...]
Shows today aren’t getting as much attention as the shows of yesteryear. First reported by New York Magazine, some of the hit shows of the 2011 TV season (including “New Girl”, “Modern Family”, and “Pan Am”) are premiering to lower-than-historically-average viewersship. That’s right. Nearly 14 million people tuned-in to watch the season premier of ABC’s [...]
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September 22, 2011
If you wanted to learn about America through TV, both historically and culturally, what show should you watch? That question was recently brought up and the answer is just as diverse and intricate as the country it aims to educate about. However, if we look a bit into the various answers from people around the [...]
More than a year ago Matthew Lasar wrote a great article looking into which technology – at the time – was likely to fail faster: cable TV or internet video. The article Matthew wrote was a response to an article written by Paul Rodriguez (of Big Cable) called “Cable TV – Doomed Like Dinosaurs” which [...]
Like the Nike swoosh and the Apple apple, the logos of TV shows are intended to efficiently communicate the central sentiments of the brands, er, series. And just as swooshes and apples denote victory and hip expensive electronics respectively, so do TV show logos symbolize the feelings stirred up when we watch them. The key [...]
Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch, passed away on July 12 at the age of 94, leaving a legacy of pop culture behind him. In researching my original post on Schwartz’s passing, I was fascinated with the fact that his shows – which appeared to me as a child in [...]
In-case you missed the memo: 2010 was the most watched year in TV ever. That was just last year. Some seven months ago. People were watching more TV than any other time in history. The average person during 2010 watched 34 hours of TV each week. That averages out to an average of about 4 [...]
“The geeks aren’t just inheriting the earth, they’re creating the future,” Will writes. After discussing the impact entertainment is having on the world around us, the educator and undeniably talented writer Will Brooker — who has made a living by studying and evaluating cultural icons like Batman — starts to talk about the changing landscape [...]
Before you read ahead, ask yourself silently if you think TV really matters anymore. Through the 1940s and up until the early 90s television played an incredibly important role in daily life. Families could sit together and watch celebrities and entertaining skits play out on The Ed Sullivan Show. The only way to get sports [...]
Dad, we’ve had our hard times for sure, but compared to those TV dads I grew up with, you’ve done a pretty alright job. Sure, you tipped the canoe over on our river trip, and you missed my birthday last year, but you’ve done a lot of things right too. Looking at some of the [...]
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