“Dexter, don’t crash your car, you have a body in there!” If you’re a fan of the Showtime hit Dexter, this sentence shouldn’t feel strange to you — after all, you’ve spent the last seven years rooting for a serial killer. You’ve probably also said things like: “Kill him already, Dexter! You’re going to get [...]
Reality TV has long ceased to be a way of producing low-budget content to fill out the programming schedule. These days, it’s not only a programming staple but, in the case of several networks, constitutes the bulk of the programming lineup. Despite all the ridicule and criticism that accompanies the many subgenres of this type [...]
Guns, gangs, horror, and violence are not only prevalent on television but are the backbone of some of TV’s most popular shows. Today, we don’t just accept violence on TV, but we actually anticipate and look forward to shows featuring violent, ruthless characters. Watching a young boy shoot his mother square in the face on [...]
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February 20, 2013
If there was ever a question about the motivation and reasoning behind the Netflix decision to release all 13 first-season episodes of its new original show, House of Cards, the words of CEO Reed Hastings set the record straight. “With Netflix, members can enjoy a show anytime, and over time, we can effectively put the [...]
The Prevalence of Binge Viewing and its Effects on Your Brain TV binge-watching isn’t a new phenomenon. Shutting out the world for a long weekend of small screen companionship has been a favorite pastime of social outliers for years. Whether sick, heartbroken, hungover, or a marathon-movie junkie, devouring full-season DVD sets over a weekend is [...]
Your mom may have once told you that watching TV would rot your brain, but she probably never imagined the likes of Jersey Shore and Keeping Up with the Kardashians. If the TV shows you watched as a kid would rot your brain, today’s reality TV would surely turn it to complete sludge—right? Maybe not. [...]
Have you ever wondered what you’d have to do in order to avoid seeing a television for the rest of your life? Neither had I, but there’s a first time for everything and the idea of a life sans TV intrigues me so let’s go with it. For starters, we a need a scenario that [...]
Many of us fondly remember the excitement of sitting down in front of the television each day to watch a favorite show. From “Sesame Street” to “Blues Clues,” media companies have developed a variety of shows that appeal to young children. But do these programs really help kids learn? Although some experts argue that watching [...]
Television can be both entertaining and educational, depending on what you watch. Though, sometimes, watching TV can be only about getting away from your life and into another’s, if only for a little while. Right? Right now, as America continues to struggle through a recession and things are getting a little daunting in Wall Street, [...]
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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