Archive for the 'Television' Category


Everything Is A Cult

The casual listener is dead. The best analogy is television. Boomers will remember when you watched what was on, even changing channels was a big deal, you had to get up off the couch before the remote. And then came the remote and ultimately cable TV, with its plethora of channels. But recording was still […]

Netflix Ad-Supported Tier

The problem with Netflix isn’t the price, but the content! Man do they have it wrong. In a world with a plethora of streaming options, one is ready to cancel any at a whim if there is not programming they want to see. Don’t tell me about dripping out product… No way I’m subscribing to […]

Ramy-Season 3

There’s no buzz. That used to be the mark of success, whether people were talking about it. You could feel it, it was palpable, you had to investigate, check it out. Now almost nothing has sustained buzz. You’re foraging by yourself, deciding whether to dip in or not. Sure, there might be hype at the […]

Trevor Noah Leaves The Daily Show

The goals have changed, and you need to change accordingly. Used to be Johnny Carson was a god. Forget that he’s already been forgotten, at best a distant memory in the minds of boomers and Gen-X’ers, but David Letterman is fading too. Don’t expect Netflix to continue to lay out the big bucks for his […]