This is a good lesson in the context I reference in the title of this blog: Netflix is all the rage in certain friend groups/socioeconomic sectors as “Oh, is (such-and-such) streaming?” But here’s the important thing to remember: Netflix is a subscriber-based… Continue Reading
Little bit of controversy in the TV world recently, because The Good Wife (CBS) is out stumping for Emmy love and decided to run a campaign basically attacking the differences between cable shows and network shows. (There’s more context here.) From a logic standpoint, the… Continue Reading
You all know the theory by now, hopefully: because Mad Men‘s title sequence contains a man plummeting towards Madison Avenue, there’s been speculation for about seven years now that one of the main characters will die as the series ends. Well,… Continue Reading
Think about this for a second: in general, the best TV shows of the past 10-15 years or so are believed to be The Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Mad Men and some combination of other shows you like (Walking Dead, foreign… Continue Reading
We don’t know much about Mad Men Season 7, although we know a little bit. Let’s try to piece some stuff together, no? 1. For sure: the premiere date is April 13th. 2. For sure: the final season will be divided into two parts,… Continue Reading
Rian Johnson is a director/writer/editor. You may know him from Brick, The Brothers Bloom, or Looper, which are some of his main films (the latter, Looper, did pretty well at the box office). If you were a fan of TV in 2013, though, you… Continue Reading