television ratings
Why working-class sitcoms don’t work
Chuck Lorre meets the modern viewer’s aversion everyday working people
Television’s worst night is getting a second life
Is Friday night’s reign as the TV “death slot” coming to an end?
TV networks are desperate for the next big comedy. Maybe too desperate.
“Right now, people are hitting it big or not at all”
Serial storytelling
Successful TV dramas are unfolding one episode at a time, and procedurals are taking notes
TV makes history
Cue the mutton chops and corsets—networks are crazy about period pieces
‘All About Eve’ and ‘American Idol’
How soon, viewers wonder, before the new judge tries to steal Paula’s job?