Every year we see pretty similar lists pop up around the internet claiming the “Top 10 Best Great Shows Of All Time This Year.” But there’s a fundamental problem with that task: not everybody...
2020-12-26 14:52:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Even though all of TV production was thrown for a total loop this year, I still found the time to watch some 48 shows that aired in 2020. I ranked all of them in a semi-live setting in this video, ...
2020-12-18 03:37:37 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! Every month I'll be answering any and all questions from you all. I'll answer them on a live stream Sunday the 27th at 5PM EST. Here's how you can submit a question:
- Email
If you’ve been following my blog or listened to my old podcast Couch Taters, you might know that I have a penchant for what I’m calling Domino’s Pizza TV—it’s cheesy, it’s definitely no...
2020-12-10 23:29:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm here and I'm answering some of those questions!
2020-11-29 23:48:08 +0000 UTC View PostI'll be recording my answers to the monthly Q&A this weekend so if you have any last minute questions you want to submit, now's the time!
2020-11-28 02:56:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Things I would have loved to cover in my video about The Wire
Hey everybody! This month, instead of doing my usual livestream Q&A, we're going to submit questions here ahead of time and I'm going to answer them in a video at the end of the month. Here's h...
2020-11-12 03:39:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The Wire has long been heralded as a smarter cop show, but is it even really about the police or is it about systems, power, and money?
This video is the longest thing I've ever made an...
2020-11-09 21:48:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The show is happy to attack the reputation of big business, just so long as it protects that business’s bottom line.
For those of you who don’t watch The Boys or care about superhero ...
2020-10-24 00:51:45 +0000 UTC View PostSince I started the Live Q&As, attendance has dwindled every month. Which is okay!
All that means is that it's not a method of engagement that is working for people. I've posted two optio...
2020-10-20 23:29:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey, hey, hey here's the monthly update!
TLDR:
- Thank you
- I rewrote the Episode 4 (The Wire) script, it'll be worth the wait
- How can we engage better than Live Q&As?
- E...
Holy smokes there are a lot of new people here! Thank you all for joining me on this project!
I'm hard at work on Episode 4, and although I had to do some major rewrites and have a very hect...
NBC Universal has decided to block my Brooklyn 99 video two weeks after I posted it for an 11 second audio clip. I have disputed the claim but the video is currently unavailable in the ...
2020-09-23 21:42:30 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, here's the monthly update on the series! Let me know if you have any questions about the channel, the blog, the livestream, Patreon, or just want to say hi!
2020-09-21 22:57:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Maybe it's the lack of returning TV or my obsession with Aya Cash or the Copaganda series, but The Boys’ second season is, so far, way more interesting.
2020-09-15 22:13:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Would have been a poll but I can't upload multiple images there
2020-09-06 15:34:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Should we try some radical changes to systems? Michael Schur (mostly) says, "Nah, you've had enough to eat today."
2020-09-06 01:47:15 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate on the state of the Copaganda series!
2020-08-27 15:35:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Second seasons usually don't go well for high-concept shows. So why is The Umbrella Academy better in season two?
2020-08-15 01:22:07 +0000 UTC View Post
13 million people watch Blue Bloods every week. That's a bad thing.
This is early access! Video will go live to everyone else tomorrow (Sunday is the best day for me to post given my schedul...
I May Destroy You is all about the delicate dance between the vulnerability that brings us pleasure and pain.
In the future, this kind of blog might be a video, but for a nu...
Hey everybody! Here's an update on the state of the series and ye olde Patreon. Today's been a little hectic but I plan on checking in with all the new patrons at some point tomorrow. Thank you so ...
2020-07-13 03:18:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Cops are in the news and American society is rethinking its relationship to the police. But where does our image of what the police are come from? How did early TV create the template for "copagand...
2020-07-10 18:44:59 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody, I wrote a thing updating you on the state of the channel, copaganda project, and the general nature of Patreon! I'm going to be writing these updates biweekly from now on!
2020-06-28 01:40:51 +0000 UTC View Post
For The Ringer, looking at two of the most influential TV shows ever and how they used the same TV tool in very different ways
2020-06-10 18:53:21 +0000 UTC View PostHey patrons! Thanks for always being there. I'm trying to decide on a topic for my next video and I'm stuck between two ideas.
- One is a smaller, more focused video on The Wire's 4th season...
Normal People is a show about the inner lives of two characters based on Sally Rooney's best selling novel, so how does the show use its camera to translate those inner feelings and emo...
2020-05-26 20:17:13 +0000 UTC View Post