@bserv - Thanks for the incorrect assumptions presented as fact. HBO has a disproportionate minority subscriber base, with "nearly 1/3" of its subscribers people-of-color: http://www.timewarner.com/o… . Or look at the demographics for HBO.com, which is basically internet-average for class & education, but highly…

DVD releases are not particularly lucrative, especially now that DVD sales have dropped, so being able to double the marketing impact of promoting the new season and DVD set outweighs the presumed benefits of early release to inspire catching-up. Given that so much is available on legit streaming sites or downloadable…

And if you want to stream outside the US or Canada, use a VPN service like TunnelBear to route through a US server.

Todd - your criticism is so much better than the show. I hope Glee writers read this piece and feel shame for their laziness, tinged with a little bit of pride for inspiring such a great piece of writing.

The lack of data access is key, especially for TV. The Nielsen ratings that get widely circulated are the equivalent of W-L record - rough estimates useful for general publics, but not the real measures of what's going on. The TV industry pays big bucks for much more granular Nielsen data about niches, comparative…

They did film additional webisodes though, which for this show almost counts as episodes. NBC picked it up to develop, and sent the two guys to be extras on a bunch of TV shows, posting the footage of their efforts (in character) to the web. A real shame it was never made - I always screen the pilot in my Television &…

I remember seeing On the Air (on the air) and thinking that it was undoubtedly the strangest thing ever to air on network television. The full run was released on Japanese laserdisc - worth seeking out for David Lynch buffs, fans of 1950s live TV, or other collectors of oddities!

Provocative & insightful piece - and I totally disagree with your conclusion. Here's 1,000 words why: http://wp.me/p3JAa-eQ

Random theory: there's some narrative clue in Nolan's iPad security cam shots. We see them too much to just be there for us to marvel at his 5G. Why does he hit the "loop 30 minutes" button? Is he controlling the Grayson cameras to help frame Daniel (or someone else) for the murder? Why does he give the iPad to his…

It took me 6-8 eps before Cougar Town moved from "this should be funnier" to "this is hilarious" - it's a hang-out comedy, so you need to get to know & befriend the characters before you start really enjoying it. Back half of season 2 is fabulous.

My favorite was the Swedish coming of age classic, celebrating that Laurel Canyon sound, My Life as a Dawes.

All spoilers are Dawes-related.

NARM is Swedish for DAWES.

And he brings her sloths.

What about the nostalgic look back at when they were 1950s rock-n-rollers in Wisconsin on Happy Dawes?

Great piece, Noel! I hope VSE can keep highlighting forgotten classics like Dragnet, even if readership & comments aren't as robust as for contemporary cult shows.

Are you going to post the voting results somewhere? Curious to see what came close. (Still holding out for Slings & Arrows…)

Another key piece of evidence for when AVC commenters hire Lockhart & Gardner to file a class action lawsuit against Ryan Murphy for breaking Todd and destroying the TV Club. I hope @midwestspitfire is videoing any Murphy-inspired kitten violence to help sway the jury.

Not "they were actually all dead the whole time" (which was a long-running theory, but not part of the show unless you're named George R.R. Martin), but "the sideways is an afterlife that the characters created to find each other." Do you have a source for that speculation before the finale aired?

The condom story is just a cover-up. They really moved because the NYC neighbors had discovered George & Tessa's secret.