Only you can save television
(The Long Tail blog)
"We're ending one era and entering another where the rules are sure to be different.The best example of that is television, which is in the sweet spot of all Long Tail forces. So today, let me make one of those exceptions by explaining why TV is the first place to look for Long Tail opportunities. Here's why..." There's a bazillion hours of television content out there, very little of which is original, by the way, but you can only consume it one second at a time, like spoonfuls from an ocean. If you watched TV every second for the rest of your life, if everyone did, we'd all only consume of fraction of what's available. And yet, ten years from now, you may have a craving for that long-forgotten episode of "Diff'rent Strokes"... but it's not available. In the end, if media companies continue to run the TV business as usual, they're going to lose. Dinosaurs, they are. I think I'm starting to understand. Like Long Tail's Chris Anderson says, "Bottom line: TV is begging to be reinvented."
Blogged: Thursday, March 31, 2005

(warning: some of these links may have expired)

1. South Park takes on Barack Obama
   (The Live Feed)
   Blogged: Thursday, November 6, 2008
2. Set it Off
   (TheRoot.com)
   Blogged: Thursday, September 11, 2008
3. Jim McKay, 86; Sportscaster
   (Los Angeles Times)
   Blogged: Sunday, June 8, 2008
4. Dream On
   (Hulu.com)
   Blogged: Friday, May 30, 2008
5. Blu-ray: Do Consumers Care?
   (Bits/New York Times blog)
   Blogged: Thursday, April 24, 2008
6. Internet TV: Redefining "Media Player"
   (deeje.com/musing blog)
   Blogged: Wednesday, April 9, 2008
7. The Sopranos: Worst ending ...evar! (sic)
   (HBO.com)
   Blogged: Monday, June 11, 2007
8. The Sopranos: My theory on how it ends
   (HBO.com)
   Blogged: Thursday, June 7, 2007
9. Dick Vitale by the Numbers
   (The Daily Czabe)
   Blogged: Sunday, March 4, 2007
10. Streamick.com
    Blogged: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
11. The Apprentice, LA
    (NBC.com)
    Blogged: Monday, January 8, 2007
12. Internet Video and how the Broadcast Nets are Missing the HDTV Opportunity
    (Blog Maverick)
    Blogged: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
13. Why race-based 'Survivor' makes us squirm
    (USATODAY.com)
    Blogged: Friday, September 15, 2006
14. The Wire
    (HBO.com)
    Blogged: Sunday, September 10, 2006
15. Protests over Survivor 'tribes'
    Blogged: Friday, August 25, 2006
16. Seven Dwarfs vs. Supreme Court justices
    (United Press International)
    Blogged: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
17. Was This Why Harold Got The Axe?
    (Deadspin)
    Blogged: Thursday, July 27, 2006
18. 'I love you, Johnnycakes.'
    (SFGate.com/Tim Goodman: The Bastard Machine)
    Blogged: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
19. a letter to aaron
    (Thought 4 The Day blog)
    Blogged: Saturday, February 18, 2006
20. Survivor Guatemala Blog
    (CBS.com)
    Blogged: Saturday, October 8, 2005
21. Americans watch more TV than ever
    (AdAge.com)
    Blogged: Monday, October 3, 2005
22. My Top 10 TV Shows
    Blogged: Thursday, August 25, 2005
23. Six Feet Under
    (HBO.com)
    Blogged: Monday, August 22, 2005
24. DVR Recording Tips
    (Extremetech)
    Blogged: Wednesday, June 22, 2005
25. Survivor Open Casting Calls
    (Reality TV Magazine)
    Blogged: Tuesday, June 7, 2005
26. The New Laws of Television (Part 2)
    (Boing Boing blog)
    Blogged: Tuesday, May 24, 2005
27. TV: Are our guilty pleasures more challenging than we think?
    (Slate)
    Blogged: Monday, May 16, 2005
28. Participatory Culture Foundation
    Blogged: Saturday, April 23, 2005
29. There's No Show Like an Old Show
    (I, Cringely)
    Blogged: Thursday, April 7, 2005
30. Only you can save television
    (The Long Tail blog)
    Blogged: Thursday, March 31, 2005
31. Stewart to Star in Trump Spinoff
    (New York Times)
    Blogged: Wednesday, February 2, 2005
32. Audio of Ken Jennings' loss
    (kottke.org)
    Blogged: Tuesday, November 30, 2004
33. Dream On - It's not a dream...we have the package art
    (TVShowsOnDVD.com)
    Blogged: Monday, October 11, 2004
34. Big Fat Obnoxious Boss
    (Fox.com)
    Blogged: Saturday, October 9, 2004
35. XMLTV
    Blogged: Friday, October 8, 2004
36. Bootleg RSS: TV Edition
    Blogged: Friday, October 8, 2004
37. The Benefactor
    (PopMatters)
    Blogged: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
38. Donald please?
    (Blog Maverick)
    Blogged: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
39. UPN unveils 'America's Next Top Model 3' contestants
    (Reality TV World)
    Blogged: Thursday, September 9, 2004
40. The Complex
    (Fox.com)
    Blogged: Monday, August 30, 2004
41. Survivor: Vanuatu
    (CBS.com)
    Blogged: Wednesday, August 18, 2004
42. Hip Hop Minstrels
    (Afrikan.Net)
    Blogged: Monday, August 16, 2004
43. Joe Schmo 2
    (SpikeTV.com)
    Blogged: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
44. Red Menace
    (TV Guide Online)
    Blogged: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
45. Funniest Man on TV
    (TV Guide Online)
    Blogged: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
46. Da Ali G Show: Sux
    (HBO.com)
    Blogged: Sunday, August 8, 2004
47. Surviving the Late Show
    (CBS.com/Late Show with David Letterman)
    Blogged: Tuesday, May 11, 2004
48. Must-See TV Ads - Data Mining
    Blogged: Thursday, April 22, 2004
49. Seinfeld Blog
    Blogged: Monday, April 5, 2004
50. Children And TV
    (TurnOffYourTV.com)
    Blogged: Monday, April 5, 2004
51. If There Were No TV in America...
    (The Exile)
    Blogged: Monday, April 5, 2004
52. Breast for Success
    (Slate)
    Blogged: Thursday, February 12, 2004
53. Producer on first all Black reality show
    Blogged: Thursday, January 29, 2004
54. 'Monk' comes clean
    (New York Daily News)
    Blogged: Monday, January 26, 2004
55. WeaKnees.com
    Blogged: Monday, January 26, 2004
56. Don't bet against the Panthers & Patriots
    (Media Life)
    Blogged: Monday, January 26, 2004
57. EFF Secures Protection for ReplayTV Clients
    Blogged: Friday, January 16, 2004
58. DVDRhelp.com / VCDhelp.com
    Blogged: Wednesday, October 1, 2003
59. Philips Unveils Mirror TV
    (PCWorld.com)
    Blogged: Wednesday, June 18, 2003
60. Girlfriends
    Blogged: Monday, May 12, 2003
61. New Reality TV Cable Channel Announced
    (Reality News Online)
    Blogged: Monday, April 28, 2003
62. Classic TV Theme Songs
    (TVLand.com)
    Blogged: Sunday, April 27, 2003
63. TV Turnoff Week
    (Adbusters.org)
    Blogged: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
64. TV Turnoff Network
    Blogged: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
65. Blogging: Tune Out and Switch On
    (Adam Curry)
    Blogged: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
66. Is Your Television Watching You?
    (TelevisionWeek)
    Blogged: Tuesday, April 1, 2003
67. TiVo Reports Oscars Viewing Behavior
    (AdAge.com)
    Blogged: Wednesday, March 26, 2003
68. Why Marketers Love Reality TV Stars: They're Cheap
    (AdAge.com)
    Blogged: Thursday, March 13, 2003
69. HBO Suspends 'Sopranos' Filming
    (ABCNEWS.com)
    Blogged: Thursday, March 13, 2003
70. Around the Horn (ESPN)
    Blogged: Wednesday, February 12, 2003
71. Comments on Joe Millionaire
    (harrumph! blog)
    Blogged: Wednesday, February 12, 2003
72. Comcast to launch Black TV net
    (Reuters)
    Blogged: Monday, January 13, 2003
73. Will Your TV Become a Spy?
    (Business Week Online)
    Blogged: Saturday, January 4, 2003
74. "Joe Millionaire" Can't Spare Buck
    (E! Online)
    Blogged: Saturday, January 4, 2003
75. After 5 seasons, 'Survivor' still defying the odds
    (Star Telegram)
    Blogged: Thursday, December 19, 2002
76. Larry David, a Rough-Edged Cultural Touchstone
    (New York Times)
    Blogged: Saturday, November 16, 2002
77. Jump The Shark
    Blogged: Wednesday, November 13, 2002
78. 24
    (Fox TV)
    Blogged: Saturday, October 26, 2002
79. Texting the Television
    (Economist.com)
    Blogged: Thursday, October 17, 2002
80. The Zen TV Experiment
    (Adbusters)
    Blogged: Thursday, October 17, 2002
81. Aspiring stars have their reality rechecked at Belly
    (SignOnSanDiego.com)
    Blogged: Tuesday, October 8, 2002
82. SlamBall
    Blogged: Friday, August 23, 2002
83. TV viewing after 9/11 is linked to distress
    (Boston Globe Online)
    Blogged: Thursday, August 8, 2002
84. TiVo Might Rue Arrival of DTV
    (Wired News)
    Blogged: Wednesday, August 7, 2002
85. TeeVee
    Blogged: Tuesday, July 30, 2002
86. :: planet replay ::
    Blogged: Saturday, July 27, 2002
87. Eye TV
    (El Gato Software)
    Blogged: Saturday, July 13, 2002
88. Sex and What City?
    (AlterNet)
    Blogged: Tuesday, March 19, 2002
89. Survival Instinct
    (ETOnline.com)
    Blogged: Wednesday, March 13, 2002
90. Survivor: Marquesas
    (CBS.com)
    Blogged: Saturday, March 2, 2002
91. National Black Programming Consortium
    Blogged: Sunday, February 17, 2002
92. Combat Missions
    Blogged: Saturday, February 16, 2002
93. 24
    (FOX.com)
    Blogged: Monday, November 19, 2001
94. The Agency: Anthrax
    (CBS.com)
    Blogged: Sunday, October 14, 2001
95. ReplayTV 4000
    Blogged: Friday, September 7, 2001
96. How Reality TV (Just Maybe) Saved the Writers from Themselves
    (TIME.com (The Sampler))
    Blogged: Thursday, June 7, 2001
97. News: Digital TV snowed in by 'Napster factor'
    (ZDNet)
    Blogged: Sunday, March 18, 2001
98. This Dismissal (#10)
    (Sinking.org)
    Blogged: Wednesday, February 21, 2001
99. Fox Boots Tempation Isle Parents
    (E Online)
    Blogged: Saturday, January 13, 2001
100. NBA Playoffs 2000
     Blogged: Friday, April 21, 2000
101. TV Go Home
     Blogged: Sunday, April 9, 2000
102. ShowTime Cable
     Blogged: Tuesday, March 21, 2000
103. The Parker's Log
     Blogged: Tuesday, March 14, 2000
104. TV Ultra
     Blogged: Monday, March 13, 2000
105. Lincs
     Blogged: Monday, March 13, 2000
106. Raise the Mammoth
     (Discovery.com)
     Blogged: Monday, March 13, 2000
107. The Sopranos
     (HBO.com)
     Blogged: Monday, March 13, 2000