Everything goes in cycles. The seasons, cultural trends, and basically every aspect of the internet rises and falls, with all that is old becoming new again (AskJeeves should be rebooted any day now). With that maxim in mind, I think it’s a perfect time for Netflix to keep ahead of its increasingly aggressive competition in […]
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Guest Post: Top 10 Cooks, an alternate take
Editor’s Note: My recent post listing the definitive, authoritative list of the Top 5 Cooks from Too Many Cooks spurred my friend Evan Habeeb to submit his own list of the Top 10 Cooks. Without further adieu, Evan’s list of the Top 10 cooks, including commentary: 10. James White I want those reports on my desk […]
Top 5 Cooks
If you haven’t seen Too Many Cooks, the recent NSFW “Informercial” on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, find 10 minutes and watch. Yes, it’s long, but it’s the rare video that’s definitely worth it. Then, come back here for the definitive list of the Top 5 cooks: 5. Will Dove 4. Ali Froid 3. Ken DeLozier 2. […]
An innovation that DirecTV could probably never ship
I rarely ever channel surf live TV, though when I do I’m consistently amazed at the sheer length and frequency of commercial breaks. The seismic impact of DVRing aside, TV providers have limited if any tools beyond the decades-old “Previous Channel” button to help casual surfers avoid the mind-numbing crush of ads in those rare occasions when clicking around is the […]
We should celebrate the end of Kroll Show
One of my favorite TV shows is ending, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Nearing the third season premiere of Kroll Show next month, co-creator and star Nick Kroll announced that he’s ending the show entirely after this season airs. Not because ratings are low, or the network decided to move on, or any of the […]
Louis C.K. is back!
Louis C.K. is back on TV…4 years after his last show on HBO was canceled, he’s back on FX with a show called simply ‘Louie’. Looks like the hilarious Chelsea Peretti is co-starting?! Here’s a teaser clip currently up on Hulu:
After the jump, a classic Woodrow sketch from SNL, courtesy of Hulu.com:
How I Met Your Mother renewed for season 3!
Photo: CBS.com The cast of How I Met Your Mother CBS has just announced that one of the two best shows on television, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, has been renewed for a third season! Congrats to the entire crew and cast. Looking forward to seeing what happens next year.
NBC to enhance its online video offerings
Good news for the continuing un-harnesing of network television: NBC has announced it will both expand its online video platform, and in a big finally! move, it will make its video player embeddable. This move is a big step for a major network…it turns the tide from complaining against services like YouTube, and begins challenging […]
The future of online video is ‘Bright’
In January, I predicted video would be the #1 story of the web in 2006. At his RTNDA keynote in Las Vegas today, Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire supported my thesis. Lost Remote has an excellent wrap-up of his speech, where he demonstrated the new and exciting Brightcove platform which is about to go live (give […]