Category: FORMATS

• March 16, 2010

  Broadcast networks and miniseries — Will it ever happen again?

  Well, I guess that headline is partially dumb and misleading, because obviously the major broadcast networks will air a miniseries at least one more time in the future. I think. But what I meant by that headline is can the broadcast networks actually air a quality miniseries?
• February 4, 2010

  Celebrating ‘Lost’ as a game-changer in television

  Last week, I discussed why I personally thought we’d never see another television series like Lost. Well, the Lost creative brass kind of feels the same way that I do.
• January 29, 2010

  ‘Lost’ signifies the end of an era

  Today, the publication that I edit WEEKEND ran a Lost-centric issue, most of which I penned. You can check out everything here, but I wanted to re-post the piece I thought was most important to a discussion about television formats and genres moving forward. Here it is. With Lost at the beginning of the end,…