Archive - Too Much TV Newsletter

Too Much TV: A Lesson I Learned At SRCCON

Some business problems transcend the industry you happen to be working in.

Jul 12 •

Too Much TV: There Is So Much We Don't Understand About Streaming Behavior And Metrics

Conventional wisdom is that streaming metrics - How many people watch?, Who are they?, Why did they decide to watch? - is essentially impossible to…

Jul 10 •

Too Much TV: Netflix's Useless Metric About Anime Viewers

Netflix is the expert at releasing vague datapoints they know will get headlines

Jul 8 •

Too Much TV: Do TV Critics Still Matter? The French Edition

As it turns out, French TV critics face a very familiar set of problems.

Jul 3 •

Too Much TV: Paramount Global Bends A Knee To Trump. Maybe Two Knees

Just because this settlement was expected, that doesn't make it any easier to swallow.

Jul 2 •

Too Much TV: Some Conversation About 'Shark Whisperer'

Don't let the provocative name keep you from watching this Netflix documentary

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Too Much TV Exclusive: NYC Media Execs Recruited For Donations To Anti-Mamdani Campaign

There appears to be an effort to recruit media executives into an anti-Zohran Mamdani ad campaign

Jun 27 •

Too Much TV: About Last Night

As it turns out, I am not the only viewer unhappy with what they sometimes see on cable TV news.

Jun 26 •

Too Much TV: Cable TV News Conventional Wisdom Gets It Wrong (Again)

It turns out that there are downsides to relying on the opinions of political insiders

Jun 25 •

Too Much TV: Will Audiences Believe A TV Show Where Federal Agents Work To 'Save' Los Angeles?

Sometimes current events can catch up with a TV show in the worst possible way

Jun 24 •

Too Much TV: Five TV Shows To Ease Your Soul In Troubled Times

Sometimes you just want a TV show that's a palate cleanser for your soul

Jun 22 •

Too Much TV: Bucket List Interviews

Amazingly, there are people on my interview bucket list besides Bruce Springsteen

Jun 21 •

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