Mary Richards Wasn’t Alone…

Mary Richards wasn’t the only influential female TV character in the ’70’s that was a role model.

Closing the Book on “Mad Men”

Tonight, it ends. The story of a guy named Don Draper and the life surrounding an advertising agency in New York’s 1960’s. But, this story doesn’t begin with a script written by Matthew Weiner. It actually began, innocently enough, with a group performing in Des Moines one night. Critically acclaimed group “RJD2” performed at Vaudeville Mews. Popular…

A Late Night Rivalry Renewed

  Tonight, Conan O’Brien makes his return to late night television as he debuts his new show on TBS.  And this time, he will not be asked to move around to accommodate Jay Leno. There’s not much to add to this story, because it was covered earlier this year when Conan left NBC after the…

The lost art of television themes

I have an eccentric passion that I enjoy listening to and with the help of YouTube, I can watch. I’m a big fan of television show themes.  Not the short 5 second opening that shows the title and fades out to a commercial.  There are iconic themes that link us to the shows that has…

Part 2 of “Ideas for a 96-team tournament to be successful”

On Tuesday, we started exploring ideas that the NCAA can make their men’s basketball tournament successful once they expand the field from 64 to 96 teams.  Today, we’ll look at the teams, television coverage, and the tournament locations. The decision to expand the field will most likely come in July, with the proposal to go…