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Finding the Long Tail of Television

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-for-everyone dept.

prostoalex writes "The New York Times runs the story on the long tail of television, where the channels that would not be hits on the mainstream media are migrating to the Internet and finding interested audiences there. The article mentions Sail.tv - TV programming for those into sailing and yachting, TrioTV - the cornucopia of pop culture and music, BrilliantButCancelled will rerun the reruns of old TV shows, and OutZone will feature programming pertaining to gays and lesbians."

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  1. Finding the Long Tail? That's easy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's called a plug. Given the lousy selection of shows on the air nowadays, it's better off unplugged most of the time.

  2. Re:Brilliant But Cancelled by generic-man · · Score: 3, Funny

    Current TV exists, but I have an extra-long attention span* and so I cannot watch a TV network where the average program is 5 minutes long.

    * Mitch Hedberg reference

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  3. Old proverb by Eric+Giguere · · Score: 5, Funny

    One must jump the shark to find the length of its tail.

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    1. Re:Old proverb by TubeSteak · · Score: 2, Funny

      If a TV show jumps the shark in a forest, while no one is there, does it make a sound?

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    2. Re:Old proverb by Cheapy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wouldn't The Fonz need to be there?

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  4. Re:Brilliant But Cancelled by UserGoogol · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know, that joke isn't really funny if you write the B in lower case.

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  5. Re:Let's just put all the Firefly comments under h by Cheapy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, I make up one of those two people.

    I wonder who the other is. I hope it's a girl.

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  6. Your mama is a car by technoextreme · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm sure television has almost always been mostly "junk". There is tons of stuff on right now that isn't worth watching. I'm sure that was true in the 50s, 60s, 70, and 80s (I know it was in the 90s).At the same time, I think there is more good stuff on now than there used to be. But this is a numbers game.
    This is the sixities right?? Well here is horrible show number one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Mother_The_Car I couldn't stop laughing at my dad until he said two words: Knight Rider.
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  7. Naked News by roach2002 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No discussion on the topic would be complete without a thorough examination of Naked News.

    (For once, a post so easy that I figure I don't need preview, and what do I do? I screw it up!)

  8. Re:Of course, there's the REAL mainstream... by G-funk · · Score: 2, Funny

    If by "eventually" you mean "in about five to ten minutes" then, yes!

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  9. Zing! by Inoshiro · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Simpsons actors .... Factor in top-shelf writers, producers and directors and you're talking a lot of money."

    Well, given the recent 5-6 seasons of The Simpsons, I think we can rule out top-shelf writers as being the reason the show costs so much to produce.

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  10. Re:Naked News by Deliveranc3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was watching the naked News with 5-6 other guys.

    We watched for 10 minutes and someone said This is Great.

    Then I asked if anyone could remember a SINGLE peice of information from the show.

    Silence.