- Is Television Too Expensive?
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, April 13, 2015
Every time my wife and I discuss household spending, her first id ...
- Sunday, Bloody Sunday
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, March 30, 2015
When NBC decided to air a 40th anniversary special for "Saturday Nig ...
- Rewatching 'Mad Men''s Season One: Taking Us To A Place 'We Ache To Go Again'
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, March 16, 2015
With the final seven episodes of "Mad Men" about to launch ...
- Mr. Spock And Us
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, March 2, 2015
When I saw that Leonard Nimoy had died, I thought, oh, bo ...
- Which Way To The War?
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Tuesday, February 24, 2015
The remarkable and unexpected success of "American Sniper" reminds us yet aga ...
- Yet Another Massive Football Season
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, February 2, 2015
Last year at this time I confidently predicted that our tolerance f ...
- We Need A Little Dick Cavett
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, January 19, 2015
Dick Cavett is having a bit of a mini-renaissance. I look ...
- A Few Of My Favorite Things: TV in 2014
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, January 5, 2015
Well, another year is on the books -- another year of hand-wringi ...
- Can We Ever Watch 'The Cosby Show' Again?
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, December 15, 2014
The news that Bill Cosby has been accused of multiple rapes fr ...
- Why 'Jane The Virgin' Is A Critical Darling
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Who among us at the beginning of the TV season anticipated th ...
- Sex And The Single Sitcom
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Do you know what trigger warnings are? They're written cautions that a ...
- Red And Blue News
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, November 3, 2014
Election Day. Finally! That's the time the American electorate sink back in ...
- John Oliver Is A Very Funny Fellow
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, October 20, 2014
John Oliver is having his moment. His satirical news show on HB ...
- TV As Second Banana
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Television has had a pretty good run as the main driver ...
- One Cheer For Commercials
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, September 22, 2014
Like most red-blooded Americans, I have a long history of disdain f ...
- How To Mourn A TV Star On Social Media
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, September 8, 2014
For about a week this summer, my Facebook news feed was consum ...
- Revenge Of The Nerds
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Nerds seem to having their cultural moment. "The Big Bang Theory," ...
- The Mobile Mirage
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Tuesday, August 12, 2014
The 2007 introduction of the iPhone and other devices with miniature vid ...
- 10 Proposals To Improve Television
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Tuesday, July 29, 2014
It's hard to overestimate the role that TV plays in contemporary Americ ...
- New York, New York: It's a Wonderful Town
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, July 14, 2014
New York is the greatest city in the world. And how ...
- Don't Leave Me To My Own Devices
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, June 30, 2014
You'd think that the more ways there are to watch TV t ...
- Turning The World On With Her Smile - Why We Still Love 'Mary Tyler Moore'
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, June 16, 2014
It's hard to believe now, but there once was a time ...
- TV's Love Affair With Washington
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, June 2, 2014
Way back in the Reagan Administration, I worked in Washington D.C. f ...
- Killing Me Softly With Quality TV
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Am I the only one who can't keep "Orphan Black" and "Oran ...
- Are You A Bad Fan?
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Is there such a thing as a "bad fan"? The New Yorker ...
- Fear The Finale
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Wednesday, April 16, 2014
The series finale of "How I Met Your Mother" went over li ...
- Wearing The White Hat On 'Justified'
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, March 31, 2014
Given the critical acclaim for dramas about violent, damaged men, it's ...
- Why Is Everyone So Mean To Lena Dunham?
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Tuesday, March 18, 2014
With another season of "Girls" coming to an end this Sunday, I ...
- Last Thoughts On The Olympics
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Monday, March 3, 2014
By almost every measure, NBC had a successful Winter Olympics. Its avera ...
- Reporting On TV Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Gary Holmes - Tuesday, February 18, 2014
In a year of great Sunday night television programming, the evening ...