A watchlist that only grows has stopped being a list and become a source of guilt. The fix is not discipline. It…
What to Watch
The shortlist itself: what to open tonight when you have no research left in you.
A shared television should produce better choices than a personal one. In practice the negotiation tends to push households toward the blandest…
The choice between a film and a series is usually framed as a matter of preference. It is actually a scheduling decision,…
Rewatching is usually described with an apology attached. The apology is unnecessary, provided you know which kind of rewatch you are doing…
Jumping into an eight-season show at season five sounds like a shortcut. Sometimes it works perfectly, and the difference comes down to…
A high aggregate score tells you that many people liked something. It does not tell you whether you will, and the two…
Judging a series by its first episode is standard advice and frequently wrong. Three well-known cases show how a pilot can misrepresent…
Most viewing decisions are made without asking the only question that determines whether the session succeeds: how much attention do I actually…
The show everyone is discussing is usually the worst possible choice for the evening you have. Attention is the scarce resource, and…