A shared television should produce better choices than a personal one. In practice the negotiation tends to push households toward the blandest…
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Jumping into an eight-season show at season five sounds like a shortcut. Sometimes it works perfectly, and the difference comes down to…
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…