Derek Thompson

And then I could fall asleep between like minute 15 and minute 52 because I knew how the diagnosis was presenting itself. I understood the symptoms. I knew they were going to click through a bunch of false diagnoses. And then at minute 53, House would have some eureka moment and he would say, oh, it's lupus. Oh, it's this brain, you know, blood barrier situation.

And then I could fall asleep between like minute 15 and minute 52 because I knew how the diagnosis was presenting itself. I understood the symptoms. I knew they were going to click through a bunch of false diagnoses. And then at minute 53, House would have some eureka moment and he would say, oh, it's lupus. Oh, it's this brain, you know, blood barrier situation.

And with shows that are designed to be little mystery boxes, There's a sense that the audience has that's like, I'm going to understand the nature of the mystery in episode one. I'm going to have the mystery solved for me nine hours from now. So in the middle, it's like, what do you do?

And with shows that are designed to be little mystery boxes, There's a sense that the audience has that's like, I'm going to understand the nature of the mystery in episode one. I'm going to have the mystery solved for me nine hours from now. So in the middle, it's like, what do you do?

And with shows that are designed to be little mystery boxes, There's a sense that the audience has that's like, I'm going to understand the nature of the mystery in episode one. I'm going to have the mystery solved for me nine hours from now. So in the middle, it's like, what do you do?

And I'm not taking anything away from the wonderful television detectives that The Ringer and other places employ, but I do think that from the perspective of someone who is not paid to analyze television, It's honestly just like a lot of beautiful images. Beautiful white noise. Beautiful white noise where the plot is moving very slowly.

And I'm not taking anything away from the wonderful television detectives that The Ringer and other places employ, but I do think that from the perspective of someone who is not paid to analyze television, It's honestly just like a lot of beautiful images. Beautiful white noise. Beautiful white noise where the plot is moving very slowly.

And I'm not taking anything away from the wonderful television detectives that The Ringer and other places employ, but I do think that from the perspective of someone who is not paid to analyze television, It's honestly just like a lot of beautiful images. Beautiful white noise. Beautiful white noise where the plot is moving very slowly.

I mean, Tim Ratliff basically was on like SSRIs for like two and a half hours, just like falling asleep. I was like, we can probably move this character forward a little bit. Yeah. Not just waking up and going into naps.

I mean, Tim Ratliff basically was on like SSRIs for like two and a half hours, just like falling asleep. I was like, we can probably move this character forward a little bit. Yeah. Not just waking up and going into naps.

I mean, Tim Ratliff basically was on like SSRIs for like two and a half hours, just like falling asleep. I was like, we can probably move this character forward a little bit. Yeah. Not just waking up and going into naps.

I have three responses. One is that you're describing, I think, a really clean generational difference. I'll bet if you looked at the average age that ABC and NBC are giving their advertisers for those late night shows, I'll bet that average age is going up and up and up, not only because

I have three responses. One is that you're describing, I think, a really clean generational difference. I'll bet if you looked at the average age that ABC and NBC are giving their advertisers for those late night shows, I'll bet that average age is going up and up and up, not only because

I have three responses. One is that you're describing, I think, a really clean generational difference. I'll bet if you looked at the average age that ABC and NBC are giving their advertisers for those late night shows, I'll bet that average age is going up and up and up, not only because

of younger people moving toward non-cable bundle options, but also because, to your point, 20-somethings and 30-somethings, 40-somethings, if they're doing talk shows, they're doing talk shows on YouTube. They're looking at their laptop screen. They're not necessarily opening up. They're not going to TV and waiting until 11.30 in order to get their talk shows.

of younger people moving toward non-cable bundle options, but also because, to your point, 20-somethings and 30-somethings, 40-somethings, if they're doing talk shows, they're doing talk shows on YouTube. They're looking at their laptop screen. They're not necessarily opening up. They're not going to TV and waiting until 11.30 in order to get their talk shows.

of younger people moving toward non-cable bundle options, but also because, to your point, 20-somethings and 30-somethings, 40-somethings, if they're doing talk shows, they're doing talk shows on YouTube. They're looking at their laptop screen. They're not necessarily opening up. They're not going to TV and waiting until 11.30 in order to get their talk shows.

So my first response was going to be that you're looking at a generational difference. The second response was going to be that... I think new media and old media are going through a period of becoming more like each other.

So my first response was going to be that you're looking at a generational difference. The second response was going to be that... I think new media and old media are going through a period of becoming more like each other.

So my first response was going to be that you're looking at a generational difference. The second response was going to be that... I think new media and old media are going through a period of becoming more like each other.