‘It’s Not TV’ gives a decades-spanning overview of the HBO cable/streaming network. What started as the destination for the Thrilla in Manilla, HBO would go on to cement itself as the place for groundbreaking, and prestige television. Though the present-day challenges are also discussed as the network faces the difficult reality of transitioning from a…
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How to Win the Bachelor
So what does it take to write a book on ‘The Bachelor’? The research process itself is daunting. The American version of the show spans double-digit seasons across multiple decades. So to research their subject the journalists undertook a process called the hyperbinge, watching all seasons over 72 days at 2x speed, documenting the strategies…
