Just a quick note reflecting on the end of two of my “appointment” TV shows in the last two days and how their main characters were true to their personal brands (SPOILER ALERT FOR THOSE WHO ARE CATCHING UP ON DVR’s) The two “Jacks,” Jack Bauer on 24 and Dr. Jack Shephard on “LOST” remained [...]
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The two “Jacks” and their personal brands
Posted by Jon Newman on May 25, 2010
http://hodgesblog.com/2010/05/25/the-two-jacks-and-their-personal-brands/
The “last” miracle?
The are few moments of one’s life that are so important to be worthy of the question “where were you when?…” In my case, I was at the student radio station at Rutgers University 30 years ago. Watching the old Associated Press machine for updates of a hockey game being played in Lake Placid, [...]
Posted by Jon Newman on February 22, 2010
http://hodgesblog.com/2010/02/22/the-last-miracle/
Reinventing the network morning show
The recent announcement that Diane Sawyer will take Charlie Gibson’s seat on ABC’s “World News Tonight” not only has far reaching implications for the dying art that is network morning news, but also is sending a shutter through the “prime time” world that is morning television. There was a time where the naming of a [...]
Posted by Jon Newman on September 3, 2009
http://hodgesblog.com/2009/09/03/reinventing-the-network-morning-show/
