Ken Levine on Binge Viewing

Not sure we agree with him here, but so what?

netflix-tvwriter.comThe Trouble with Binging
by Ken Levine

No, this is not about eating disorders (in case you found your way here through a search engine or activist group that didn’t bother to read the post before linking to it). It’s about television binging. It’s about watching a hundred episodes of DEXTER at one sitting and then never being able to sleep with the light off.

Binging is the new way we’re watching television. Viewers now have to make a tough choice. Wait a week for the next installment of your favorite show? Or send the kids to boarding school so you’ll have time to finally catch up on SONS OF ANARCHY? read article

BINGE WATCHING is the Phrase of the Day

…And ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT is its prophet. Or something like that.

‘Arrested Development’ and How the Rise of Binge Watching Is Changing TV – by John Lichman read article