World Screen Newsflash looks at how the broadcast networks, in the early 2000s, upped their programming game in response to the innovation that was coming from cable channels.
Tag: World Screen @ 35
World Screen @ 35: Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
January 5, 2021
World Screen Newsflash examines the phenomenon that was Breaking Bad and its prequel, Better Call Saul.
World Screen @ 35: Mad Men
December 22, 2020
World Screen Newsflash takes a look at Mad Men and how it turned AMC into a must-watch destination for quality television.
World Screen @ 35: Basic Cable Revolution
December 15, 2020
World Screen Newsflash looks at how the success of The Sopranos influenced significant changes in programming and the fortunes of several basic cable channels.
World Screen @ 35: The Sopranos Effect
December 3, 2020
World Screen Newsflash looks back at interviews with some of the writers who worked on The Sopranos and the impact it had on them and other talent.
World Screen @ 35: Leading Up to The Sopranos
November 25, 2020
World Screen Newsflash looks at a ground-breaking drama set in a maximum-security prison and how it paved the way for The Sopranos and a host of other high-end scripted dramas.
World Screen @ 35: In the Beginning
November 3, 2020
As World Screen marks its 35th anniversary in this most unusual and challenging year, we realize how much information, edification, entertainment and distraction—vital now to mental health!—television shows have brought us.