Down at the ‘Roundhouse’“Everybody wants to do something strange, and is. It remains for a few people to stand and watch them and report what it all looks like and […]
Keeping Score with Nick Arcade“The principle is: Do not fear the small number of people. Better three people fully linked together, than more but always disagreeing with […]
ByMathew Klickstein
Getting Out of ControlOut of Control is probably one of the more obscure programs from Nick’s golden era, even though it enjoys the honor of having been the first […]
ByMathew Klickstein
We Double Dare YouAnd then there’s Double Dare.
It was the show that helped usher Nickelodeon into a newly established administration with Gerry Laybourne […]
ByMathew Klickstein
13 Things About Are You Afraid of the Dark?Your younger brothers and sisters (ah, hell, let’s be honest: Your kids) may know DJ MacHale as the author of the wildly successful YA novel […]
ByMathew Klickstein
A Manic Remembrance of The Ren & Stimpy ShowToday was certainly peculiar.
We all have weird, wacky lives these days. But, this morning I was talking to the set designer of Double Dare […]
ByMathew Klickstein
What’s Wrong with Comedy Central?I have been writing about comedy for about seven years now — hi, 2005! — and, whenever I interview a comedian, almost without fail […]
You Don’t Know DougRemember when life was easy? When our most pressing challenge was making sure to get our homework done in time to catch the latest episode of […]
ByMathew Klickstein
The Origin and Early Programs of Comedy CentralTV is usually a tightly-controlled, highly-regulated corporate appendage, except during the loose, early days of a new network, when everybody […]
ByBrian Boone
Community Beats Mad Men: Visualizing TV RatingsWe hear a lot about TV ratings. The Big Bang Theory’s are very high! Community’s are very low! But with original cable programming getting so […]
ByAdam Frucci
This Year’s Cable Lineup Looks Flat-Out AmazingThe new year’s TV schedule looks amazing, at least if Megan Amram’s cable lineups are to be believed. I’m really excited about MTV’s True Life: […]