Tag Archives: TNT

APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION

by Robert van Alstyne When dystopian adventure tale The Hunger Games bowed at the US box office to a staggering $155 million two weeks ago, it reaffirmed the bright fortunes of dark-days programming. Consumers continue to eagerly gobble up apocalyptic programming in all its shattered-society forms, from zombie plague (AMC’s The Walking Dead) and simian […]

SECOND-SCREEN SLAM DUNKS

by Robert van Alstyne My favorite time of the sports-spectator year is spring. With the epic drama of March Madness leading into the NBA playoffs, it’s easy to catch top-flight hoops on TV every evening for three months straight — much to the chagrin of the non-basketball-obsessed in my home. While battles over the remote […]

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