Why Readers Keep Turning To Thrillers

“Ask yourself this: is anyone, even the grittiest of Scandinavians, ever going to write a thriller about this week’s murders in Norway? Of course not. It would be like a murder mystery set in Auschwitz. Thrillers operate according to a set of rules, if not always to a formula. The reason that we love them is that they are not, fundamentally, going to surprise us.”

PBS Chief: Reality TV Helps PBS

“Channels that were supposed to replace PBS by offering history, drama and arts programming have increasingly turned to reality television, and the trend is only accelerating. If the rest of the media continues on its current trajectory, PBS and our stations will be the only enterprise whose sole purpose is to provide content of consequence both nationally and locally to all Americans.”