This is my personal opinion on how cool Television Broadcast Channels and their Brands are. I based this information on my limited knowledge of percentages and on how many cool shows, in my opinion, there are on that channel. Its also judged by the coolness of the shows that its showing and not by the amount (Reality shows do not count) CBS - 2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Under the Dome. HBO - GIRLS, Game of Thrones, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire. FOX - The Simpsons, American Dad, New Girl, Brooklyn Nine Nine, GLEE. Mnet - Ray Donovan, Suits, Homeland, Nashville. eTV- How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, The Young and the Restless.
I really enjoyed the Emmy's Choreography number. I really want to watch American Horror Story: Asylum. Yes.
Is a Television Show even a brand, or is the Company that pays for it and broadcasts it the Brand? Hmmm... We... with my amount of experience with brands and such things like Branding Strategy I... have no idea.
But I am going to try and make you believe that I know exactly what's going on here.
There are so many Television Broadcasters out there. Just in South Africa we have MNET (Did you know there's also an MNET in South Korea and Australia?), SABC 1,2,3 and eTV. Then we have DSTV with all it's 500 channels, like The Discovery Channel, the History Channel, the Style Network... the list is ENDLESS! Then you have to think about the huge corporations in America and England like Fox, CBS, HBO and the BBC. Television is a huge deal. It brings us all the news and entertainment we could ever wish for, right into our living rooms from around the world.
Let's not get in too over our heads here. Lets start small, not get to crazy over this thing. Its no big deal - its only Brand Strategy.
MNET: Mnet started way back in 1986 and has been going strong ever since, with loads of International hits and a bunch of locally produced shows like Carte Blanche. Over they years, Mnet has increased the viewer ship of their audience by spicing things up with the shows we have all been anxiously awaiting to watch from America and other places overseas. Earlier this year they were screening shows simultaneously to the States, which was pretty cool, because you didn't have to spend all your internet trolling time trying to avoid spoilers of your favourite shows.
"I really enjoy watching Mnet, it has my shows on!" - Kendyll, Durban.
Mnets logo is a blue 'M', in a ribbon that has been spiced up over the years to look more classy and sophisticated, doing the brand well to reach its target audience and really put itself on the map as worth while channel when DSTV came around. It as finally a worthy competitor taking on channels of a higher calibre.
Mnet has many ways of keeping its viewers entertained and in touch on a personal level, with initiatives like Mnet Cares.
There are also many opportunities for viewers to get involved with competitions and premium initiatives with Mnet and DSTV.
Mnets Sunday Night movies have always meant family time for people, and that's the kind of connection with the people of South Africa and the audience that Mnet has built up over the years. They're all about connecting people, bringing magic into their homes and lives.
"It's a good and bad thing. People are sleeping at that time, but the movies are good usually." - Daniel, Johannesburg.
Jimmy Hendrix T-Shirt; Denim High-waisted Shorts; Ankle Boots and a Navy Blue and Red Button-up Jumper. Accessories: Beige Sunnies; floral bracelets and a pair of over sized floral stud earrings.
The Carrie Diaries
Outfit Inspired by Carrie Bradshaw
Blue Cotton Blazer with Pinstripe detail on the sleeve; Pink patterned dress and, a Blue and White satchel handbag. Accessories: Light pink lace glove; Owl earrings with Turquoise inset stone and a flower detailed headband.
The Carrie Diaries
Outfit Inspired by Larissa Loughlin
Black Cropped T-shirt; High-waisted Plaid trousers with Black Velvet Pumps. Accessories: Black Glam Clutch bag; Red Sunnies and a Silver Rope headband.
Two Broke Girls
Outfit Inspired by Caroline Channing
Black Floral Cap Sleeved Blouse and
Rust coloured High-waisted shorts with button detailing.
Accessories: Bronze Chunky bracelets; Crystal pendant and Clock inspired earrings. Leopard print pumps paired with a Brow fedora and a Radio inspired handbag.
Two Broke Girls
Outfit Inspired by Max Black
Black and Red Plaid Collared Shirt, with a Black High-waisted A-line Skirt; paired with Black Platform, lace-up shoes with Pleather detailing on the toe. Accessories: Light Brown Skinny Belt and assorted Rings.
Josh Shwartz is the executive producer of some of he best Teen Dramas to have hit the small screen since Dawson's Creek. Here's a fun fact: He is the youngest person to be in charge of running and producing a television show.
He got his tart producing the Drama series The OC, with 27 episodes commissioned for the first season.
The show was set to air during the American Summer Hiatus, just before the start of their Baseball Season. The shows pilot aired three times before it got a following making the next 7 episodes of the show highly crucial.
The characters gained a huge following making them the most recognisable characters on television at the time.
Since then, Josh Shwartz has gone on to produce other hit teen dramas, including; Gossip Girl, Hart of Dixie and most recently The Carrie Diaries.
“The idea behind that was that Orange County sort of had a very distinct musical sound at that time—there was sort of a scene coming out of there. I always viewed it as wanting the music to feel like an extension of the emotional lives of the characters, which I guess sounds kind of pretentious. When I was sitting down to write the pilot, there was this Joseph Arthur song that plays at the end of the pilot, and when I heard that song, it was like, ‘Oh, okay, this is how I want the end of the show to feel.’ That it was less about the place and more about how our characters were feeling. It was a lot of the music that I was listening to, that other writers were listening to, that the actors were listening to. We didn’t have a lot of money for music back then, and it just happened to be indie rock that we were all listening to. It was cheaper to license, so that was a happy accident."
If there were presidential-type elections for who would be God of the universe, and everything in it, I think Chuck Lorre would be a really good contender.
You may recognise the name form the screens fade to black, where his name is presented in white reverse type in the bottom, left hand corner in most of your favourite TV shows.
If you've ever taken the time to see what Chuck Lorre writes at the end of his shows (I know I have...) in his personal vanity cards, you'll understand my obsession. Not only is he hilarious, talented and charismatic but he is wonderfully passionate and takes the time to tell us why he hates humanity and a bunch of other waffle and I think thats beautiful and amazing and we should all worship Chuck Lorre.
You can now read them all right there infront of your face on the interwebmagicfunplace and be amazed at the amazingness.
Tina Fey is literally my reason for living. When I was much younger, I vowed that I would be her and I would be funny and amazing and not care what anyone thought of me as long as they were laughing. This was pretty much summed up for me when She and Amy Pohler hosted the Emmy Awards, doing impersonations and making jokes on stage that were completely outrageous, and moderately offensive.
I have seen Mean Girls countless times, and pretty much know every line off by heart. It has been almost 10 years since it was released and it is still one of the most relevant movies of our time.
Tina Fey mad history when she became one of Saturday Night Live's first Female Executive writers. DOING IT FOR THE LADIES!
After searching around on the internet for a while, I found that Tina Fey is starting work on a new series, the show will be a female-centric sit-com about a woman who reconnects with her father, and starts a new family on Fire Island. NBC has picked up the series wich is being written by Fey and her 30 Rock co-Star Robert Carlock The show is said to be produced by Colleen McGuinness. Not to mention that it is the first project to be undertaken by Fey's production company: Little Stranger. While the show does not yet have a name it is being highly anticipated by Tina Fey and 30 Rock fans all over the world.
Lena Dunham is a New Yorker, born and bread. She is one of the most amazing writers in the industry today. She has taken her experiences and influence from her environment and made it applicable to the women of our generation. She is a fantastic writer, being able to capture the essence of what it means to be young today, even though it is bleak and hard to digest - I think thats the true beauty - being true to the complexities and nature of people.
Also, she's Fabulous.
You might know her form her raunchy drama GIRLS, or from her film Tiny Furniture.
I should be honest, that the first time I started watching GIRLS I was a little shocked and it took me at least three episodes to get into it, but now Im hooked.
It's the most radical TV Series on air at the moment, airing 13 years after 'Sex and the City', also a complicated drama based around women dealing with relationships in New york city.Back in the 80's SATC was all about women taking back their rights to be treated equally to men in the workplace and the bedroom, we have almost come full circle with GIRLS. The GIRLS Main Character, Hannah, is trying to fight her way through the mine field of having casual sex, keeping her friends, finding the balance, her self and making a career for herself as a writer. She soon finds out that the whole Friends-with-benefits thing is harder than it looks on TV and that she need emotional recognition from her lover.
While Sex and the City was a highly romanticised portrayal of the lives that young, well educated women lead, glamourising the casual one night stands and the relationships between men and women, GIRLS strips it back to the nitty-gritty, hard-to-watch kind of relationships, that hit close to home.
The cast of Girls on HBO
Girls is honest. It is so honest, that people cannot process it. The charecters are so caught up in their own heads, paranoid, and always looking for the next high, wich is how we are as people but we just cant see it. We have been blind to what we have become, and I think that Girls is a crucial turning point in social commentary on the expectations of todays young women.
