TV Archives - Principally Uncertain

Will Winter ever come? Morbidly modeling George R.R. Martin’s writing pace

By: Patrick W. ZimmermanThere is rampant speculation that George R.R. Martin will, in fact, never finish his epic A Song of Ice and Fire low...More

2018-08-14 Patrick W. Zimmerman

Does it pay to be gay (on TV)?

By: Tonya Smith (Writing, PI) and Patrick W. Zimmerman (research, dashboards)It takes some serious chutzpah to broadcast your love interests to millions of people all...More

2017-12-19 Tonya Smith

The history of the future: Science fiction tells us a lot about our past (but stinks at predicting technological change)

By: Patrick W. ZimmermanFrom its inception, science fiction has exhibited a central tension, between optimists who saw technological change as a way to solve the...More

2017-04-04 Patrick W. Zimmerman

Endless nostalgia: Hollywood in the hinterland, past, present, & future

This is post 6 of 6 in the series “Sequelmania” The Endless Story: Sequels, reboots and prequels, oh my! The Endless Story: Hollywood has always...More

2017-03-07 Rich Van Heertum

The Endless Story: TV’s second Golden Age

This is post 5 of 6 in the series “Sequelmania” The Endless Story: Sequels, reboots and prequels, oh my! The Endless Story: Hollywood has always...More

2017-02-28 Rich Van Heertum

The Endless Story: Sequels, reboots and prequels, oh my!

This is post 1 of 6 in the series “Sequelmania” The Endless Story: Sequels, reboots and prequels, oh my! The Endless Story: Hollywood has always...More

2017-02-07 Rich Van Heertum