Former MTV and Comedy Central boss is starting a podcast on the glory days of cable TV

[Terrence Clay]

https://deadline.com/2022/03/glory-days-of-cable-tv-to-be-explored-podcast-doug-herzog-1234983331/

Doug Herzog, who spent nearly four decades at Viacom, is teaming with Vulture TV critic Jen Chaney and SiriusXM on the podcast Basic! According to Deadline, "the show will revisit cable’s low-budget, quirky beginnings all the way up to the Emmy Award-winning premium dramas of the modern era. Basic! will feature interviews with the stars and key players that helped make cable TV the most important utility in any American home." Guests include Jimmy Kimmel, Cindy Crawford, Amy Schumer, Fab Five Freddy, Neal Brennan and Tim Gunn.

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https://deadline.com/2022/03/glory-days-of-cable-tv-to-be-explored-podcast-doug-herzog-1234983331/

Doug Herzog, who spent nearly four decades at Viacom, is teaming with
Vulture TV critic Jen Chaney and SiriusXM on the podcast Basic! According
to Deadline, "the show will revisit cable’s low-budget, quirky beginnings
all the way up to the Emmy Award-winning premium dramas of the modern era.
Basic! will feature interviews with the stars and key players that helped
make cable TV the most important utility in any American home." Guests
include Jimmy Kimmel, Cindy Crawford, Amy Schumer, Fab Five Freddy, Neal
Brennan and Tim Gunn.

[Ubiquitous]

Post by Terrence Clay
Doug Herzog, who spent nearly four decades at Viacom, is teaming with
Vulture TV critic Jen Chaney and SiriusXM on the podcast Basic! According
to Deadline, "the show will revisit cable’s low-budget, quirky beginnings
all the way up to the Emmy Award-winning premium dramas of the modern era.
Basic! will feature interviews with the stars and key players that helped
make cable TV the most important utility in any American home." Guests
include Jimmy Kimmel, Cindy Crawford, Amy Schumer, Fab Five Freddy, Neal
Brennan and Tim Gunn.

With the exception of Cindy Crawford, how are these guests related to MTV?

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Let's go Brandon!

[A Friend]

Post by Terrence Clay
Doug Herzog, who spent nearly four decades at Viacom, is teaming with
Vulture TV critic Jen Chaney and SiriusXM on the podcast Basic! According
to Deadline, "the show will revisit cableís low-budget, quirky beginnings
all the way up to the Emmy Award-winning premium dramas of the modern era.
Basic! will feature interviews with the stars and key players that helped
make cable TV the most important utility in any American home."

The most important "utility" in any American home is electricity,
making possible the refrigerator and the hot-water heater. It sure as
hell isn't cable television.

[Micky DuPree]

Post by Terrence Clay
https://deadline.com/2022/03/glory-days-of-cable-tv-to-be-explored-podcast-doug-herzog-1234983331/
Doug Herzog, who spent nearly four decades at Viacom, is teaming with
Vulture TV critic Jen Chaney and SiriusXM on the podcast Basic! According
to Deadline, "the show will revisit cable’s low-budget, quirky beginnings
all the way up to the Emmy Award-winning premium dramas of the modern era.
Basic! will feature interviews with the stars and key players that helped
make cable TV the most important utility in any American home." Guests
include Jimmy Kimmel, Cindy Crawford, Amy Schumer, Fab Five Freddy, Neal
Brennan and Tim Gunn.

Excellent news!

-Micky

[super70s]

Post by Micky DuPree

Post by Terrence Clay
https://deadline.com/2022/03/glory-days-of-cable-tv-to-be-explored-podcast-do
ug-herzog-1234983331/
Doug Herzog, who spent nearly four decades at Viacom, is teaming with
Vulture TV critic Jen Chaney and SiriusXM on the podcast Basic! According
to Deadline, "the show will revisit cable‚s low-budget, quirky beginnings
all the way up to the Emmy Award-winning premium dramas of the modern era.
Basic! will feature interviews with the stars and key players that helped
make cable TV the most important utility in any American home." Guests
include Jimmy Kimmel, Cindy Crawford, Amy Schumer, Fab Five Freddy, Neal
Brennan and Tim Gunn.

Excellent news!
-Micky

Maybe they can go into what a sheer rip off cable turned out to be from
its initial promise of only paying for content -- paying for the
privilege of watching commercials along with content.