Broadcast is back, baby - #3019
The Tom Barnard Podcast
05/29/26
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The 2025-2026 TV season is over, and the numbers are in. Broadcast TV is in the tens of millions again. Netflix is still higher, but still. We thought TV would be dead at this point.
Topics:
TV season wrap-up
The Simpsons are still going
Old TVs
Dressing up on planes
Defunct stores and malls
The Backrooms
Indie horror
The Crash
Tim's Mother-in-law
Previous Episode
Childhood obesity is a major issue. Diet is the biggest factor there, easily. But is fitness lagging as well? Vinnie thinks that kids these days aren't being made to exercise in school like they used to. Mike disagrees. The rest of us are still thinking about that matzo ball soup. In moderation, of course.
Topics:
Comics Unleashed isn't doing so well
People aren't watching late night TV
The decline of the deli
Gene Simmons breaks Lassman's desk
Vinnie Tortorich's business woes
Fitness in school
Next Episode
Hollywood might be on the downswing. But that doesn't mean movies are making no money - far from it. It's just that half the ones making money are low budget indie horror movies. Is that a good thing? It is if you're sick of endless sequels and derivative works. Not so much if big budget spectacles are more your speed.
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