The Next Action Star and Starlet were bad ideas because you can't deliver that. Even on The Apprentice, you can't turn those people into captains of industry. You can, in fact, say We're doing a show on the Food Network and whoever wins gets a show on the Food Network. How can we do that We're the Food Network. These are networks that can do what they promise to do.
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These kinds of characters are so satisfying to male viewers because culture has told them to be powerful and effective and to get things done, and at the same time they're living, operating and working in places that are constantly defying that.Robert Thompson
Parents are now talking about kids staying home playing poker instead of going out to movies. It opened up this whole other area.
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Even Candy Land (a child's game invented in 1949) has a special anniversary edition. Old-fashioned board games are enjoying a real renaissance.
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It's the most successful created national holiday since Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving.
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There's a lot of people that are going to become homeless cause they can't afford to live anywhere.
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