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

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tmc...@gmail.com

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Mar 25, 2022, 9:14:43 AM3/25/22
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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

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Mar 25, 2022, 9:43:50 AM3/25/22
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tmc...@gmail.com wrote:

>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

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Mar 25, 2022, 10:15:50 AM3/25/22
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In article <t1kguk$c6r$2...@dont-email.me>, Ubiquitous
<web...@polaris.net> wrote:

> tmc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >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

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Dec 6, 2022, 5:12:31 AM12/6/22
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Excellent news!

-Micky


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