THB: A Personal Note

Hello everyone -

This week is the 2nd anniversary of me charging for the newsletter. The 3rd anniversary of the newsletter in full is coming in October.

I just want to thank you all for reading… and for those of you who have paid for subscriptions for your financial support. And for that matter, for the companies who have bought award ads an dsupported this effort in these first 3 years. If you all disappeared, this newletter would disappear. But even more than the money, I appreciate the engagement. I believe, above all, in the conversation.

People ask me how I write so much. Well, I don’t write because its an assignment or even because I can make money. I write because I feel compelled to do so. I get a certain kind of joy from consuming movies and television and theater and books. I have always been amazed by how a quality movie and sometimes a TV show can absolutely turn a horrible mood into a peaceful sense of all being right in the world instantly.

The thing about TV is that it …