Appointment-based TV viewing is on the wane, with more people choosing to spend a weekend catching up on a month
@ Variety Summit: How DVR Is Forcing The Networks — And Nielsen — To Change
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Appointment-based TV viewing is on the wane, with more people choosing to spend a weekend catching up on a month

Dana Walden's description of what Fox has in mind when they first decide to create a show is interesting. Should the whole conception of the show change based on distribution channel expectations? Perhaps.
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