Pontificating on Cable Television in The Washington Times

It’s no secret that I love seeing movies in the theater, but as Slate’s Edward Jay Epstein is constantly reminding us, Hollywood is shrinking—at least in screen size. The film industry now derives the vast majority of its income from small screen endeavors. And, seeing as I’ve recently confessed my affinity for a certain spacefaring TV show, it’s safe to say that the idiot box is an important component of the filmed entertainment equation—meaning I've got an interest in it. With that, I’ll make the cumbersome transition to noting my most recent article in The Washington Times, which explains why “a la carte” cable regulations—which would require cable operators to sell individual channels rather than in the bundles they currently serve—are, counter intuitively, a bad idea. Buy a copy of the print edition or read the article online here.