Author: Luke Bouma
Recent Post:
-
41 Years Ago Today: George C. Scott’s Definitive A Christmas Carol First Haunted British Television Screens
On this day in 1984, British viewers settling in for their evening television were treated to one of the most revered adaptations ever made of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. The 1984 television film, directed by Clive Donner and starring George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, premiered on ITV in the United Kingdom exactly 41…
-
Walmart Takes Over Your Roku TV & Roku Player With a New Roku City Dedicated to All Things Walmart & Black Friday
Walmart has unveiled a complete overhaul of Roku’s iconic Roku City screen saver, reimagining the digital metropolis as a sprawling, enchanted realm teeming with Black Friday promotions. Launching just days before the 2025 shopping frenzy on November 28, this new screen saver transports idle Roku users into a whimsical landscape where towering Walmart supercenters rise…
-
Black Friday Deal! Amazon’s Echo Show 15 & Echo Show 21 With a Fire TV Built-In Are On Sale At Their Lowest Prices Ever! One of The Best Small TVs For Cord Cutting
Amazon has some of its Black Friday deals nwo live!. Kicking off today and running through Cyber Monday at the forefront of the buzz stand two standout offers on Amazon’s Echo Show devices: the Echo Show 15 slashed to an unbelievable $254.99 from its original $299 price tag, and the expansive Echo Show 21 marked…
-
Top 10 Cable TV Networks Most Likely to Shutdown As of November 2025
The cable television landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation as cord-cutting accelerates and streaming services continue their rise to dominance. Many cable networks are facing an uncertain future, with some forced to make drastic changes or face a potential shutdown. This comes as reports are out that cable TV networks could lose up to 20…
-
Big Changes Are Coming to YouTube TV With New Cheaper TV Packages and ESPN Unlimited
In a bold move to capture a broader slice of the cord-cutting market, YouTube TV has unveiled plans for sweeping changes that promise to make premium streaming more accessible than ever. The Google-owned service, already a powerhouse with over 8 million subscribers, is gearing up to launch a suite of cheaper TV packages starting early…
-
Fubo Accuses NBCUniversal of Demanding Higher Fees Than Other Providers & Promises $15 Credits If a Deal is Not Reached
Fubo, the sports-focused live TV streaming service, has publicly stated that its ongoing carriage dispute with NBCUniversal boils down to one central issue: NBCUniversal is insisting that Fubo pay significantly higher per-subscriber fees for its suite of networks than the company charges traditional cable and satellite providers. This comes as Fubo lost access to NBC,…
-
30 Years Ago Today: “Toy Story” Changed Cinema Forever
Exactly thirty years ago, on November 22, 1995, a modest-looking animated film about sentient toys quietly rolled into theaters and rewrote the rulebook of moviemaking. Toy Story, the world’s first feature-length movie created entirely with computer-generated imagery (CGI), opened to $39.1 million domestically over the Thanksgiving weekend and eventually grossed $373 million worldwide on a…
-
94 Years Ago Today: James Whale’s “Frankenstein” Premiered on November 21, 1931
94 years ago today, Universal Pictures unleashed one of the most enduring icons in cinema history when James Whale’s Frankenstein had its world premiere at the Mayfair Theatre in New York City on November 21, 1931. Starring a virtually unknown British actor named Boris Karloff as the tragic Monster, the film instantly electrified audiences and…
-
49 Years Ago Today: “Rocky” Premiered and Changed Hollywood Forever
On November 21, 1976 — exactly 49 years ago this evening — a low-budget underdog story titled Rocky had its world premiere at the Baronet Theatre in Manhattan. What began as a desperate 3½-day writing sprint by an out-of-work actor named Sylvester Stallone would, within months, become a global phenomenon, win the Academy Award for…
-
42 Years Ago Today: 100 Million Americans Watched “The Day After” – The Television Event That Froze a Nation
Exactly 42 years ago, on Sunday evening, November 20, 1983, an estimated 100 million people – roughly 38% of the entire U.S. population and the largest audience ever for a made-for-television movie – sat transfixed in front of their sets as ABC aired The Day After, a harrowing two-hour dramatization of the moments before, during,…