“How miniseries demand is leading the TV revolution.”

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of radio, television and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by Yahoo! Finance for the story “How miniseries demand is leading the TV revolution.” Thompson, an expert on pop culture and the television industry, says that streaming has changed the business model of television and has lead to a revival of miniseries. “These mini-series are great for art, and, they fit beautifully into the subscription model,” Thompson says, because they have “value that keeps on giving.”