How is your favorite TV show doing? The application Graph TV will show you in just a few seconds. See every episode, separated by season, graphed by its IMDb ratings. You can see here how the show Breaking Bad struggled at the beginning, then found its footing with fans. At the site, you can click on a dot and go to the IMDb page for that episode. The very highest-rated Breaking Bad episode is "Ozymandias," as fans would have guessed, with "Felina" in second place. I tried to stump the graphs, putting in older and older shows. Below is the graph for The Andy Griffith Show.
You can see how the show just ran out of stream when Don Knotts left and color was added, even though the Neilsen ratings remained high. The oldest TV show I could think of was The Amos ’n Andy Show -and it graphed, too! I guess IMDb fans take every show, as well as every movie, seriously. Check it out and see what your favorite series looks like. -via Laughing Squid
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Anyhow, I'm a huge fan of old non-fiction and Google Books is one of my favorite spots to peruse.
It really is a GREAT deal to have all these classic PopSci issues available for easy browsing! For years both my father and I were Popular Science subscribers. I finally canned it about 10 years ago when the magazine really degenerated and adopted a "jam anything & everything green down your throat editorial policy" ... They've basically morphed into Popular One-Sided Left Wing Science and the science is particulary weak these days. Of course, they were never as egg-heady as Scientific American (itself a disaster today for the same reasons... quite a shame) but they did focus on emerging technology and generally presented a neutral political stance and objective editorial policy. Well, those days are long gone.
But at least we can look back on these old classics that aimed to teach people and present alternate views on future technology. Good stuff, but sad how far things have fallen with them.
Thank you!
sincerely, Norma E. Mizer
I'm trying to find the issue that had the plans for a gas engine powered model airplane called "Miss Sicence" or "Miss Scientific" Around 1941,1942 or 1943.
Thanks
Charlie Calvert