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Alan Sepinwall's blog What's Alan Watching launched in 2005, when he was working as a TV critic at Newark newspaper The Star-Ledger. The site would take the TV episode recap, something popularized on sites like Television Without Pity, and turn it into a place for almost instant analysis of readers' favorite shows. He's since moved on to Hitfix and Uproxx and has written two books, each on some of the greatest shows ever made. He joins Todd to talk about why he favors strong episodes to full seasons, the biggest changes to TV criticism over the years, and the greatest TV series ever made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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As mentioned on the podcast intro. Please vote! For our SXSW Panel on podcasting.  My friends Jemele Hill and Tom Merritt and I are trying to host a panel "Podcasts Grow-Up:  Community and Monetization.  They are both great people and former guests of The Influencer Economy.  If we get enough votes, then we'll be at SXSW next year. http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/48622 For this week's episode, I spoke to Alan Sepinwall the writer of the wildly popular online TV recap column, What's Alan Watching?" and the best-selling book "The Revolution Was Televised.  On this week's show, Alan details how he originated his career as a TV writer, how he wound-up writing for Hitfix.com, and the keys to his successful self-published book. Funny when I listen to this episde, I realize how much better I have improved at interviews. But what strikes me the most proud is that I stayed focus with Alan and got the conversation that I hoped for. He was a fun and insightful guest and we had a lot of ground to cover in 1/2 an hour. Hope you enjoy this! Listen to our archives:  http://www.influencereconomy.com  Follow Ryan on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ryanjwill Alan's history as a TV writer dates back to the 1990's. He's a pioneer in the TV journalism industry, specifically in defining and shaping the category of online TV Show recaps.  He is a great example of a successful creator in The Influencer Economy, as he self-published his book, selling it directly to his community.  He has built an incredibly loyal following from writing online, and was able to deliver a book that his community wanted to read.  He details his unique model of self-publishing which we can all learn from.  Alan's column:  http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching Alan on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/sepinwall Alan's original What's Alan Watching blog:  http://sepinwall.blogspot.com From this episode you'll learn: How Alan launched his writing career writing online in the 1990's about NYPD Blue The history of Alan's "What's Alan Watching?" TV Recap column The background of how Alan went from working for the NJ Times Ledger to writing for the entertainment website Hitfix.com The secrets of how Alan self-published his book and got the attention of traditional publishers The origins of Alan appearing on Bill Simmons' BS Report    

Alan Sepinwall the writer of the wildly popular online TV recap column, What's Alan Watching?" and the best-selling book "The Revoluation Will be Televised.  On this week's show, Alan details how he originated his career as a TV writer, how he wound-up writing for Hitfix.com, and the keys to his successful self-published book. Listen to our archives:  http://www.influencereconomy.com  Follow Ryan on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ryanjwill Alan's history as a TV writer dates back to the 1990's. He's a pioneer in the TV journalism industry, specifically in defining and shaping the category of online TV Show recaps.  He is a great example of a successful creator in The Influencer Economy, as he self-published his book, selling it directly to his community.  He has built an incredibly loyal following from writing online, and was able to deliver a book that his community wanted to read.  He details his unique model of self-publishing which we can all learn from.  Alan's column:  http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching Alan on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/sepinwall Alan's original What's Alan Watching blog:  http://sepinwall.blogspot.com From this episode you'll learn: How Alan launched his writing career writing online in the 1990's about NYPD Blue The history of Alan's "What's Alan Watching?" TV Recap column The background of how Alan went from working for the NJ Times Ledger to writing for the entertainment website Hitfix.com The secrets of how Alan self-published his book and got the attention of traditional publishers The origins of Alan appearing on Bill Simmons' BS Report