Incorporating a Halloween-themed episode into a television series season is not a new thing. In the 1960s, it started with Halloween-y television shows like Bewitched, The Addams Family, and The Twilight Zone. By the early 1970s, the idea spread to mainstream television programs with The Brady Bunch (1972), Happy Days…
Trilogies are common in sci-fi and fantasy books and movies, fitting nicely into the broad story template known as the hero's journey, where a central character goes on an adventure, wins a victory, and comes home changed. "If you make a trilogy, the whole point is to get to…
Women make up just 39% of speaking roles on television and 32% in movies, according to recently released research by the San Diego State University's Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. Of those roles, male characters are significantly more likely to be seen working (about 60%…
Billboard has published a Year-End Hot 100 every December since 1958. The chart measures the performance of singles in the U.S. throughout the year. Using R, I’ve combined the lyrics from 50 years of Billboard Year-End Hot 100 (1965-2015) into one dataset for analysis. You can download that…