Struggling authors, many with limited writing and storytelling skills, suddenly found an audience desperate to read their work. When typewriters became available in the 1870s, authors were able to maximize their profits.
Season opener of "Two and a Half Men" with Ashton Kutcher drew an astronomical 27.7 million viewers -- dwarfing the "Dancing With the Stars" audience by a margin of 9 million viewers!
Olympic ice dancers must maintain a stoic smile before an audience and a panel of judges, even as their bodies and brains are undergoing Olympic-level stress. Some skaters joke that it's the hardest part of the sport!
Olympic ice dancers must maintain a stoic smile before an audience and a panel of judges, even as their bodies and brains are undergoing Olympic-level stress. Some skaters joke that it's the hardest part of the sport!
Olympic ice dancers must maintain a stoic smile before an audience and a panel of judges, even as their bodies and brains are undergoing Olympic-level stress. Some skaters joke that it's the hardest part of the sport!
It is a TV show about cartoon horses made for little girls. Yet in just three years, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has amassed a huge following among an unlikely audience - grown men. They call themselves Bronies.
It is a TV show about cartoon horses made for little girls. Yet in just three years, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has amassed a huge following among an unlikely audience - grown men. They call themselves Bronies.
It is a TV show about cartoon horses made for little girls. Yet in just three years, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has amassed a huge following among an unlikely audience - grown men. They call themselves Bronies.
The term blockbuster coalesced around the release of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” becoming a genre defined by massive budgets, merchandising, and mainstream audiences.
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a gentle comedic drama about disparate British retirees who decamp to India. It's reception has been robust, especially among the generally overlooked audience of older adults.
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a gentle comedic drama about disparate British retirees who decamp to India. It's reception has been robust, especially among the generally overlooked audience of older adults.
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a gentle comedic drama about disparate British retirees who decamp to India. It's reception has been robust, especially among the generally overlooked audience of older adults.
"Bodyguards and Assassins" represents a new model of Chinese filmmaking. It has 100 percent Chinese financing - half private and half public - and is being shot primarily for a Chinese audience.
"Bodyguards and Assassins" represents a new model of Chinese filmmaking. It has 100 percent Chinese financing - half private and half public - and is being shot primarily for a Chinese audience.
Grand historical sets are a staple of Chinese epics. But in the past, most of those films were shot with international money for an international audience.
Grand historical sets are a staple of Chinese epics. But in the past, most of those films were shot with international money for an international audience.
In the last couple of years the Chinese market has exploded, and for the first time films are being produced for just that audience. Foreign sales are no longer the biggest slice of the pie in terms of recoup.
In the last couple of years the Chinese market has exploded, and for the first time films are being produced for just that audience. Foreign sales are no longer the biggest slice of the pie in terms of recoup.
"The Legend of Korra" takes audiences back to shadowy snowscapes and pastoral tribal villages. But this show also includes a steampunk metropolis with coughing cars and floating iron blimps.
"The Legend of Korra" takes audiences back to shadowy snowscapes and pastoral tribal villages. But this show also includes a steampunk metropolis with coughing cars and floating iron blimps.
If I want to keep Peeta alive, I’ve got to give the audience something more to care about. Star-crossed lovers desperate to get home together. Two hearts beating as one. Romance.
On the premiere of her final season, Oprah announced she was sending her entire audience on an all-expenses-paid trip to Australia. But this publicity spot does not come cheap.
"The audience was the most fragrant we have played to --it was slightly unnerving to see row upon row of bowed heads instead of applauding human beings," said the conductor.