The Future of TV

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
We may have reached the end of television as we know it. What comes next? Find out why the three major networks will need to make some major changes if they want to survive, and whether niche programming and "choose your own plot" interactive options might be the future. Entertainment Weekly columnist Mark Harris has written an article for the September 2008 Conde Nast Portfolio called "Saving TV."

Weigh in: What do you like and dislike about today's network TV programming? What do you predict will be hot in the TV world 10 years from now?

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