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Grey's Anatomy: SWOT Analysis

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  Introduction:  Previously in A TV Show Disguised as a Brand: Grey’s Anatomy , an in-depth analysis focused on how peaks on Google Trends didn’t correlate to any major episode; instead, diverse representation and social media campaigns energizing the groundswell formulated a generally positive public and brand image. The surgical-like precision has conjured the formidable societal and cultural power that few other series in the history of entertainment history can claim. In this SWOT analysis, Grey’s Anatomy will be analyzed on both episodic content––as it listens and energizes the groundswell as well as drives marketing materials––and the past, present, and future social media campaigns.  Strengths:  One of Grey’s Anatomy’s greatest strengths is how the show adapts and inhabits cultural trends, forming their storylines around targeting and marketing their groundswell. At the beginning of the series, the series solely focused on the dramatic lives of the characters....

Based On a True Story

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We all love storytelling––whether you love books, music, art, poetry , movies, or TV, we engage with stories on a daily basis. But there is nothing more successful than the intersectionality of these art forms, like the combination of Emily Dickinson’s poetry and the series Dickinson or Red Hot Chili Peppers’ hit song “ Throw Away Your Television. ” Most recently, with the rise of podcasts, TV has collided with podcasts. Only Murders In the Building started the podcast/television lovefest, sparking a new TV trend.  On this Google Trends graph featuring the SEO tendencies for “podcasts,” we can see that around July 2021, there was an incline in popularity.  In August 2021, Only Murders In The Building was first released. Season three began releasing weekly episodes this summer; the first two episodes airing on August 8th (totaling 70 minutes) earned 719 million minutes streamed , showing that roughly 10.3 million people watched the first episodes. According to the book Groun...