I made a present for you:

You’re welcome.

Edit — My better half never misses a beat:

Luana: oh, snap. typo!  
“mediocrity”
me: ah! good call
Well, at least mediocracy is a word — I could have done worse
heh
Luana: well, I guess 
me: WE WILL BE GOVERNED BY MEDIOCRE 3DS GAMES

Well, the story has made its rounds, and it seems that most of the net at large is now aware: Viacom will be pulling The Daily Show and The Colbert Report from Hulu effective tomorrow.

It’s sad, yes, and when I heard the news I had a whole speech prepared in my head along the lines of how networks won’t be able to survive much longer if they don’t start taking the digital domain seriously… and so on and so forth. As these things are often wont to happen however, after reading a bit more about what led to the schism, it became all too clear that Viacom takes online television quite seriously; they just don’t think that Hulu provides them with a model that’s financially appealing to them.

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