I typically like to know how an episode of a TV show ends just as I start to watch it - usually one of the Law & Order franchise but really, any drama.
I don't like to watch the episodes all the way through unless I know how they are going to end - so I go online and do a search on the series and the the episode name and "recap," and sometimes it comes up that a Law & Order blog (All Things Law & Order) has the recap (a blog that the author has not monetized, interestingly - I'd've thought she'd've joined Amazon.com or BN.com and put ads for the DVDs or videogames on her site...)
Anyway...I'm also watching a Mexican soap opera called Una Familia Con Suerte, in an effort to improve my Spanish. Actually, the term for these things is a "telenovela."
This one lasted for a year, and I think it's about halfway through now. I didn't want to have to wait a whole year to find out how it ended, so I went online and did searches for recaps of the episodes - and there *is* a site that shares summaries of Spanish telenovelas, in English, but it's very poorly designed and I could never track down all the daily episodes for Una Familia Con Suerte. (And it wasn't moneitized either.) Finally I did find a site, in Spanish, and learned what I wanted to know...(and the last episode is actually available to watch on YouTube!)
So, if you like a TV show - probably a drama would have more change of getting readers than a sitcom - whether it's a new one that is just starting or one that has been on for a while, try starting a blog dedicated to that TV show and providing synopses of episodes, because you may be sure someone's going to do a search on the web to find out how a particular episode ended and who the villain was or who lives or dies - depending on what type of show it is, of course.
Moonetize it with DVDs of the shows, novelizations of episodes, etc. as an affiliate with Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.
Specialist blogs are much more successful than generalist blogs when it comes to earning money from affiliate sites (unless you live in Hollywood and can do a gossip site on all the actors, but that's rare...)
Find a TV show - or any subject that interests you - start a blog and post in it daily and make it an "authority site," and you will attract visitors and income from Google Adsense and your book store affiliates.
(Be aware that it may take three or four weeks before you start getting hits - don't worry about how long it takes for Search Engines to start indexing you or people to start finding you. If you post quality content every day - sooner or later your audience will arrive.
If it's a Really Popular Show....
Some shows become so popular that people will want to create their own magazine or site dedicated to the show, and will look for a freelance writer who will want to write articles on the show in all its aspects - so if you like a show, be sure to keep detailed notes on it.
I actually once had the opportunity to write articles on the show The Living Dead- or whatever that latest zombie show is called...it would have paid well but I would have had to track down the episodes and watch them - since horror shows aren't my cup of tea.... however, fortunately I got a much better gig at the same time so had to tender my regrets...
But, "you never know," as the saying goes.
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