Higher education advocates cite the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) findings that college graduates make, on average, twice as much a week as a high school graduate and have a 50 percent lower unemployment rate. In January 2021, the United States Federal Reserve reported that there was $1.57 Trillion in outstanding student loan debt among 45 million borrowers with a 11 percent, and rising, student loan default rate. Higher education can be a pathway for a long and successful life and career, but it can also be a pathway for ruinous lifelong debt.

TV’s come a long way in the last decade. The supersonic rise of streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, and ever-growing availability of fast, reliable broadband, has spawned a new golden age of television, convincing many consumers to cut the cord for good. At the same time, viewing behavior has fundamentally changed, with more and more people watching TV both on their phones and on demand. In other words, at their own pace and on their own schedules.