Nothing but bad news for TV shopping networks QVC and HSN, as they close their fiscal year. Special guest Marvin Segel, son of QVC founder Joseph Segel, joins the show to unpack the disappointing sales numbers, and discuss the sad layoffs of 400 employees.

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In the 1980s, television experienced a renewed interest in "Bingo" because of the direct-response connections. Once Home Shopping Club (later known as HSN) took off, it was almost inevitable that someone merged the two ideas together, in this pre-QVC world. For three months in late 1986, "Money Mania" was broadcast into 40 million homes. What went wrong with an idea which looked amazing on paper? That's our focus on this episode.

The planned show, what some shopping networks are doing right, will begin after a very deep dive into what's going on with Qurate stock, the owner of QVC and HSN. Plus, what might be a contender for worst holiday commercial of all-time. The show closes with a sad farewell to a small business who tried very hard to make a go of it on Facebook Live.

QVC is getting into making movies, could this be a mistake? Plus a listen to a QVC host selling an iPad after telling you not to buy one before. The ShopHQ numbers are out and they finally tell us where Shaq is. All wrapped around a theme of Christmas and Santa is waiting for you to call him.

This show is an entertaining jumble of what hosts of tv shopping networks should and shouldn't do, hosts leaving the industry, where some of your favorite hosts are going, a look at a small network out of Georgia doing big things, all bookended by children's TV shows.

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In this latest edition, a look at a brilliant hire by Qurate, one of the successful infomercials of 2022 is analyzed to show why it's successful, and the reveal of the podcasts new facebook page.

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Season two kicks off with a look at how the sales are going at QVC, HSN, and ShopHQ in the second quarter of their fiscal years. QVC is making some changes, many of which were suggested on this very podcast in season one. There are new hosts at QVC, one fewer at ShopHQ, and where is Shaq? Plus a quick tribute to an amazing pet, for whom the production company is named after.

In the finale to season one, the Quarate numbers for Q1 are out, and it isn't pretty. Plus, the president of HSN sent an email to the customers, what did it say? Shawn will tell you. Then a look back at a very famous commercial from 1980, before we wrap up season one with some thoughts, comments, and plugs. Season 2 will debut September 1st (roughly).

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TV shopping meets facebook, in this episode which could also be explained by the old adage "everything old is new again". Today Shawn examines the small businesses who are taking to facebook in a way, almost identical to how the founders of the tv shopping industry were doing it forty years ago.

First there was TV, then cable TV, then OTT (over the top) TV and now it's all about CTV. In this episode, Shawn looks at how the future of all the cable shopping networks could be in something similar to an app., which QVC is already using on AppleTV.