When I was 8 to 12, I was big into Dungeons & Dragons. My brother was five years older, and sometimes I could sit with his friends and play. We had all the books, much to the chagrin of my parents. When the D&D cartoon came on, all other things ceased to exist for those short 30 minute chunks of time.
Now that I'm older, I watch a new show called Start-Up Junkies, its on the MOJO channel. I first heard about the show at my local .Net User Group meeting. The PADNUG organization gets together about once a month, sponsors buy pizza and someone presents for 60-90 minutes on a .Net related topic; recruiters abound here. Being so close to Redmond, we're a little spoiled with lots of juggernaut speakers around. At the last meeting, Matt Davis gave what was arguably one of the best sessions I've ever seen here. He's a relaxed speaker and clearly an expert in his craft.
Matt works for a company called Earth Class Mail, a start-up with a great idea. They offer a mail processing service. When you sign up, you change your address and send your mail to them. They scan all of your mail and you access it online. They can scan just the outside of the envelope or open and scan all of the contents too. You can shred it or have the physical document sent to you if you want to keep it. The company was growing at a reasonable pace when they signed on the mysterious giant corporate client, code-named "cheetah". If they make this pilot project with cheetah work, they'll be huge. Matt mentioned the TV show in passing during the presentation and I looked it up.
Start-Up Junkies follows the company through the frantic pace of trying to scale up without failing. I saw the .com bubble rise and fall so I really get this show. The cameras wander all over the offices, covering the CEO, marketing, sales, I.T. and operations. Sometimes I'm cheering and other times I'm yelling and the screen and shouting WTF!?!?!
I love my job and now I get to watch a little bit of it portrayed on HDTV. Watching in the one-piece jammies with feet is optional.