Nowadays, the television viewer is a meaner, more cynical beast, watching for arguments over harmony, for the misery as much as the triumph.
I had followed the case from the day of the murder, reporting for Newsweek and later for the Daily Beast, watching as Kercher's name sank lower and lower in the copy each time a story was published.
Lufthansa, another of Europe's big beasts, is watching events in Madrid closely and may yet enter the fray.If acquisitions prove too costly or complex, carriers can take advantage of the new regime in other ways, such as by adding routes to their schedules.
ABC staff told Weekly Beast they watched on "with their jaws on the floor" as Guthrie became very defensive and raised her voice, repeatedly asking them "what they would do" and how they "justify their massive budget when their reach is so low".
Lions and tigers, for all their glory, are anxiety driven beasts - watch their eyes and you see worry, floating free.
As a reworked version of the Coen Brothers' classic film, the TV Fargo is a funny beast, kind of like watching another, very similar, case unfold in a nearby neighbourhood.
It is only while watching "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," directed by David Yates and adapted by J. K. Rowling from her book, that you realize how cramped the world of Harry Potter had become in the later films.
Discerning young viewers may pick up on these notes while watching "Fantastic Beasts," just as some young readers processed the gravity of the "Harry Potter" books.
He's a clumsy, narcoleptic simpleton with an awful blond dye job who feeds his daughter beer, attacks the movie's monster with a concrete metal sign, then mistakenly takes another girl's hand when he's trying to grab his daughter to run away from the beast, only to watch in slackjawed horror as the monster kidnaps his daughter.
It makes me chuckle to think he's earned the moniker "The Beast" as I watch him potter bashfully around the stage area, tapping away at Hearthstone on his phone and drifting to and fro with no particular destination in mind.
"There's just something epic about watching these huge beasts on the big screen with your friends and family.
