E N T E RTA I N M E N T Scandal) to politics (President Obama watches Kevin Spacey play ruthless Whip Frank Underwood on the dark hit, House of Cards) to the economy (reality T.V. has resulted in countless billions, for both producers and reality “stars”). To find out just how widely watched today’s popular on-demand T.V. shows have become, we reached out to a number of well-known influencers and tastemakers—across various industries and age groups—to learn who is watching what. VERONICA MIELE BEARD AND ANSON BEARD With the help of her sister-in-law (Veronica Swanson Beard), Veronica Miele Beard launched American sportswear brand Veronica Beard in 2010. The brand is currntly carried in Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, and Nordstrom. Veronica and her husband, Anson H. Beard, Jr., love coming home to a new show. Their list includes: Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Silicon Valley, Veep, Nurse Jackie, Parks and Recreation, Girls, Hung, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Real Time With Bill Maher and Weeds. MARSHALL HEYMAN Wall Street Journal Columnist Marshall Heyman is an avid reader, but also keeps current on today’s popular shows. He enjoys tuning into AMC, FX, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, and any number of network stations. Here’s a sampling: Orange is the New Black, Girls, Veep, Silicon Valley, Mad Men, The Strain, Fargo, American Horror Story, Homeland, Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Scandal, Please Like Me, The Real Housewives. MARIO BUATTA Known as the “Prince of Chintz,” the interior decorator’s clients have included Mariah Carey, Henry Ford II, Malcolm Forbes, Barbara Walters, Nelson Doubleday, S.I. Newhouse, Charlotte Ford and Billy Joel. He recently published Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration. Buatta reads the papers in the morning with coffee and finds nightly news too depressing. He prefers watching: I Love Lucy, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Honeymooners and Patricia Routledge as Mrs. Bucket (aka: “Bouquet”) on Keeping Up With Appearances. NINA GRISCOM Former model (she was one of Bill Blass’s muses) and current lifestyle expert and advisor Nina Griscom enjoys a select list of shows: An Honorable Woman on BBC (Amazon Prime), House of Cards, Vicious on PBS, Rush, Downton Abbey, Homeland, and The Rachel Maddow Show. RICHARD JOHNSON The New York Post columnist, who spent nearly a quarter of a century turning Page Six into America’s premier tabloid gossip column, actually finds time to watch T.V. His favorite current shows: Game of Thrones, Mad Men, The Blacklist, The Walking Dead, Ray Donovan, The Following, Elementary, Orange is the New Black and True Blood (athough the latter “jumped the shark a couple seasons ago”). He is a big 24 fan, but doesn’t think it’s coming back. He missed House of Cards because his wife Sessa couldn’t wait for him and binged watched it. They just finished The Killing together, which they found extremely depressing with a “crazily happy ending.” Johnson also enjoys Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Masterpiece Mystery in general. He thought Rake, starring Greg Kinnear, should have been a hit and is still wondering why it received such low ratings. 92 QUEST
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