This week's question: What is the most surprising TV show hit of a show that you didn't think would do well? (longroom.com)
Thomas, who created the BBC / PBS series Call the Midwife — an unlikely cult hit of a show about nurses in 1950s London — seems to have been compelled by a desire to make the book more accessible to modern audiences. (theatlantic.com)
The breakout hit of the show, certainly, was Mountain, the first true videogame project by animator David OReilly (perhaps best known as the creator of the virtual reality game in Spike Jonze's latest film, Her, who also recently debuted his Oculus Rift demo here on Venus Patrol). (venuspatrol.com)