Turner Classic Movies’ Ben Mankiewicz Knows the Power of ‘Nostalgia’

The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott · Dec 13, 2023 · 36m

In 2024, the beloved cable channel Turner Classic Movies will turn 30, and for host Ben Mankiewicz—who recently celebrated his 20th anniversary at the helm—he still feels “so unbelievably fortunate to be associated with the channel.” It’s one of those rare networks where “it’s a little bit part of your identity” and “the only channel where the channel itself matters to people,” he told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. Part of the network’s charm is that it taps into nostalgia. “Nostalgia is a really powerful and important emotion. It is the emotion that connects us to our past. And our past can mean…