About this episode

Scott Herriott reminisces about the early days of ZDTV/TechTV and shares insights from his experience as a host.

Roger catches up with Scott Herriott, former host of ZDTV/TechTV’s Internet Tonight, for a nostalgic trip behind the scenes of early days at the cable network. Scott talks about how the show was built from scratch, the real reason Michaela Pereira wasn't co-hosting from day one, and the one infamous website from the dot-com era that is still permanently burned into his brain. Follow Scott at Squatchfilms.com Starring Scott Herriott and Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Roger Chang

Guest: Scott Herriott

Topics covered

• nostalgia
• cable network history
• internet television
• dot-com era
• behind the scenes

Keywords

• TechTV
• Scott Herriott
• internet television
• cable network
• nostalgia
• dot-com era

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Organizations: ZDTV, TechTV, Squatchfilms.com

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