I often call Kansas City Star TV Critic Aaron Barnhart my brother from another mother, for how closely we agree on everything from the dogs of the new TV season to the future of television.

So imagine my surprise when our mutual pal Bob "Mr. Media" Andelman got us together for a live BlogTalkRadio audio podcast to talk about the future of the TV biz and we actually disagreed on a few things. Barnhart says most of the innovation on TV comes from focusing on youth; I say the best-regarded TV has often come from middle-aged characters and situations.

He theorizes the one box uniting the Internet and television will come from TiVo or a like-minded third-hand party. I think that one box is coming from a cable company like Comcast or Bright House -- mostly because they control access to all the cable channels and people already know how to work their cable box.

Check out our wordy, long-winded and somehow really fun debate by clicking on the link below. You'll learn more than you want to about TV and technology, I guarantee you.... 

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