Pop art is a style which seeks its inspiration from commercial art and items of mass culture (such as films, comic strips or popular foods). These paintings either define us as a person, or define a place or feeling.

Television by its true nature is a dictator or reflector of current culture. With these paintings the subject is picked to define a certain era or generation, for example My So Called Life, for my generation was one of the most important TV programmes, and has proved to be one of the most influential shows ever made, with many modern shows inspired by it. For example, Buffy creator Joss Wheadon said: "I was trying to create My So Called Life with vampires". The painting subjects are not picked by random but are carefully chosen for their importance in the history of TV and the importance they have played in current culture.