This is why I don't watch TV - Page 4

LSPoorEeyorick · 04-08-2008, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I have never heard of that show, but I have decided it is about two star crossed cogs in a SF Financial District cubicle farm trying to find fortune and a $3 martini while in each other's arms.

Please don't disabuse me.

And don't forget their diatribes about loving each other meaning they never have to say they're sorry. (The title includes the words "Love Story," after all.)

BarTopDancer · 04-08-2008, 12:06 PM

Craptastic reality TV shows are all over the place while decent TV shows like Las Vegas, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Jericho and Arrested Development get the ax.

Alex · 04-08-2008, 12:24 PM

Well, one decent show got the ax.

I don't really blame the networks for the glut of reality shows. They are cheap to produce and offer an incredible ROI, even the low rated ones. TV is painfully democratic. As good as it was, Arrested Development cost much more to make than Temptation Island and pulled in fewer viewers.

NBC's fall schedule pulls back somewhat from reality and puts more emphasis on scripted shows. Let's see if they're rewarded for it.

Chernabog · 04-08-2008, 12:38 PM

Good news BTD, there's talks for a SECOND revival of Jericho from the dead!! I read about it on imdb

(so it must be true)

BarTopDancer · 04-08-2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

Good news BTD, there's talks for a SECOND revival of Jericho from the dead!! I read about it on imdb

(so it must be true)

Ya, they're hoping USA, SciFi or FX picks it up. I gave up hope a while ago though.

Capt Jack · 04-08-2008, 01:41 PM

I think the thread title says it all....in fact, too much.

it needs to be reduced to

"don't watch TV"

wendybeth · 04-08-2008, 01:54 PM

I very, very seldom do. I prefer to blow things up on the X-box, tyvm.

Alex · 04-08-2008, 01:56 PM

I think that's too simplistic. Kind of like saying "don't read books" because of the crap sold at airport newsstands. Or don't look at art because of Thomas Kincaid. Or don't listen to music because Hansen was successful.

There is a lot of quality entertainment and art on TV. In fact, ignoring the glut of reality I'd say we're in something of a golden age for scripted dramas (and the coma sitcoms have fallen into has prompted interesting experimentation).

BarTopDancer · 04-08-2008, 10:48 PM

If the TV shows can be closed circuit TV that doesn't require actual air time. Or maybe there should be a Reality TV station. No more reality on network television.

Gemini Cricket · 04-08-2008, 10:51 PM

I wonder what televising life in the LoT commune would be like?

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, one decent show got the ax. I don't really blame the networks for the glut of reality shows. They are cheap to produce and offer an incredible ROI, even the low rated ones. TV is painfully democratic. As good as it was, Arrested Development cost much more to make than Temptation Island and pulled in fewer viewers. NBC's fall schedule pulls back somewhat from reality and puts more emphasis on scripted shows. Let's see if they're rewarded for it.
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Good news BTD, there's talks for a SECOND revival of Jericho from the dead!! I read about it on imdb (so it must be true) __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I think that's too simplistic. Kind of like saying "don't read books" because of the crap sold at airport newsstands. Or don't look at art because of Thomas Kincaid. Or don't listen to music because Hansen was successful. There is a lot of quality entertainment and art on TV. In fact, ignoring the glut of reality I'd say we're in something of a golden age for scripted dramas (and the coma sitcoms have fallen into has prompted interesting experimentation).
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	If the TV shows can be closed circuit TV that doesn't require actual air time. Or maybe there should be a Reality TV station. No more reality on network television. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I wonder what televising life in the LoT commune would be like?
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