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(PrimeTime TV) PAST ITS PRIME (Dinosaur Media DeathWatchâ„¢)
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| December 16, 2007
| Holly M. Sanders
Posted on 12/17/2007 12:12:13 PM PST by abb
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By the end of this decade or shortly thereafter, network television as we have known it for over fifty years will cease to exist. Network evening news broadcasts will go dark after the '08 elections and their news divisions will be disbanded.
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:12:16 PM PST
by
abb
To: 04-Bravo; aimhigh; andyandval; Arizona Carolyn; backhoe; Bahbah; bert; bilhosty; Caipirabob; ...
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:12:43 PM PST
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:13:06 PM PST
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
Judging from the inanity of the Grey's Anatomy show my wife has subjected our household to, I would guess that TV writers had already been striking for some time before it was publicly announced.
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:14:49 PM PST
by
wideawake
(Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
To: abb
“The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!” —Baghdad Bob
What’s funny is, he’s right....
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:14:51 PM PST
by
G8 Diplomat
(Creatures are divided into 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista, & Saudi Arabia)
To: abb
"* The growth of less-expensive reality shows over the past several years will continue to accelerate."
The decline of American popular culture continues apace. Everyone cheer! /sarc
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:15:49 PM PST
by
Borges
To: wideawake
Back in the day I think there was a short writer’s strike everytime the need came for a ‘Small Wonder’ script.
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:17:11 PM PST
by
Borges
To: abb
"What's going to happen is lower quality programming, lower ratings and more competition," When the cable was out for a while we actually watched the primary networks.
It is not possible to have lower quality programming.
Only a drooling imbecile could stand an hour of it.
The best entertainment was Mooing at the Soaps and swearing at the "News".
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:18:22 PM PST
by
Gorzaloon
To: abb
The only things that I’ve watched recently were reruns of “Firefly” and “Batman: the Animated Series” that I hadn’t seen the first time around, and “Tin Man” on Sci-fi, which I actually enjoyed. It could’ve been a little better, but it could’ve been much, much worse. It wasn’t a typical re-imaging or updating at all. The funny thing is that the “Tin Man” wasn’t really the main character at all, and it wasn’t about him (although he did have a substantial part of the story line).
To: abb
I long for the 70's, when I could sit with my parents and watch Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Sonny & Cher, or Barnaby Jones.
The fact that those shows can be seen as "the good old days" really tells the tale. I can't watch anything on network TV with my kids nowadays.
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:19:17 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: abb
* The growth of less-expensive reality shows over the past several years will continue to accelerate. These also don't require writers, actors or directors, in the usual sense, and therefore are exempt from the usual contract negotiations.
To: abb
* The decades-long three-hour primetime window could shrink by one-third to just two hours a night. Oh yay, more "Dateline" and "20/20"
To: abb
Almost all of my TV viewing involves the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, the Science Channel and similar cable stations.
I almost never watch the 3 networks. Their natioal news is slanted leftward, and most of their shows (sitcoms, “reality shows”) are aimed at people with room temperature IQs.
To: Borges
The decline of American popular culture continues apace. Everyone cheer! /sarc I'm optimistic about it. The key point is that there will be fewer eyeballs watching, even if the crap is lower quality. And I'd rather these couch potatoes watch more "Fear Factor" than be subject to high-budget "West Wing"-esque propaganda.
To: Borges
Back in the day I think there was a short writers strike everytime the need came for a Small Wonder script. ROTLMAO!
When I was in college I was introduced to "Small Wonder" via reruns on a local station.
I think my initiation was something like this: "Hey, dude, we got some beers and we're going to watch the worst show ever put on television!"
He wasn't wrong.
I remember thinking that you could see Tiffany Brissette dying a little inside as she delivered her ridiculous lines in her robot voice.
Yet she seemed to retain much more of her human dignity in comparison to her other co-stars.
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:27:10 PM PST
by
wideawake
(Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
To: abb
Have no idea what they have on their evening shows. Sitcomm’s make me want to puke they are really, really low IQ. trash..
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:27:40 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: abb
The Simpsons never get old.
To: abb
"What's going to happen is lower quality programming...
Going to happen?
They are already at rock bottom. When they cancel a new hit after only one or two weeks, it makes on wonder who selected that crap anyway?
Now, we get subjected to all the so-called reality junk. And the new game show craze has hit again.
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:27:55 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: abb
The word cheap comes to mind. That’s all they producing now is cheap programing “Reality shows”.
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:28:44 PM PST
by
freekitty
((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
To: Tanniker Smith
Many of those cable originals are very good. Some stretch a bit in their language and nudity, but some are excellent without that.
I am surprised the regular networks haven’t tried to pick them up and extend their seasons, as they tend to be 5 to 12 week series.
Psyc, The Closer, Burn Notice are just some cable originals that are interesting and not really family unfriendly.
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posted on
12/17/2007 12:31:18 PM PST
by
TomGuy
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