So that whole Writers' Guild strike is still going on, and as a result almost all the good TV shows are out of scripts/episodes for the season. And it's only December.
Sadly, we are rapidly approaching the mid-season scripted show killer: goddamn American Idol, which apparently comes back in January or thereabouts. This is bad, not only because it's inherently silly, but because it will bump ratings back up for the studios (read more about that here).
My plea, and this really only goes out to those that watch reality TV (I think we all do, to some degree) would be to boycott such shows for the rest of this season. Not forever (I know such a plea is all but impossible for some of you) but just for now, so that the studios will give the writers what they want and we can go back to a nice mix of good and bad-but-we-watch television.
And please note: since I do not believe any of you are Nielsen families, you have to be even more careful. No visiting reality-TV show websites, no using Tivo or other DVR devices that report what you're watching to some higher power. You gotta think outside the box.
If you ARE a ratings-determining household, go watch PBS and Friday Night Lights. I don't really watch either, but then nobody cares what I think. Go!
December 12, 2007
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I have a job for you: Find out what happened to the New Adventures of Old Christine. Is it coming back or not! I could probably find out, but you are so good at these kind of research projects :)
-You know who
Oh, you really should watch Friday Night Lights. It's my choice for best show on TV.
It is, apparently, the best show I'm not watching. Someday!
Oh, and Old Christine will be back in January, sayeth CBS.
i hate reality tv (or the vast majority of it at least) so i'm down with your boycott. and yay for old christine! that show is hilarious...is it definitely coming back even *with* the writer's strike??
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