They can't fool me with their insipid so-called reality shows. What's real when there's a camera crew there filming everything. How their vast audiences are fooled is beyond me. They must be the same folks who are still being taken in by George Bush, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh.
Even The Science Channel has gotten into the sham act with their "Survivorman" series. He's not out in the wilds of Alaska or some gross jungle having a solitary dinner of grubs de jour all by his lonesome. There's an entire crew there with a trailer and hot running water filming him.
I mean, what kind of oxymoron stunt are they perpetrating here? Do they think their viewers are numbnuts, while at the same time being intelligent enough to watch their network in the first place? They can't have it both ways, no matter how much they might want to.
If they want to have a series teaching us how to survive in such circumstances, fine, but don't kid us that you're showing us the real thing. It's as fake as all the other survivor or reality schticks.
The bottom line for the networks' bottom lines is they better wise up to the fact that many of us want real quality entertainment to watch, not the cheap tripe they've been serving up.
The second thing is they must stop mucking around with their schedules. Running a show for six episodes and then rerunning it is ridiculous. Pop for some extra shows.
They also must stop pre-empting shows for stupid specials or sporting event. When I go to Chanel 7 at 10 p.m. on Tuesday night I want my James Spader and Bill Shatner to be there, and not John Stossel with one of his idiotic, from his point of view, exposes.
Get a program schedule and stick to it. And, they're wondering why they are losing viewers by the droves.
By the way, "Boston Legal" is on Tuesday night, isn't it? It's been so long since it's been on, I've forgotten.
Now if you'll excuse me, my back is killing me from sitting here for two hours composing this while trying to type to the finger-tapping strains of Andra Rieu [Dvorak ran out] and proofing it 20,000 times.
One more proof, hit 'submit' and lie my aching back down for an hour of mindless clicking while I look for something to ENTERTAIN ME!
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