Thursday, November 20, 2008

Why I could never be a TV exec

There are things in this world I don't understand. That may surprise you, I admit, but I do not understand simultaneous equations. Or the enduring popularity of Bob Marley. Or why snails have shells and slugs don't. Or why Knight Rider was revamped. Or why NBC has decided *not* to cancel it.

Now, here in Atlanta it's on at 8pm on Wednesdays. That puts it up against my beloved Pushing Daisies (not getting the ratings, apparently), The New Adventures of Old Christine (funny enough but do you know anyone who watches it?), re-runs of CSI, and the latest season of Bones. I can understand why it's getting such low viewing figures: it's because it's terrible. It's like they took the original 80s scripts out of a trunk and decided to make them, only this time with less capable actors. Maybe it's because when the world is in the grip of a fuel crisis, the last thing we want to see is a show about a car.

So I will continute to watch Bones and DVR Daisies (or vice versa) and scratch my head and wonder why NBC haven't had a night of wins since Friends and The West Wing hung up their...whatever it is tv shows hang up.

Maybe one of CBS's eighty crime/detective shows can help with that one.

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