*Lifetime Networks: If you ever notice the TV schedules, all the original programming that theoretically makes Lifetime as a cable entity distinct--or at least most of that programming--is on spinoff network Lifetime Real Women, while the mothership is loaded with overexposed reruns like Will & Grace, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Wife Swap, etc. (I exclude "Frasier" because it's possibly the best single series ever aired on Lifetime and I can't believe it's still on, actually). Sure, you can see "Army Wives" and "Project Runway," but why is so much of Lifetime's schedule filled with stuff you can and have seen elsewhere? You have to get expensive digital cable to get most of the originals--granted, many of them are probably reruns by now, too, and many of them are probably lame, but still, this is a prime example of the homogenization of big cable networks, which eventually spills over to the spinoff niche channels that are supposed to supplement the genericized main networks.
And I don't even watch Lifetime!
*ESPN Classic infomercials: None of the ESPN networks should ever show infomercials, ever. Period. Even if it is at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning.
*ABC Family's new sitcom: I realize that ABC Family has moved away from the original concept of "family programming" as defined several regimes ago at the network, but before the debut of "Melissa and Joey," a new sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence, I kept seeing references to how "edgy" it was. Why does an ABC Family need to be edgy at all, much less brag about it. I mean, Melissa Joan Hart was yakking about its edginess. Apparently, in the premiere episode, there was a joke referencing the word "vagina" and then another joke referencing--without saying--the queen mother of all words not to call a female. It's almost enough to make me wish for more airings of "The 700 Club."
*The existence of "Jersey Shore": Oh, wait. That's not a reason to yearn for a la carte cable pricing. It's a reason to yearn for the quick, merciful destruction of our very civilization by a giant asteroid collision. Sorry.
*ABC Family's new sitcom: I realize that ABC Family has moved away from the original concept of "family programming" as defined several regimes ago at the network, but before the debut of "Melissa and Joey," a new sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence, I kept seeing references to how "edgy" it was. Why does an ABC Family need to be edgy at all, much less brag about it. I mean, Melissa Joan Hart was yakking about its edginess. Apparently, in the premiere episode, there was a joke referencing the word "vagina" and then another joke referencing--without saying--the queen mother of all words not to call a female. It's almost enough to make me wish for more airings of "The 700 Club."
*The existence of "Jersey Shore": Oh, wait. That's not a reason to yearn for a la carte cable pricing. It's a reason to yearn for the quick, merciful destruction of our very civilization by a giant asteroid collision. Sorry.
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