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TV Today; My Two Cents

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I don’t want to be a Hilton
I could care less if people eat bugs or make fools out of themselves for money
Cable TV is nothing but repeats of reruns
David Caruso can’t act worth a damn
There are more ‘Law and Order’ clones than people in Vermont
PAX should have been buried in the television graveyard years ago
And when it comes to the decent TV shows, like ‘Desperate Housewives’, ‘The Shield’ and The Sopranos, just to name a few, they’re on for just a few weeks before either the reruns start or their season is over with.

And network executives and wonder why there has been a constant decline in the number of viewers over the past few years.
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> I don’t want to be a Hilton
> I could care less if people eat bugs or make fools out of
> themselves for money
> Cable TV is nothing but repeats of reruns
> David Caruso can’t act worth a damn
> There are more ‘Law and Order’ clones than people in Vermont
>
> PAX should have been buried in the television graveyard
> years ago
> And when it comes to the decent TV shows, like ‘Desperate
> Housewives’, ‘The Shield’ and The Sopranos, just to name a
> few, they’re on for just a few weeks before either the
> reruns start or their season is over with.
>
> And network executives and wonder why there has been a
> constant decline in the number of viewers over the past few
> years.
>
yeah, now it doesn't even take talent to be on tv
 
And now that many classic TV shows are on DVD I wouldn't be surprised to see even less primetime TV viewership.
 
> And now that many classic TV shows are on DVD I wouldn't be
> surprised to see even less primetime TV viewership.
>
Simply put actors and writers have outpriced themselves

Actually I've said this before, but George Burns addressed a similar situation in one of the books he wrote.

George states back in the vaudville and early radio days you didn't need talent, you needed to be able to come up with an act, any act. People with local theatres and small radio stations were desperate to put anything on. This allowed people, all sorts of people to be creative and at least BE seen

Sure 99% were awful. George himself says he had to constantly change his name. But he failed enough to stay alive till Gracie came along.

When someone with talent came along the major theatre chain would sweep them in to the main vaudville circut. Or in radio NBC or CBS would sweep them up

Look at music, are any standards being written today? Where is the "Stardust" or "The Long And Winding Road," of this generation

Why is it artists want to write ONE song and live off of it in perpituity.

Johnny Mercer wrote hit after hit after hit. Mostly cause he drank all his money and had to have more booze; so he wrote more. Outside of Dianne Warren there are few if any songwriters today. Most musicians write (and do a terrible job at it) of writing their own music. And it shows in the quality of music

People can't get a break with new ideas. Producers are so scared of being sued they refuse to listen to any new ideas.

Did you know that one person submitted a script to the "The Bob Newhart Show" and they liked it so much they bought it became a TV writer that show. MTM also did this with Glen and Les Charles, who mailed unsolicited scripts in.

Can you imagine ANYONE doing this now?

I am not saying actors and writers don't deserve to be well paid but they have outpriced themselves. The producers have limited acess to talent. And everyone thinking their copywrites should live beyond the grave forever.




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My own takes on this:

Anything that Viacom touches(Nick at Nite,TV Land,CMT,MTV,VH1) they ruin it.
Reality shows have ruined TV
Endless repeats of shows like Everybody Loves Raymond,Seinfeld,and Friends that are seen all over the place while most all of the seasons are on DVD,unedited.
No local TV station will ever show the classic TV shows like I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith.
 
> No local TV station will ever show the classic TV shows like
> I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith.

Not true. KTTV/11 Los Angeles has never removed "I Love Lucy" from its schedule. It is on seven days a week, two episodes back-to-back: Weekdays at noon, weekends at 5:00pm.

Also, "Perry Mason" (another classic) airs in a number of markets, including twice every weekday -- noon and 7:00pm -- on KDOC/56 Anaheim-Los Angeles. KDOC is also the only station in the country airing "Mission: Impossible", weekdays at 4:00pm; they will do a 13-episode M:I marathon on Monday.

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> > And now that many classic TV shows are on DVD I wouldn't
> be
> > surprised to see even less primetime TV viewership.
> >
> Simply put actors and writers have outpriced themselves
>
> Actually I've said this before, but George Burns addressed a
> similar situation in one of the books he wrote.
>
> George states back in the vaudville and early radio days you
> didn't need talent, you needed to be able to come up with an
> act, any act. People with local theatres and small radio
> stations were desperate to put anything on. This allowed
> people, all sorts of people to be creative and at least BE
> seen
>
> Sure 99% were awful. George himself says he had to
> constantly change his name. But he failed enough to stay
> alive till Gracie came along.

Precisely. And a lot of people with no talent THINK they have what it takes because they demand the same size paycheck as the very few who have proven themselves.
>
> When someone with talent came along the major theatre chain
> would sweep them in to the main vaudville circut. Or in
> radio NBC or CBS would sweep them up
>
> Look at music, are any standards being written today? Where
> is the "Stardust" or "The Long And Winding Road," of this
> generation
>
> Why is it artists want to write ONE song and live off of it
> in perpituity.
>
> Johnny Mercer wrote hit after hit after hit. Mostly cause he
> drank all his money and had to have more booze; so he wrote
> more. Outside of Dianne Warren there are few if any
> songwriters today. Most musicians write (and do a terrible
> job at it) of writing their own music. And it shows in the
> quality of music
>
> People can't get a break with new ideas. Producers are so
> scared of being sued they refuse to listen to any new ideas.
>
>
> Did you know that one person submitted a script to the "The
> Bob Newhart Show" and they liked it so much they bought it
> became a TV writer that show. MTM also did this with Glen
> and Les Charles, who mailed unsolicited scripts in.
>
> Can you imagine ANYONE doing this now?
>
> I am not saying actors and writers don't deserve to be well
> paid but they have outpriced themselves. The producers have
> limited acess to talent. And everyone thinking their
> copywrites should live beyond the grave forever.
>
 
> > No local TV station will ever show the classic TV shows
> like
> > I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith.
>
> Not true. KTTV/11 Los Angeles has never removed "I Love
> Lucy" from its schedule. It is on seven days a week, two
> episodes back-to-back: Weekdays at noon, weekends at
> 5:00pm.
>
> Also, "Perry Mason" (another classic) airs in a number of
> markets, including twice every weekday -- noon and 7:00pm --
> on KDOC/56 Anaheim-Los Angeles. KDOC is also the only
> station in the country airing "Mission: Impossible",
> weekdays at 4:00pm; they will do a 13-episode M:I marathon
> on Monday.
>
Don't forget about Andy Griffith on KTLA, whenever they feel airing it.
 
> And don't forget that many stations, especially in the
> south, still have Andy on the schedule.
>

Including WFMY, which includes Andy Griffith's hometown in its coverage area. Mon-Fri at 5:30pm. I wonder if it will ever go OFF the schedule.
 
> No local TV station will ever show the classic TV shows like
> I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith.

KAZT/Prescott-Phoenix, AZ shows Andy Griffith, weekdays at 4pm & 4:30pm.
 
> Don't forget about Andy Griffith on KTLA, whenever they feel
> airing it.

I did indeed forget that, mainly because KTLA tends to only run it in overnight time slots.
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> No local TV station will ever show the classic TV shows like
> I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith.
>

Andy Griffith is all over the place in the South, even on network affiliates in some markets.
 
> > No local TV station will ever show the classic TV shows
> like
> > I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith.
> >
>
> Andy Griffith is all over the place in the South, even on
> network affiliates in some markets.
>

Both Andy and Lucy have had a spot on Birmingham station WTTO-21's lineup (now WB, was indy, FOX, and indy again briefly before) since they turned on the transmitter. IIRC, "I Love Lucy" was the first program they showed back in 1982.

Now, Green Acres, OTOH, is arguably the best sitcom ever and we're stuck watching at whatever time TV Land wants to bury it . . .
 
> Including WFMY, which includes Andy Griffith's hometown in
> its coverage area. Mon-Fri at 5:30pm. I wonder if it will
> ever go OFF the schedule.

Probably not. It still wins the time slot for WFMY.
 
> > > No local TV station will ever show the classic TV shows
> > like
> > > I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith.
>

Until a couple of years ago, KATV Little Rock ran Andy Griffith on a regular basis. In fact, every Friday after Thanksgiving between 1992-1996 KATV which aired JP Regional SEC football over ABC's (and ABC blocked KATV from airing games)used an "Andy Griffith" marathon to fill the air time normmally occupied by ABC's college football on that day.

Oh, and *no one* mentioned that vestage from the Reagan years: Informercials.

gx
 
> > No local TV station will ever show the classic TV shows
> like
> > I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith.
>
> Not true. KTTV/11 Los Angeles has never removed "I Love
> Lucy" from its schedule. It is on seven days a week, two
> episodes back-to-back: Weekdays at noon, weekends at
> 5:00pm.

KM,

You jogged my memory. Back when I had DirecTV in my home town during 2001-2003 (followed by a move to Little Rock and an aparmtnet with no way to mount the dish) I had 2 distant networks: CBS and FOX both the west and east coast feeds. I remember the I Love Lucy Reruns (which my ex wife loved).

I also remember strip club ads and the unforgetable "Cal Worthington" ads on Fox 11.

One question: Is Jillian Barbaree still doing weather during the Fox Morning News?
 
> One question: Is Jillian Barbaree still doing weather
> during the Fox Morning News?

You'd think I would keep track of such things, but the truth is that I watch absolutely none of the local television news programs, so I had to check the KTTV website to see what Jillian Barberie's status is. The website still shows her (in miniskirt and high-heels) as part of the "Good Day LA" team, so apparently she's still there.

<a target="_blank" href=http://www.fox11.com/sections/news/gdla.asp>http://www.fox11.com/sections/news/gdla.asp</a>


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