I can't even begin to try to think of what I would consider the "lowest common denominator" because that's just not the way my brain works. Just because I don't like something doesn't mean it's bad
While, again, I think labeling anyone else's preferences in that way is wrong, something a producer of Wipeout said this week does provide some fuel for that fire: Rather than making the point that the show is about rooting for someone to win (which is how I like to watch the show), the producers made it clear that the show is all about watching people wipe out.
Yeah, that's not gonna happen! Is it ever on at another time?I can't even begin to try to think of what I would consider the "lowest common denominator" because that's just not the way my brain works. Just because I don't like something doesn't mean it's bad
)No one mentioned Raising Hope - I really got hooked on that show this year. I also LOVE Modern Family, Two and a Half Men, and How I Met Your Mother.
On occasion, I'll watch 30 Rock, Community, and Hot in Cleveland but not regularly.
(I'm a HUGE Nick at Nite/TV Land fan and watch lots of sitcoms on there - Roseanne, The Nanny, George Lopez, Home Improvement, etc. And I think Wipeout is a riot
More to the point, we need more comedies that are not all about sex. I am so tired watching reality TV. With a 6th grader in the house there is very little TV that we can watch because of all the sex and I am *not* a prude. The only non-"reality" TV we watch is Glee (which does have sexual content, but OK) and Castle. We used to watch "How I Met Your Mother" but that went the sex route a long time ago.
That'll never happen. Over-the-air broadcast television will always be the very best place to present live programming, such as sporting events, as well as news and weather. Reality and game shows will never be the only shows on. Beyond that, I think it is improbable that all scripted television will eventually be gone from over-the-air broadcast television. The extent to which that happens will depend on to what extent broadcasters and studios are able to capitalize on that broadcasting. If their hard work continues to be stripped and pirated, or if commercial avoidance becomes practically absolute, or if other changes happen that further erode the profitability of presenting comedies and dramas over-the-air, then we'll see the shift that is going on, toward more unscripted programming, continue. However, if the exploitations are reversed, then I think we can rest secure in the knowledge that there will still be a place for scripted programming over-the-air.
Yes, all that is now reported. You'll see this referred to as the Live+7 ratings. However, to what end? In many cases, that number is used as a predictive indicator of how many people are skipping commercials. If a viewer skips the commercials, then that viewer is of no value to the advertiser paying for the programming to be presented.
Studios create programming that are of interest to people who buy things because they watched commercials. It is really important to remember how television programming gets paid for. It's not a government service, paid for by taxes: It's called "commercial" television because commercials is mostly how it is paid-for, and commercials are worth paying for if they mean you'll sell something that you wouldn't have sold otherwise.
No one mentioned Raising Hope - I really got hooked on that show this year. I also LOVE Modern Family, Two and a Half Men, and How I Met Your Mother.
On occasion, I'll watch 30 Rock, Community, and Hot in Cleveland but not regularly.
(I'm a HUGE Nick at Nite/TV Land fan and watch lots of sitcoms on there - Roseanne, The Nanny, George Lopez, Home Improvement, etc. And I think Wipeout is a riot
