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TV is not a vast wasteland. Besides being a cliché, that just isn’t true. TV isn’t just one thing. Television is powerful, pervasive, sometimes insidious, and it is everywhere. Some of it is truly awful. But it can also be extraordinary, mesmerizing, instructive, moving and wonderful.

So my advice is to look for the good stuff, ignore the junk, watch what you like, and don’t let the rest bother you. (Until someone cancels your show, then give ‘em hell.)

— Rick Kushman, in his final regular television column for the Sacramento Bee. Kushman will be focusing on penning his “Good Life” column about dynamic locales and things in the Sacramento region.

9 months ago

March 30, 2009

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Big screen and tiny may have their differences, but where there’s engagement, there’s emotion. The screen that matters most is still the one where the story lingers and replays, inside your head.

— James Poniewozik, concluding his “A TV Critic in the Post-TV World” article for Time’s Feb. 23, 2009 issue (Vol. 173 No. 7)

10 months ago

February 23, 2009

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If you enjoy watching men tossed out a window, struck by a bus, slammed face-first into the bars of a zoo cage, hit by a golf club, tackled by a football player or laid low by a snow globe to the crotch, then this Super Bowl was for you.

— NY Times advertising columnist Stuart Elliott, on Super Bowl XLIII’s commercial offerings (I personally think there were some good ones - see Audi and teleflora.)

11 months ago

February 1, 2009

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Perhaps more important for television viewers, the network [NBC] said it would embrace a year-round prime-time programming schedule, jettisoning the frequently criticized practice of saving most shows for the traditional September-to-May television season.

— Getting Ready for ‘The Endless Season’ (NY Times TV Decoder Blog)

1 year ago

February 19, 2008

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There is a theory of complex, mythological or science fiction-oriented television series that centers on a viewer’s willingness to “opt in.” The idea is that you start watching a series, something out of the ordinary happens, and you have to make a decision on whether to continue watching.

— SF Chronicle TV columnist Tim Goodman, in a preview of Lost season 4 [article]

1 year ago

January 30, 2008

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Outside of `American Idol,’ there’s no real top-rated show that advertisers can bank on right now. Even the Oscars are in a state of flux, and that’s always been called the Super Bowl for women.

— Brad Adgate, quoted in an article speculating Super Bowl XLII may become the most-watched Big Game ever

1 year ago

January 30, 2008

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TV Squad: ABC Digs Up "The Mole" Again

1 year ago

January 8, 2008

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Venn diagram of Return to Late Night from losanjealous [source]

2 years ago

January 3, 2008

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We have taken this extraordinary step because it is in the best interest of our fans….What we have seen for the past year is a very strong consumer demand for NFL Network. We appreciate CBS and NBC delivering the NFL Network telecast on Saturday night to the broad audience that deserves to see this potentially historic game. Our commitment to the NFL Network is stronger than ever.

— NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after announcing the simulcast of the Pats-Giants game this Saturday [article]