I’m still behind, but getting closer to being up to date. NBC Promo A While back I was watching an NBC program and a promo came on for their coverage of arena football. But instead of trying to tout the benefits of the game, the promo boasted of how the trailer for the new Matrix movie (The Matrix Reloaded – shows you how far I’m behind) would be shown during a break in the game. You know when the commercials are more of an incentive to watch a program than the show itself it says a great deal about the quality of the show. TV Sound Am I the only one who is noticing a huge increase in the difference between the volume of TV shows and that of the commercials recently? It seems to be so pronounced on some channels that I am now forced to have the remote in my hand at all times to mute the volume during commercials for fear of disturbing my entire neighborhood. Laci With the somewhat discovery of the body of Laci Peterson am I the only one who was a little put off by the glee of some members of the media at reporting on the condition of the body? In some cases they were almost thrilled to be able to report every little detail they could on the dismembered state of the poor woman’s corpse. No wonder so many people are turning away from TV news to the internet. Spike TNN (The National Network) recently changed its name to Spike TV. Uh, OK. Little tip kids, the shows are the reason that people watch a network, not the name of the channel. If the shows continue to suck, so will the ratings, no matter how many nifty names you dream up. Oh, and if you are going to use those two goofy bastards that seem to appear in every second commercial on TNN (you know, the guys promoting The New TNN name) that isn't going to help you in the ratings war either. Zahn The overpaid, overrated, Paula Zahn has moved to prime time on CNN. Morning TV just got a whole lot better. It would have gotten a whole lot better had CNN tapped Heidi Collins to replace Zahn. Sadly, they went with Soledad O’Brien, who looks like she would rather be somewhere other than CNN on most mornings. Good job CNN, you have managed to go from really bad, to just plain awful. Third Watch Kudos to NBC on their promotion of the show Third Watch during final part of last season. The promos suggested a tragic end for one of the show’s characters. Well the first show following the promos came and went and everyone was still alive. But we did get a promo for the same event for the next week’s show. Morons.

¶ 9/14/2003 05:51:00 PM

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