Friday, November 12, 2010

The Dead Zone

Is it just me, and maybe two other people, or has 6:30 p.m. traditionally been a crappy time for TV shows? Back when the two main syndicated shows were Simpsons and Seinfeld, you'd usually get one of them at 6, and one or both at 7 and 7:30. They'd always leave the crap for 6:30. And it's been like that ever since. I think they figure everyone's watching the national news so they throw the weak stuff into that slot.

However! Recently, channel 11 here in Providence finally broke the mold, and put a Seinfeld in the 6:30 dead zone. But in classic dead zone style, the Guide (at least on Verizon) lists TMZ in that slot. So now nobody's gonna watch that channel at that time, and the gods who control such things will say, "Eh, see, even Seinfeld can't beat Katie Couric, put Everybody Loves Raymond back in there!" It's the curse of the dead zone. (On the other hand, I like that I've noticed this error and get to watch the "secret Seinfeld." Now you* can too!)

Any time it's not Seinfeld, or Jeopardy!, we watch All in the Family on TVLand. What an incredible show that was. I think everybody should be forced to watch that show, in these times where insensitivity is in vogue, and racism has pushed its way out of people's closets and right back out into the streets. Meaning the Internet, because that's what's taken the real world's place, I guess.


*you who live in the Providence area and have Verizon

Comments:
ALL IN THE FAMILY was one of a kind. I remember watching them first run while in college but it was only in the reruns that I truly appreciated Carroll O'Conner, Jean Stapleton and company.

Jere, I forgot where I saw this but it represents a stereotypical Yankees fan view on the hot stove shenanigans to come...

"The following represents a typical NY Yankees fan approach to the hot stove market...

"We'll get Werth, and Carl Crawford, and Cliff Lee, and Adrian Beltre, and Victor Martinez, and re-sign Mo, and GIVE JETER EVERYTHING HE WANTS BECAUSE HE'S THE CAPTAIN AND THE TRUEST YANKEE OF THEM ALL AND PITCHERS FEAR HIS INTANGIBLES AND THERE'S NO WAY HE'S DECLINING AT AGE 36 AND HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY SHORTSTOP AS LONG AS HE WANTS AND HE HIT .270 AND HIS ARM IS STRONG AND SUPPLE!!!"

I had a good laugh. Have a great weekend!
 

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