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8月12日 No One Ever Told You Residency Was Gonna Be This Way The other night my new upstairs neighbors were moving their furniture around very, very late at night and thus I was very, very awake at two thirty. I decided to make the best of things and clean out the TiVo. What did I have? Not much. I went with a “Grey’s Anatomy” rerun and drifted in and out of sleep depending on what was happening upstairs. Also, I tend to look away from the TV whenever there’s blood, so that’s like half the show in the case of “Grey’s Anatomy.” It was during a particularly touching but unwatchable scene where Meredith had to climb into an ambulance to stick a giant needle in a man’s chest that it hit me – the “Grey’s Anatomy” interns are the characters from “Friends.” Tori Spelling Quits '90210'
"The show's rep at the CW says: 'The CW has no deal with Tori Spelling to appear on 90210 at this time.'" I'm not sure I blame Tori for backing out. She's quite a reality star at this point, and what have Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty done lately? Tori Spelling has paid her dues by starring in many, many secretly delightful made-for-TV movies. She's played a co-ed call girl! She's played a woman who has her fertilized eggs stolen by her husband's crazy ex! Come on, CW, pony up and get Tori back. Donna Martin graduates! - Posted by Kate 8月11日 Let's Go to the Mall! Tonight at nine you can catch MTV's made-for-TV musical "The American Mall." The movie was made by the producers of "High School Musical" and it's pretty much exactly like "High School Musical," except it's, you know, set in a mall. Sara Gilbert Is Sticking Around Geekville
I think this is a good move for the show. Leslie Winkle is hilarious...her scenes with Leonard are always my favorite. Besides, we'll keep that Betty or Veronica momentum going. Who am I rooting for? Leonard and Leslie 4-ever! It's always funny to see Sara and Johnny Galecki together again - they're a long way from "Roseanne" now. It's good that Sara Gilbert has finally caught a break, too. Remember "Twins?" Yikes! - Posted by Kate Product Placement: Threat or Menace?It's now come out that "The L-Word" and its future spin-off are both going to sell out, with head honcho Ilene Chaiken having the final word as to which brands get "integrated."
I really feel a little annoyed by the news. Sure, product placement probably keeps shows like "L-Word" on-air longer, and that's sort of a win. But it also seems like a betrayal of us as an audience to throw in commercials when we're least expecting them, or to make them blatant.
Take "Eureka." This new season has had a corporate guru come in and get the town sponsored by Degree deodorant. While the writers perhaps deserve some props for making the mandatory product placement a little more clever than most, the fact remains that it's still product placement.
In the back of my mind, I've been wanting to log some of the product placement that I'm exposed to. There's no time like the present.
So for the next week, I'm going to add examples that I catch of being subjected to product placement. Feel free to add others in the comments.
8/12:
Nancy on "Weeds" drinks Diet Coke.
Provenza on "The Closer" drives a Honda Civic.
- posted by Raoul Men Who Look Like Zach Braff
Bernie Mac Has Died
Mac suffered from sarcoidosis, an immune condition, but had been relatively healthy since 2005. Even as late as Friday his PR reps were heralding his recovery and release from the hospital. His death is obviously a huge loss for Hollywood, since Mac was both a big movie star and had a long and successful run with his sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show." He will be missed. 8月10日 Link Time Buzz tested your knowledge of how much money TV stars make. (BuzzSugar) This week, Sandie took a first look at Katie Holmes' guest appearance on "Eli Stone" (Daemon's TV) As part of a week-long series on TV v. film with TiFaux, Marcia takes a look at some of the ways TV creates more varied characters than film. (Pop Vultures) Rae steps into the RTVW Confessional and spills about liking good stunt casting, citing such examples as LiLo on "Ugly Betty" and Katie Holmes on "Eli Stone". (RTVW Online) Paris Hilton, Ludacris and Plastic Man all recently tossed their hats into the political ring. God help us all. (Scooter McGavin's 9th Green) Vance giddily recaps the finale of "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 4. (Tapeworthy) This week, Jace waxed poetic about the latest Peggy-and-Pete-centric installment of "Mad Men," easily the one of the most complex, vibrant, and vivid series on television right now. (Televisionary) In an exciting first for TiFaux, Dan teamed up with Marcia from Pop Vultures to discuss the merits of TV versus film. In his first entry, Dan talked about how couch potatoes are given a bad reputation as anti-social shut-ins. Which, for the record, he only is when "Project Runway" is on. (TiFaux) Jack Bauer would me proud as this week, the TV Addict did the impossible and infiltrated the set of 24. (The TV Addict) 8月9日 This Week - We got excited about "Lost and Found," NBC's newest crime drama. - We decided we like 13-episode seasons of our favorite shows. - We chatted with Ron from "Greatest American Dog." - We were furious when Food Network producers gave loser Adam his own show. - We were saddened to realize that pretty much any great woman's life can be made into a Lifetime movie. - We interviewed "American Gladiators" champs Ally and Tim. 8月8日 Ryan Is Taking Some Time Off from Dunder-Mifflin...and Going to War
"'The Office' star is in talks to play one of the soldiers in 'Inglorious Bastards,' Quentin Tarantino's long-gestating film about a band of Jewish resisters in Vichy-era France. "Novak is expected to play PFC Utivich, described as a soldier of slight build who comes from New York." Hmm. Well, B.J. Novak has a lot of experience playing unintentionally funny Ryan, so I guess he'll be fine in one of Tarantino's apotheoses of gore. Want to know who else is gonna be in this movie? Brad Pitt! Also, Britney Spears. I'm not kidding. Get Ready for More 'Wipeout'
Can someone - anyone! - please write in and tell me why you like this show? Does it make you laugh? Do you like the nasty commenters? Is it just pure schadenfreude? I promise I'll listen with an open mind. If you are persuasive enough I'll post your e-mail right here and watch the show the next time it's on! The 'Battlestar' Movie Is Really Happening!
8月7日 Married Sex on TV, Part TwoKate brought up the PTC "study" about sex on broadcast TV that concludes that that mentions of married sex are few and mentions of extramarital, premarital or bizarre sex outnumber them.
I'll try not to rant too much. But I feel I need to bring up several points related to it.
First, if the study were legitimate it would take into account that relatively few characters on TV are married. So even if all characters were portrayed as having sex at the same rate, the unmarried variety would be shown far more.
Second, the study just looks at quantity, not quality. Sure, there are probably more examples of references to extramarital sex. But I'd bet if you break it down, you'd find that a lot of the references were to victims of the week on "Law & Order" and similar programs who were killed because they were having affairs or because their killer was having one. That's hardly a glamorizing reference to adultery.
Similarly, the study specifically notes an exchange from "How I Met Your Mother," where the recently married Marshall claims to have expertise with women because he's slept with his now-wife Lily a bunch. Bachelor Barney tells him that all counts as just once. Taken even out of context, that's hard to take as something that puts down marriage. But anyone who's ever watched the show knows 1. Barney is a sexist jackass barely tolerated by the rest of the crew 2. Lily and Marshall's relationship is totally sweet (and sex-filled) and 3. the premise of the show is the main character, a man, is eager to get married. Which turns the stereotype on its head. How many 20-something guys do you know who are going out of their way to find a life partner as opposed to simply a little action?
Third, this is really nothing new. As far back as "Take my wife, please," comedians were portraying married life as full of hardships and boredom. The only difference now is the ability to be more explicit in what the married and unmarried people are doing (or not doing).
Fourth, in an effort to promote marriage, the PTC plays games with statistics on marriage. In Kate's post, she quotes Michael Medved saying statistics show most people are extremely satisfied with the state of their marriages. But in reality, a good percentage of marriages -- 40 percent to 50 percent -- end in divorce. That percentage would undoubtedly be higher if every cheating spouse were caught, if couples didn't stay together purely for the sake of appearances or their kids, if every spouse who wanted a divorce could financially afford one and if those spouses weren't afraid of being beaten or going to hell for pursuing one.
- posted by Raoul
'My Boys:' Will Bobby and Elsa Tie the Knot?Tonight is the season finale of "My Boys." (Sniff. I'll miss it until next summer.) Bobby and Elsa are set to walk down the aisle out in sunny California, but things are not going well for them at Bobby's dad's ranch. I feel like a wedding getting called off at the last minute on a TV show is more likely than it actually happening...but I also expect the "My Boys" writers to keep doing what they do best: something different! Sure, it's more dramatic if Bobby leaves Elsa hanging because he has feelings for P.J. - especially now that she's realized that Jack is pretty definitively a jerk - but I don't think that's how it's going to play out. Will Mike's cougartastic wedding "date" turn out to be Bobby's mom? Probably not, but that would be pretty cool. Will Brando finally get to second base with Bobby's friend John? I'm thinking no. Better Dead Than Wed?
"'Everybody is having sex on TV except for married couples,' PTC president Tim Winter said. "According to the study titled 'Happily Never After,' scenes on the major networks depicting or implying sex between nonmarried partners outnumbered similar scenes between married couples by a ratio of nearly 4-to-1. References to adultery outnumbered references to marital sex 2-to-1. "'For many years, parents have worried about television's glamorization of destructive sexual behavior,' said Michael Medved, the talk radio host and PTC board member. 'This important new report suggests another cause for concern: the de-glamorization of marriage. Statistics show that the overwhelming majority of Americans feel satisfied and fulfilled by their marriages. The notion that sex outside of marriage is inherently more exciting, more important, more worthy as the subject of storytelling, is a toxic message for parents and children alike.' You know, I've never really noticed the lack of married sex on TV, but when I actually sat down and thought about it I realized these concerned parents have a point. Still, the PTC needs to remember the fact that TV is essentially fiction, and stories end with happily ever after. A show about two married people who loved each other very, very much and had a lot of sex would almost certainly lack all dramatic tension. Besides, adultery is cool! (I'm kidding.) - Posted by Kate Is 'Middleman' Down for the Count?I really hope not. But when I read this Zap2It piece, it seemed its chances weren't very good.
For those of you who don't know, "The Middleman" is about a square-jawed hero and his snarky artist sidekick who stop alien dictators disguised as boy bands, killer intelligent gorillas and various other phenomena beyond the norm.
It's really a love letter to pop culture and is in my opinion, the best new show this summer.
But when a network, in this case ABC Family, reduces an order by an episode, that's not a good sign. I don't care if it makes it possible for the 12th episode to be extra-special.
When the creator is trying to generate one of those fan-based campaigns to save a show by sending stuff to TV execs (in this case M&Ms -- get it?), that's a sign of desperation.
When he seems to be putting his hopes in the notion that ABC Family may sell the show to some other channel, that's also bad.
- posted by Raoul Tim Takes Home 'AG' TitleOn the men's side of "American Gladiators," Tim Oliphant took on Mike Gamble and left him pretty far in the dust to win the crown. We chatted yesterday about subjects ranging from his favorite event, his training regimen and the other reality shows he could see himself competing in. Here's a transcript of the conversation. MSN: So congratulations to you too on winning "American Gladiators." Tim: Thank you. MSN: What made you think that you could be the champion of this game? Tim: I was so uncertain the entire time. I didn't think I was a shoo-in at any time until I finally finished that Eliminator course first. Anything could happen. MSN: But you set the record for that course, so surely you had some confidence in your abilities at that point, right? Tim: I did. I did. But I've known stranger things to happen. I'm confident in my abilities, but I know that there's always room for mistakes. Let's just consider Jeff Davidson, the guy who was in second place to me in the semi-finals. Even though he had a big deficit in the semi-finals to make up, he went crazy and he probably could have been in the finals had he not just gone crazy and hit his head. It kind of put him out of the race. I'm very certain he could have beaten James. But anyway, I just want to take it in stride and focus on the task ahead. As long as I don't slip or fall on any portion of the race, I know I can do it, obviously. But the thing is that the producers or whoever runs the show puts little tweaks in the Eliminator course that I noticed as time goes on. Like in the finals, they shortened the rope on the Travellator. I noticed that when I went out to interview. I looked and saw the rope had been shortened on the Travellator. So that put a little mental note in my head that I had to get that rope on the first try because otherwise it would be a lot harder to get if I didn't get it. It was all those little things that went into play when I was mentally preparing for the final race. MSN: So those guys are pretty sneaky, changing things up at the last minute like that. Tim: It's all part of the game. You're always in limbo. You never know what's going to happen. They always ratchet it up to the next level. When the semi-finals came around, the Gladiators got tougher. They also know who you are and what your abilities are, so they know how to counter-act. And in the finals, I think it was pretty obvious that the intensity level had been cranked up a bit, just dealing with all the injuries I was having to deal with. MSN: So what made you want to try out for the show in the first place? Tim: When it came on the first season when it got revived this past season, I watched the show with all my roommates. It's a classic from when I was a youth. To have it be revitalized in prime time and seeing the people who were on it, I thought I might have a chance of doing some of these things and being successful. All my life I was raised in an adventurous family, an athletic family. Just looking at all the events, I was like, "We've got this kind of stuff in our backyard growing up." So I was like maybe I ought to give it a shot. I've auditioned for a couple reality shows before but not too many, just the ones that I thought would be fun. And normally it's for the competition of the show. Prize aside, my love in life is doing adventurous and crazy stuff. Just for the experience is what I wanted. Win or lose, it didn't matter to me. I just wanted to experience something fun. And TV, that's just icing on the cake, being on TV and doing it. So I got online and found out you could do a live audition or a tape audition. I'm a media guy and I've had a video camera for years, and my parents had one when I was growing up, so I was able to get a lot of footage that I had and I put together a highlight reel of my life, a five-minute highlight reel, and that's what started the ball rolling. MSN: Tim, I just want to throw this out here: if you don't really care about the money or the truck, I'd be happy to take either or both off your hands. Tim: [Laughs] Well, no. It's definitely worth the effort that went into it and it's nice to have. I would say that the experience in itself was enough and the icing on the cake was the prize. I'm definitely blessed to have been victorious and to have received those things. I'm going to treat them with respect and hopefully invest well with the money. I've never owned a new car, so this is kind of an exciting time. MSN: So you mentioned you tried out for some other reality shows. Are you able to say what they were and how far you got? Tim: You bet I am. I tried out for "Survivor" twice and then "The Amazing Race" and "Real World/Road Rules" back in the day when I was in college. I actually got a call back on that one, and I got a call back on "The Amazing Race." But it never went beyond the second callback. In all of these reality-show auditions, you're trying to figure out what the producers are looking for and you try to give them what they want. This was the first time, with the "Gladiators" audition, they wanted to see who you were more than anything else. Most of the other ones, they wanted to see your personality more than anything. They don't care what you can do. They want to see who you are. Whereas this one ... I could show them all the things I have done, which I think is what helped over all the other ones. MSN: What sorts of things were on your highlight reel? Tim: I divided my life into three categories: athletics, adventures, and I called it "artistic endeavors," but it was basically that I was a performer, so to speak. I wanted to show them that I had the athletic ability to go up against the Gladiators and do the things that were required and that I wasn't afraid of anything, and in the artistics portion, I wanted to show them I was comfortable in front of the camera, because I did theater growing up. ... I just wanted to show them that those were the three aspects I possessed that could set me apart from some of the other folks auditioning. MSN: So once you got in, how did you prepare for the show? Tim: I was an exercise/physiology major in college, so I have a lot of knowledge of the physical fitness side of things. So when I was watching the show, I was trying to pick apart what was the important thing to train for in order to be successful. Obviously, the Eliminator is the most important part of the show. If you're in shape to rocket through that thing, you can be successful, whether you're in the lead or not. And so what I started doing for training, I'm an endurance athlete, so to speak. I do a lot of triathalons and marathons and things like that. I needed to switch it up, because the Eliminator is more of a sprint course, but it also takes endurance too. I started sprinting a lot. I did lots of sprints and hills with a short recovery time. I'd wait maybe a minute and do another one. I got my body used to quick recovery, because in every one of those events on the Eliminator, you have to go upper-body strength, then lower-body, then endurance, all this kind of stuff. So I figured if I had a quick recovery time, I would be able to power through that thing as quick as I could. I think it really paid off. I'm not a weightlifter or anything like that. I knew my size was going to be a huge disadvantage for the strength events like the Joust or Tilt or Snapback. I didn't waste a whole lot of time trying to build up bulk. But I continued to work on endurance and recovery. I was doing pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, all kinds of things for lifting my own weight, which would help on the rock wall and some of the parts of the Eliminator. All those things were about quick recovery and being able to carry my own weight as fast as I could. MSN: How do they choose what events you would do in a given competition? Tim: As far as I know, all the events were put into a hat and they pulled them out. It was completely random in my knowledge of how they run the show. I'm not sure how they picked the Gladiators for the events, but I'm pretty sure everything was random. I had no idea what event I was going to do until I was about to do it. MSN: Were there events you were particularly dreading or particularly looking forward to? Tim: Yeah. I think it's obvious if you look at the first episode, the second episode and the third episode, that there were certain events I was able to excel at and certain events I wasn't. I didn't like any one of the strength ones, the ones I mentioned earlier like Joust, because I knew unless a miracle happened, there's no way I was going to get the Gladiator off or last for that matter. Snapback was just another even where all the muscles in my body would not be able to compare to the muscles that the Gladiators have just in their arms alone. So I dreaded all the strength events. But I wanted so much to do anything that required speed or agility: Powerball, even though I didn't get to do it; Sideswipe, which ended up being my favorite; Pyramid. I dreaded Pyramid because that was my first event, but after I ended up getting to the top, I was excited because I was like "I've figured out how to do this thing." Anything that required agility or speed is what I enjoyed. MSN: First of all, why was Sideswipe your favorite event, and secondly, what was your strategy for Pyramid? You managed to elude Titan I think three times. Tim: First of all, with Sideswipe, it was my favorite because it required the most thinking, judgment and quickness. It required every aspect of what I would think would be a perfect competition for someone like me. You had to judge when the Gladiators were going to hit you. You had to avoid it. You had to pay attention to three different Gladiators at a time. You're constantly looking and judging what you think. "I can make it past this time" or "I have to dive because if I don't, they're going to kick me." It's a constant mind game and physical too. Your body's got to listen to your mind while you're running out there. ... It was an all-inclusive, full-sensation rush. That's why I just loved it. I really did feel it was like a live video game going on. It was so fun. I loved that event more than anything. I never did make it the entire 60 seconds, but it was just so much fun. And then with Pyramid, my strategy with Pyramid after watching the show the first season, I said, "I've never seen anyone attack the Gladiator and try to throw them off." So my strategy was to go straight at the Gladiator, tangle them up and get them below me somehow. And so that's what I did in the first one. Luckily, at one point, Titan threw me and I was able to keep my feet. It ended up being a pick that helped me get to the top. But I figured my strategy worked because I don't get to see it. ... So I tried the same thing in the second round and it didn't work, because he adapted to what my strategy was and just basically laid on me most of the time. Until I tried to employ a new technique, which was to dodge him, which is what everyone else did from the beginning. So I tried to dodge him and I eventually got five points at the last second. The third time around, I was like the attacking method wasn't working... so I'm going to play the card of using my speed and quickness to get around him. He threw me down once and I saw him dive for me. That's when I hit the ground and he went over the top of me and Toa. It gave me enough time to get to the top. It's a constant game of trying to change your strategy up because they adapt to you. Half the fun of it was trying to figure out the chinks in the armor. MSN: Can you give us any kind of insight goes on behind the scenes of "American Gladiators"? Tim: A lot of the behind-the-scenes is waiting. There's a lot of waiting for your next competition. That's normally where the anxiety comes in. I don't think people realize how much of a mind game the show is over the physical. Because you're waiting hours and hours for a competition that lasts 30 seconds. You have to deal with the anxiety of your mind. Your mind is processing all these things: what Gladiator am I going to go against? Am I going to get injured? Is it going to be enough to get me off the show? And when you get down to the Eliminator, am I going to win? Is my time going to be fast enough? Am I going to move on to the next round? So your mind is constantly playing games with you and you're just nervous all the time. I would say that was probably the hardest part of the whole show, dealing with that anxiety sort of thing. People just don't realize. They think, "Oh, it's just a simple competition. 30 seconds." But it's much more than that. Your mind is your greatest enemy there while you're waiting. There's not much more for me to say, because you're not allowed to be with the Gladiators. You're not allowed to walk around the arena. You can't watch any one else perform. You are constantly in a state of wonder and wait. MSN: Who would you say were the toughest among the Gladiators and who were you most able to handle? Tim: In my opinion, Titan was my favorite to go against. He's got a character -- maybe he's not a character, maybe it's himself. But I just know he's very encouraging to me before an event, and then he'd switch into competitive mode during the event, and afterward he'd be a nice guy again and be very encouraging again. Whether I won or lost didn't matter. I remember at Pyramid the first time, I was looking up at him. You could barely hear him talking. He was going, "OK, Tim, this is your event. I want you to come at me with everything you've got. This is your time." That kind of pumps you up and gets you excited. Then he proceeds to pummel you. And afterwards, he'll give you a high-five or a bump of the fist. That interaction was cool. He wasn't there just to kill you. He was there to enjoy the competition. The producers put us against each other several times, and we got more and more time out in the arena. We went against each other probably two or three times a round. I wanted to respect the Gladiators and their roles, and I wanted them to respect me in my round. When they beat me, I gave them the credit for every aspect of it. When I beat them, I still wanted to give them the respect for doing what they do. They were great competitors. He was my favorite Gladiator by far, just because of those aspects. MSN: Did you have a Gladiator you were most scared of or that you didn't like competing against? Tim: There were a couple Gladiators, the characters they play they don't switch it off until probably later. Going against the Beast was pretty intimidating, not only because of his size but also because his character is pretty vicious. When you're staring up at that guy, it hurts your neck, first of all, to look so high up. He was constantly in that "Rrrrr" groaning phase, and you're like, "Man, this guy is getting in my head." So he was the most nerve-wracking, intimidating-wise. But also, I got nervous going up against Evan, Rocket. It was just about as intimidating because of the matchup that we were. He's a speed guy and I'm a speed guy. It was just another one of those mind games with him. It was like I was going up against myself when I was going against him. I was saying, "This is not going to be an easy competition." So I was extremely intimidated and extremely nervous when I went up against the Rocket on the Wall. MSN: Now one of the things Ally told me when I talked to her was you're able to try out to be a Gladiator, but you're not guaranteed. Is that something you'd like to do, become a Gladiator for next season, and if so, what would be your Gladiator identity? Tim: Great question. I think I'm on the same boat as Ally. If the producers want to bring me back as a Gladiator, they can and I would love it. I would obviously only be useful in a few events because of my size. But I would relish the opportunity to be a Gladiator. If I were asked to come back as one, I would definitely do it. I would have to come up with a character. I work at a camp dealing with kids. We've had a couple of contests trying to figure out what a good Gladiator name for me would be. I was seen as a nicer guy in this competition so it would be hard for me to come up with a character who was cocky or whatever. The kids would say stuff like Turbo, which I think was a Gladiator in the past. I don't know. But you should come up with something that signifies what your abilities are. Turbo is a great name and it also has the relation of T for Tim. Jokingly, I said "Tiny Tim" would be a great one because of the "Christmas Carol" story and I am tiny. My character could carry around a crutch and beat people with us and say "God bless us, every one" as I went against them. I think Turbo was the best descriptor, so I'm just going to go with that one. MSN: What's next in the cards for you, now that you've had your televised success? Tim: Up until this point, I've known the outcome and now the rest is unwritten. I have no idea. The funny thing is I'm a media guy and I'm enjoying it. I do a lot of movies/video type stuff. That's been a dream of mine, to pursue that. I never saw myself as being a front-of-the-camera guy necessarily, but this has changed a couple things, because I have been in front of the camera. It would be kind of fun to get involved with doing movies and/or documentaries and all this other stuff, whether in front of or behind the camera, either way. I was hoping this might open some doors to pursuing that even more. MSN: Any reality shows in your future? Or are you done trying out for those? Tim: I would still love to do "The Amazing Race" for the sole fact that I love to travel. I love that that show, like "Gladiators" is dependent on the person's ability to do things moreso than the person's ability to make alliances and stuff like that. If I were probably to get on a show like "Survivor," I probably wouldn't last a second unless I won immunity every time, because they would want me off as soon as possible. Then there's that "Wipeout" show that looked very similar to what "Gladiators" was that just started, which would be very fun to do as well. It's got another Eliminator-type of course. You know, maybe I could do that one. - posted by Raoul 'Grey's Anatomy' Creator Shonda Rhimes Wants to Spoil You
8月6日 Joss Stone = Anne of Cleves. Seriously?
A Campaign to Save 'The Mole' LaunchesWith one more week to go (oops) in its revived season, "The Mole" may be about to take a dirt nap. Reality Blurred reports that some fans are organizing to send ABC lemonheads (in the fashion of contestant Paul) in order to persuade them to keep the show on the air. It also goes on to say that the show should be allowed to die because it's not as cool as the original one, new host Jon Kelley is not as cool as Anderson Cooper was and so forth.
Well, I never saw the original run of the show, and I have to say that I've enjoyed this version of "The Mole" a great deal and hope it does come back.
At the same time, I think I've had it up to here with the "Save Our Show" fan campaigns.
Off the top of my head, only "Jericho" can be said to have worked, and there's a decent argument that the suits might have renewed it anyway.
I can understand the desperation to try and bring shows from the brink. But taking a step back, it really seems like a waste to send a bunch of food to a network executive who is going to remain steadfast in his decision when people are going hungry, doesn't it?
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