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Jan 24, 2006 12:45

Well, it was kinda inevitable...

Leslie Moonves, chief executive of CBS Corp., said the new network will air 30 hours of programming seven days a week aimed in part at young audiences.We all knew television created its own reality, but I'm amazed and awed that the media has grown so powerful that they can blithely insert an extra 6 hours in every ( Read more... )

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ladystarlightsj January 24 2006, 17:52:49 UTC
You know, if I found an extra 6 hours in a day, I think I could come up with more exciting things than watching a revamped WB.

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randomways January 24 2006, 21:55:43 UTC
Even if they introduce a brilliant new show named after some place with a semi-tropical environment filled with a bunch of beautiful young adults who interact in a tragi-comic manner?

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ladystarlightsj January 25 2006, 01:10:52 UTC
Especially then.

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deecers January 24 2006, 17:53:49 UTC
Maybe now we'll have an independent station around here again. I miss the days when you could watch Star Trek daily on what is now the WB.

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randomways January 24 2006, 21:56:48 UTC
I think Spike TV has hours of ST programming (TNG and DS9, I believe), though it airs during the day, so you'd either have to be home or tape it.

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deecers January 24 2006, 23:18:26 UTC
But the beauty of this particular station is that it would show original Trek constantly and you don't need cable to watch it. Ahhh, the good old days.

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ymfaery January 24 2006, 18:10:19 UTC
...heh.

I heard it on the radio this morning, except they thoughtfully left out the 30 hours of programming part. XD

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randomways January 24 2006, 21:57:48 UTC
Thoughtful to whom?!? Oh sure, Leslie might appreciate it, but what about all us mockers? We need ready-made entertainment.

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oulangi January 25 2006, 05:58:28 UTC
= what happens when you hire your wife's cousins son to write PR releases.

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randomways January 26 2006, 00:51:22 UTC
I thought that was the cause of all major network programming.

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The History of television programming, part I oulangi January 26 2006, 04:14:31 UTC
(grumble. Fucking LJ ( ... )

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Part 2 of Part I oulangi January 26 2006, 04:15:09 UTC
From there he expanded until he had a network of schools who happily performed Oklahoma! with the new song "I Cain't Say No... to an ice cold Coca Cola" to audiences of soda guzzling parents. At 15, after Little Wendy Thomas refused to let him get to second base after cheerleading practice, he blacklisted her grandfather's burger joint, selling access only to Roy Kroc and some other fellow with delusions of royalty ( ... )

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oceloty January 26 2006, 03:38:20 UTC
Does this mean they will cancel programming twice as fast, or just continue to turn out large quantities of dreck? Or does it not matter?

I vote for C.

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randomways January 27 2006, 03:26:31 UTC
I think 'C' is most likely the best approach, but you're ignoring the possibility that they will accidentally reveal the alien technology (and dead aliens) that is responsible for modern mass media.

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