Vineland TV Guide

kelber at mindspring.com kelber at mindspring.com
Wed Jan 7 16:39:00 CST 2009


Lots of good writing, at least on cable:  The Sopranos, Deadwood, Mad Men, to name a few.  As close to a golden age as we're likely to get.

LK

-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>

>TV always cannibalizes itself. Think of all the supernatural comedies
>of the late sixties/early seventies. Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, My
>Mother the Car, The Ghost and Mrs Muir, Mr Ed, My Favorite Martian.
>
>The Munsters actually beat the Addams Family to the air.
>
>At one point more than half of broadcast series were westerns.
>
>Superman, Batman, Green Hornet, Mr Fantastic, and Captain Nice.
>
>Cops and Private I's?
>
>Game shows?
>
>Now we have phony reality shows and crime procedurals.




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