January 24, 2006
From the desk of Jane Galt:Holy industry consolidation, Batman!
CBS and Warner brothers are merging UPN and the WB. Does this mean that the Gilmore Girls and Girlfriends will all be in one show?
Posted by Jane Galt at January 24, 2006 11:48 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound linksNah the real question is who would win in a fight between Veronica Mars and Chloe Sullivan?
(Winner gets Lex/Wallace, loser gets Clark/Duncan)
Wonder what they'll put on the open channel. Another home shopping network? 24 hours of GGW?
Their first joint project:
Voyage to the Bottom of the Ratings
So the target audience will be black middle-class teens?
Posted by: Mike W on January 24, 2006 02:51 PMNOOO!!!
Please don't take away my Smallville!!!!
Posted by: Michael In CO on January 24, 2006 03:31 PMWhy do I keep thinking about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?
Posted by: Peter on January 24, 2006 04:18 PMI?m not sure how I feel about Smallville (and I say this as someone who actually watched and *liked* Birds of Prey for all of its thirteen episodes). John Schneider, Annette O'Toole, and Michael Rosenbaum are generally entertaining to watch although I don't care much for the guy they picked to play Clark Kent but maybe that was a problem with the writing for the two seasons. IMO the show suffered by gyrating between being an X-Files wannabe and following the teen/twenty-something angst formulas of so many other shows on the WB.
Will I can believe that the show improved and eventually turned out pretty well, the problem is that with so many solidly good shows on TV such as Veronica Mars, Lost, Stargate (both of them), and Battlestar Galactica, I haven't had the time to give the show another chance.
Posted by: Thorley Winston on January 24, 2006 04:24 PMI say this as someone who actually watched and *liked* Birds of Prey for all of its thirteen episodes).
Ah, so *you're* the other person who watched that show. :)
Posted by: Dan on January 24, 2006 10:03 PMNah the real question is who would win in a fight between Veronica Mars and Chloe Sullivan?
I'd bet on Veronica, but I'd be rooting for Chloe. And I'd volunteer to be her towel boy...
Posted by: datarat on January 25, 2006 01:24 AMThere is one public health campaign similar to the ones you cited (abortion rates, drug use, smoking) that worked. Drunk Driving. The drunk driving campaign worked because it stigmatized drunks (and we increased the penalty for DUI). Remember Foster Brooks? He had a huge stand-up career playing the "loveable lush". The general media culture turned against drunks and his career shut down. Sure, there are drunk jokes made still, but they tend to be somewhat rueful and ashamed in tone.
Until the social stigma of unplanned pregnancy comes back, don't expect abortion rates to go down.
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