tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post6312524005043392982..comments2024-03-27T19:11:37.620-04:00Comments on You Don't Say: Bungling at the topJohn McIntyrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-55927000424308514692010-01-12T08:21:11.210-05:002010-01-12T08:21:11.210-05:00As much as I like Leno, he often references TV sho...As much as I like Leno, he often references TV shows, movies or actors from 40+ years ago. I wonder if the audience even gets it. Cultural references in headlines have the same problem. Will everyone get it? Do they tell some parts of your audience "we're not writing for you"? I see many headlines that play off songs that were on the radio 20 or 30 or even more years ago. It cuts both ways: There are probably Green Day references in headlines that I don't recognize.Jim Sweeneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-28790912889358622502010-01-11T23:00:30.346-05:002010-01-11T23:00:30.346-05:00I just watched Leno. It's flat. I was talkin...I just watched Leno. It's flat. I was talking with a younger person today (my daughter) who pointed out that his humor has become outdated for the younger crowd. It isn't fast enough. I really wonder if the time slot is the issue, or if the watching crowd has tired of the same kind of humor. It will be interesting to see if the ratings increase with a new (old) hour. The young folk are upset about the way Conan is being treated. Many are hoping he bolts NBC.Jed Waverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247031220475748127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-73587300181367436942010-01-11T16:09:42.996-05:002010-01-11T16:09:42.996-05:00An editor at The Virginian-Pilot who considered hi...An editor at The Virginian-Pilot who considered himself talented used to say that the difference between broadcast news and newspapers was that TV pays its talent. Two newspaper reporters of vastly different talents would make roughly the same salary. A TV reporter/personality whom viewers trusted or wanted to look at could make much more than a fellow reporter/personality of less appeal to viewers. (Yes, TV is about appeal.) At little TV stations, of course, practically everybody was starved, the same as at little newspapers.Patrick K. Lackeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-40435683620049710042010-01-11T15:00:22.491-05:002010-01-11T15:00:22.491-05:00Programming to draw viewers (expensive or not) is ...Programming to draw viewers (expensive or not) is the easy part. The loss/lack of advertising dolars to pay those bills is the (common) problem.<br /><br />Back around 1970 US industrial companies faced a similarly tough situation. The success of the Marshall Plan created real competition with up to date machinery and processes at the same time that our own industrial infrastructure was nearly 100 years old with equipment pushing forty. <br /><br />This situation was bad enough but add to the mix the (continuing) pressure from labor to maintain the or even improve wages and benefits and on top of that new OSHA and EPA standards. <br /><br />What is a smockstack industrialst to do? Reinvest in the businesses and modernize with safer and healthier equipment and processes or turn tail and run?<br /><br />... first as tragedy, second as farce...<br /><br />MrRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-78094914490515270602010-01-11T14:02:59.482-05:002010-01-11T14:02:59.482-05:00Two things. Thing one: I would write "tacky b...Two things. Thing one: I would write "tacky but cheap-to-produce reality shows." Thing two: giving viewers something cheap has worked marvellously well, which is why there was such a proliferation of reality shows to begin with. In the meantime, quality programming has migrated to networks that are willing to invest up front in developing the shows and long term in nurturing them along until they can develop an audience. <br /><br />What NBC suffers from, along with the other tradition-bound networks, is their apparent need for insta-hits. If a program is not working out after a season, or a few months, or a few weeks, they confuse their viewers with endless schedule changes and soon enough yank the show. This doesn't seem like contempt for viewers so much as simply not having the guts to try something that doesn't follow their quickly failing model.mikehttp://www.mikepope.com/blognoreply@blogger.com