Good Televsion

I admit it. I do subscribe to a couple of reality TV shows (or should I say competitions - shot out to Top Chef and Project Runway), but come on what we have going on with television today is ridiculous. How many times have you seen different versions of the same show ( Flava of Love- I Love New York, Americas Next Top Model - Make Me a Supermodel and a whole host of dance shows). I know in the wake of the writers' strike we are limited in the selection of premium quality television. Still we all felt the decline in quality programing long before the strike. Even in the middle of the strike, viewers were heartbroken when their favorite shows were taken off the air. Robbed of the opportunity to enjoy a full season. Does the name 'Heroes' come to mind for anyone?


Some networks were even so far as to cancel, promising and upcoming shows. Why oh why did Journeyman get cancelled? True maybe the rating were a little low, but let's step back and consider what was going on in the industry shall we. This show consisted of a great and suspenseful plotline, great new characters and was a great follow up to Heroes. It kind of reminds you a Friends to Scrubs type relationship. Good television should not be a casuality in this writers' war.



Today's Bring It Back

Journeyman and Heroes

Rainbow and Thriller Flavored Now and Laters

The saying, "Out with the old and in with the new," is highly overated. I mean, just because it is old doesn't exclude it from being good. If the saying went out with the good and in with the new, no one would take to it. Take for instance, Rainbow and Thriller flavored Now N' Laters. If you have ever had them, you know what I mean. O MY GOODNESS. Why oh why did you have to leave? If ever there was a cause (and there are plenty) worth petitioning for that is one. How many times have you went to the store only to find your favorite product is no longer there? Are they not listening to us? We are the consumers after all.

These corporation spent millions of dollars on campaigns for what? To advertise products that we are naturally bombarded with already in the stores. Why not spend some of that cash on focus groups and test the market. Find out what we really want. Think of how much money you would save. Don't tell us what we need, listen to want we want.

Today's Bring It Back: Thriller and Rainbow Now N' Laters (with an ode to Mystery Mix). This goes out to you Farley's & Sathers