04.14.08
CBS…those fake reality shows just GOTTA go!
I mentioned in an earlier post that I had two issues with CBS programming. I addressed the first (fictitious programming schedules), so here is the other: fake reality shows, where a bunch of wanna-be acters sadly act their way through some programmed reality. Jeeze, guys, this format appealed to boppers several years ago, but get a clue! Those youngsters have moved on. These shows are utterly worthless, totally stupid, completely staged, and, unless you have missed the point here, a total waste of time. Advertisers…pull out now, before it is too late! Why on earth do you want to have your corporate identity associated with these shabby productions!
Last night, because CBS can’t follow their own programming schedule, I actually watched the end of Big Brother. OMG!!! What a piece of tripe! These pseudo-acters prancing around pretending to be “real” (it probably took multiple takes to get some of those scenes to be believable). Jeeze-Louise, CBS…surely you can come up with something…anything…better than this! Advertisers…get a clue! I am definitely not alone in this opinion. Use your money for R&D or college grants…something that is actually beneficial and educational! Big Brother sucks! It’s about as close to ”reality” as a Superman cartoon and one tenth as interesting (unless you are a student of bad acting, whereupon it is great material!)
The days of “Reality” television are over. Like Wrestling, everybody knows they are staged productions, and let’s face it…they lost their novelty years ago. Move on, CBS!
CBS…c’mon, guys; a schedule is a schedule!
CBS, this is about your programming practices. There are two aspects of your programming that grind my gizzard. First, the fact that you allow sporting events to overrun regular programming. I know when my favorite shows come on, like 60 Minutes and Cold Case, but they seldom actually DO come on when you say they will.
Last night I settled down to watch 60 Minutes. Sure enough, per usual, I was stuck watching the absolute most boring sport in the history of televised sports….Golf. I don’t care about Golf. The very most I would ever want to see pertaining to a golf match might be 5 minutes of highlights. The rest of it is….boring.
But the same thing happens with all televised sports on CBS…if it runs long, nobody at CBS cares. Nobody at CBS gives a Carp about the audience and our lives and our schedules.
If I was running the network, that would stop. Sports can be stuck in the same schedule block as any other program. There should be no preference of sports fans over normal people (you read that right). If the sport runs long, tough! Read about it in the paper. Or purchase ESPN or the 143 other cable/satellite sport channels. I have every right to watch 60 Minutes at the scheduled time, and certainly my rights are no less important than those of any sweaty, overweight couch potato.
When it comes to programming, a television program should come on when you say it will, CBS. I bet the advertisers who spend big bucks on prime time advertising are peeved when their ads get shoved out to late-night. CBS doesn’t care. I am certainly peeved that I can’t expect CBS to stick to their own program schedule. Again, CBS doesn’t care.
I am the voice of the aging Baby Boomer, CBS. We carry a big $$$tick. Get a clue.
