Re: TR 5/8 Big Show Synopsis

"Tom Cronin" <tkhkcronin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 May 9, 12:50 am, Brady <watercl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I know we've previously spent some time discussing 'reality' TV, but
> here's what I want to know. Do you think the executives in charge of
> 'reality' programming at MTV Networks (which includes VH1) are cognizant
> of the fact that their product is garbage?

The issue of quality only enters into the equation if the network is
trying to reach a demographic which values quality in the first place.
MTV targets the slacker/stoner/couch potato demo, churning out hours
of crap programming, and selling millions of dollars of ads to snack
food and energy drink manufacturers.


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Quality does not sell. You always see these polls in which people swear
they 
watch PBS all the time. If as many people who say that actually were doing

it, NBC would be number 5 today.



The flip side would be something like the Discovery Channel's "Planet
Earth" series last year, fascinating and beautifully produced.



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....and, did ya happen to notice that that series was produced by the
BBC????







Tom