On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > The first in my new series of reviews covering the catalog of shows > available on Hulu.com. Part one covers shows I once thought were good > (even great), but, on closer inspection, should be avoided at all (or > most) costs. > > http://www.tvornottv.net/2009/05/22/the-hulu-hula-part-one/ > > Read... then join in the conversation.
I am a bit surprised you had any expectation that any of those shows would still be good; I am surprised you ever thought most of them were any good. One Day At A Time probably was seen as a quality program in its first couple of years, but my memory is that all the rest were widely seen as schlock at the time. I think the interesting question is, are there any shows on now that are widely seen as Quality TV that will be ridiculed in the future? My bias is such that I already expect people in 10 years to look at Survivor, American idol and The Bachelor the way we think of "That's Incredible!" But it is also possible in 10 years people will say "Two and a Half Men? Really?". I spent a lot of time around the set of Silver Spoons (my aunt was one of those studio teachers for the kid actors), and the schlock-osity of the show was obvious at every level of its production. Ricky was actually always better than the material they gave him (which might be one indicator of just how bad the material was) and I think wanted off that show about the time he was old enough to know what girls were for. I always thought he looked miserable on that set, not in the sense of "I'm a kid and I want to be out flying a kite" but in the sense of "I'm a kid actor and can you believe the shit lines they keep giving me". I am going to predict Barney Miller and Taxi will be in your next column, and as dark horses, maybe Lou Grant and The White Shadow? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
