Bland Justice
A month or so ago I started seeing several desperate ads: "Your satellite provider has committed the unspeakable act of dropping Court TV. Strap explosives to your body and immolate their corporate offices as a protest over this monumental injustice!"
Of course, prior to these ads I'd never even known I could get Court TV on my dish- in fact, I'm not sure I even knew there was a Court TV out there. I wasn't surprised by any means; every time I had an afternoon doctor appointment the waiting (and waiting and waiting) room TV would have one of severaltrailer trash true-crime courtroom TV shows on it.
I stopped going to the doctor, of course (much less painful to simply put a funny hat on the growth and call it "Ernie"), but even though these things must be dirt-cheap to produce I'm wondering just how much of an audience is there to see two low-lifes trading lies in a courtroom?
And even worse, it was always the penny-ante mind-grindingly dull BS they were fighting over. At least on Night Court they made some effort to put some style, some imagination into the cases. I know, I know, Night Court had a staff of writers to bring in the funny. Modern courtroom TV shows don't have the budget to buy and rip off a joke from Bazooka Joe bubble gum.
TV is a business, so these shows must be on because someone is actually watching them... so what's next for the true-to-life genre? Real Pipewrench, where we see actual plumbers (not actors portraying plumbers) fish something out of the grease trap that looks like it should be fighting Doctor Who to take over the world? Modern Mailman, driving around picking up and delivering the mail... in rain, sleet, hail and yes, even gloom of late-late-late night scheduling? True-Life Secretary, a thrilling half-hour of watching her take phone messages for her boss between filing purchase orders? American Blogger, a thrill-a-decade show where we watch someone sit in front of a computer and type? For a half-hour (minus commercials)?
And for the sensational season finale, we'll watch as the blogger actually gets up and goes to the kitchen to scarf some cold fish sticks!!!
Of course, prior to these ads I'd never even known I could get Court TV on my dish- in fact, I'm not sure I even knew there was a Court TV out there. I wasn't surprised by any means; every time I had an afternoon doctor appointment the waiting (and waiting and waiting) room TV would have one of several
I stopped going to the doctor, of course (much less painful to simply put a funny hat on the growth and call it "Ernie"), but even though these things must be dirt-cheap to produce I'm wondering just how much of an audience is there to see two low-lifes trading lies in a courtroom?
And even worse, it was always the penny-ante mind-grindingly dull BS they were fighting over. At least on Night Court they made some effort to put some style, some imagination into the cases. I know, I know, Night Court had a staff of writers to bring in the funny. Modern courtroom TV shows don't have the budget to buy and rip off a joke from Bazooka Joe bubble gum.
TV is a business, so these shows must be on because someone is actually watching them... so what's next for the true-to-life genre? Real Pipewrench, where we see actual plumbers (not actors portraying plumbers) fish something out of the grease trap that looks like it should be fighting Doctor Who to take over the world? Modern Mailman, driving around picking up and delivering the mail... in rain, sleet, hail and yes, even gloom of late-late-late night scheduling? True-Life Secretary, a thrilling half-hour of watching her take phone messages for her boss between filing purchase orders? American Blogger, a thrill-a-decade show where we watch someone sit in front of a computer and type? For a half-hour (minus commercials)?
And for the sensational season finale, we'll watch as the blogger actually gets up and goes to the kitchen to scarf some cold fish sticks!!!
Lost Fanatic
Day Break TV
They showed real trials, not those two-goobers-who-can't-spell-t heir-
own-names-brawling-in-a-court room shows. The trials were interesting sometimes, mostly because it's something I'd never seen before.
EDIT: I've modified this comment three times and I'm still getting weird spacing in "their" and "courtroom". Hmph.
Poker Addict
So now that you can't watch Court TV, are you just dying to watch it?
I think I have it on my satellite package, but have never tuned in.
I'm more of a comedy girl!
Passionate Apathy
Truly, I doubt I've ever even looked at one quarter of the channels on my satellite.