When TV Became Art
All this would be nothing but thrilling — the tale of a decade when TV grew a spine and a brain — if it weren’t for the possibility that it could come to an end. The network model has crumbled in ways presaged a decade ago, then intensified by the bad economy. Product integration infests even the best series. But it might be a mistake to get too apocalyptic: This decade began, after all, with critics warning that reality shows would destroy TV altogether (rather than, say, revive the art of ballroom dancing). And who knows what the future will bring?”
Even the sitcoms, How I Met Your Mother is so much better than Seinfeld or Friends could ever hope to be not only in the humor but also in the style of narration. And don’t forget the short-lived Arrested Development; hopefully Community will live on. Enough reading my rambling, go click on the link at the top.
“When TV Became Art” [Short URL: http://www.ipatrix.com/?p=3157] was published Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 at 7:19 pm by Patrix, filed under 9rules, Television, and tagged as 2000, art, decade, entertainment, Television. Both comments and linkbacks are closed.
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d’accord! i miss “curb your enthusiam”, “third rock”, “red dwarf”, and even “will & grace”. some of the more obscure ones “six feet under”, “doogie howzer”. for some time, “scrubs” and “house” kept me interested, then i started watching “two and a half men”. i haven’t come across a single reality show that is worth watching. whatever happened to good ole TV? some news, some daily soaps, the odd comedy. bring back the 70s and the 80s!! and i personally boycott all products advertised during my favourite shows – once i timed the duration of ads vs show, and guess what? 35 mins of ads in an hour-long show. tv moghuls are dead and gone, now we have tv beggars, who survive on sponsors’ moolah. so goodbye tasteful entertainment, welcome crass crude trash.
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