tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post116224435953449094..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Something worth pondering ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1162766229449038832006-11-05T17:37:00.000-05:002006-11-05T17:37:00.000-05:00That's an interesting point, Maxine - the actual m...That's an interesting point, Maxine - the actual manner of watching the shows has changed profoundly. I watch very little TV myself - and I grew up on it. I have a hard time suspending my disbelief. Jack Bauer doesn't look like a government agent to me - though I admit he's more plausible than a lot of others who just look like young actors posing in nice clothes.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1162371191425978542006-11-01T03:53:00.000-05:002006-11-01T03:53:00.000-05:00I read the article to which you link last night bu...I read the article to which you link last night but couldn't think of anything to say --- seems to me the article is just listing some popular or attempted-popular shows, not writing about "serious" TV (news analysis or classical drama for example).<BR/><BR/>I suppose I think that the whole industry is changing so much, powered by the advertising. It probably won't be all that long before the concept of a big TV station is outmoded, and all the programmes will be available on the internet for subscription (and the advertising will be personally targeted to those viewers of individual shows).<BR/><BR/>Then viewers can choose what they want. I don't watch live TV, but I'm quite interested in some series I read about, eg 24 or Desperate Housewives. But what I prefer to do is to record each episode or wait till it is out on DVD and discounted, and buy/rent it, so I can watch it at my own time and pace, rather than being dictated to by the schedulers.<BR/><BR/>Maybe these changes are what is being described in the article?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com