The
Nineties
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Good or Bad
Television
The nineties have been
plagued with networks scrambling like everyone else to increase
profits for stock holders without any regard for the viewers, like
the way big corporations have layed off good employees just to get a
temporary rise in their stocks. The eighties are repeatedly referred
to as the decade of greed, but it appears to the discerning eye that
never has greed been any more present than it is now. A certain shaky
politician got elected from the perception he knew how to create a
good economy, even though from a impartial view point he would appear
less than honest.
This page is ,however
about television not politics. It does seem that the current
political climate does affect the type of shows we
watch.
A lot of good shows have
been canceled during the nineties that weren't even given a chance to
build an audience. Some of them may not have been considered great
works of art, but they were a lot better than other shows that are
currently on the air.
Shows like Time Cop,
Strange Luck, Dark Skies, The Visitor, The New Fantasy Island were
all good shows that were not given a chance to build an
audience.
An argument against Fantasy Island was it had already been done, but
that is the most ridiculous statement one could possibly think of
when you look at the dozens of copycat sitcoms we are bombarded with
year after gruesome year. Not to mention the news magazine shows on
every network that come on practically everyday on every
network.
Dark Skies was definitely
not given a chance to gain an audience. There may have been a lot a
things already done on the X-files, but every sitcom on the air tells
the same jokes and same situations over and over again, and these
sitcoms are still there. Now, there have been some good sitcoms in
the past like Family Ties, but most every sitcom on now is just plain
boring.
Another show Vengeance
Unlimited is an excellent show, but I haven't seen it in a few
weeks.
It
almost seems that networks are afraid to trust their common sense
about shows. You would think after years of experience they would
figure out what makes an entertaining show that will eventually gain
an audience.
The X-files didn't start
out as big a hit as it is now. Happy Days a good sitcom started out
very poorly, but today everyone knows who the Fonz is.
Well the one good thing
about little being on I can get a little more work
done.
