Subject: Re: Twin Peaks Cancellation
From: rcj@caen.engin.umich.edu (R o d Johnson)
Date: 1991-02-20, 08:59
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1991Feb20.145851.27819@riacs.edu> howells@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (John Howells) writes:
> >rcj@caen.engin.umich.edu (R o d Johnson) writes:
> >
> ><In article <1991Feb19.204650.16733@riacs.edu> howells@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (John Howells) writes:
> ><(By the way, I'm one of the "no ones" who
> ><watches TP in real time, as are most of my friends, who will no doubt
> ><be chagrined to hear about their ceasing to exist.)
> >
> >I'm surprised to hear that! I can't imagine anyone actually wanting to
> >have a program interrupted with annoying and crass commercial
> >announcements, but whatever turns you on I guess!

*Think*, John.  Not everyone has a VCR.  I don't, and many of my
friends don't.  I wouldn't mind having one, but what little disposable
income I have goes to other things--I feel lucky just to have my
little black and white TV.  Not everyone can timeshift, mute
commercials with their handy remote and freeze-frame a show to death.
Some of us just *watch TV*, just like back in the stone ages before
all you yuppie gadget-freaks existed.  :)

> >Can't they
> >afford just one critically acclaimed program on their schedule to show
> >that they actually do care about quality? I guess I'm talking about some
> >kind of dream world!                      ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^
 ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^
(I think he's got it!)

Personally, my most satisfying TV experience this year was the series
of Bravo broadcasts of the Oresteia.  I watched it over and over
again.  I'm sure the ratings for *that* made Twin Peaks look like the
Super Bowl by comparison, and I'm sure Bravo wasn't too upset.  Who
needs ABC?  Maybe it's time the networks *did* die.

--
 Rod Johnson  *  rjohnson@vela.acs.oakland.edu  *  (313) 650 2315 

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