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| Sep 09, 2010 - 02:56 PM |
Queen City News - Helena's FREE Weekly Newspaper |
Helena, Montana |
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On Sundays when I was growing up, there was no escaping the power of men in my Italian-American life. There was Catholic Mass, where men were in charge, and, of course, there was a young girl’s perception that life was controlled by the Big Man in the Sky. At home at Sunday dinner, women cooked, men were served first, and, when the meal was over, men napped while women cleaned up.
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It seemed popular to bash the TV coverage of the Winter Olympics this year. Ratings were well behind those of Salt Lake four years ago and the games apparently unable to hold up against competitive shows like “American Idol.” Bryant Gumble attacked the (mostly white) Olympic participants as laughable “pseudo-athletes,” as he longed for the “real” sports action of March Madness. And on NPR, Frank DeFord complained that TV coverage of personal dramas behind the games was “hackneyed” and needed to be replaced by simple coverage of the events.
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In a canny programming decision, NBC recently moved two popular, award-winning comedies to Thursday night, reviving the old days of “Must-See TV,” which, once upon a time, meant an evening of “Seinfeld” and “Friends.” (And “ER,” too, but this column is about comedies.)
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SAN DIEGO—On the West Coast, "Saturday Night Live" isn't live. Neither is the "NBC Nightly News." From Seattle to San Diego, TV viewers have long been served warmed-over evening news and entertainment programming that aired live a few hours earlier in the East.
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In the searing heat of a Southern city, the drama unfolds like another day at General Hospital: Restaurant owner Manuel, a benevolent patriarch who offers aid to new immigrants, is hiding a dark secret that binds him and his enemy, the club owner Salvador. Meanwhile, Dr. Maria Hayden, whose U.S.-born husband left her for a sultry blonde, is considering the attentions of a handsome mechanic.
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On the website for the television program “The Apprentice,” an organization called Trump University analyzes the business “lessons” learned from the events of the week’s show. I agree that lessons can be learned from the show, maybe even about how to organize an event and make money, but mostly I am overwhelmed by the program’s lessons that indicate the smarminess and uselessness of the corporate world.
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Most psychotherapists would probably say that we learn about marriage from watching our parents. I would contend that many of us learn important marriage lessons from television. To some extent, we see more private moments between couples on TV than we ever did between mom and dad.
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I begin with excuses: my VCR has died and I often work during the evenings. The result is that I don’t yet have a good handle on any new fall television shows. An embarrassment for a tubehead like myself.
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The offices of Cambridge Community Television are lit up with neon and klieg lights, a beacon to passersby who pause to peer through the wall of glass. A CCTV sign glows pink. Winking monitors flash the station's three channels.
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It’s an odd thing about TV writing: until the end of the season, you don’t really know where a series is headed. What you write one day may change with the next episode. So, as the new fall shows are just about to air, I would like to comment on two that recently ended. For both of these shows, the endings made all the difference.
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