Recent content by Brian^K

My wife and I see it as a much thinner schedule coming this coming fall, as compared to the last few falls. Not unexpected, though. I've been saying for about that long that the Golden Age of Broadcast Television is coming to an end. Seriously, we will have to supplement from somewhere. The...

If I remember, I'll let you know how my Amazon.com delivery goes on Friday. My delivery qualified for "enhanced" service, where they set up the television and test it before leaving, to make sure it hasn't been damaged in transit. With regard to why not buy locally.... the main reason for...

I recall reading some reports that some replacement bulbs were produced that didn't actually fit properly, and that could cause issues. No idea if this could be what you're experiencing.

I never found Leno funny. I think he should never have been given the Tonight show because of that. Heck, I never thought Johnny Carson was funny either. I suspect that these people appeal to certain audiences, and it is those people who need to find them funny, not us.

"Might have..." While satisfying to think so, the ratings for the show were so poor that no amount of clamor from the small number of us who were fans of the show would probably have amounted to much. It seems that every so often the networks give fan response a chance to justify a renewal...

I'm sure that when it really gets out of hand, i.e., begins adversely affecting revenues, they'll reel it back in. They're typically pretty good about detecting and reacting to lost revenues.

I suspect we Americans will have a DVD set made available to us.

If NBC was being honest about what they needed, pulling a 1.7 versus that competition is a big win for them and not bad for their affiliate news shows. I know that that is going to go down like cod liver oil for the folks who were hoping and praying for justification for their condemnations of...

Quote: I disagree. In my experience, including twenty years effectively comparing consumers' opinions about what is best for a business versus the business' opinions about what is best for the business, I can say with confidence that the percentage of times that the consumers were right and...

I don't agree, though, that blatant and unchecked consumerism is necessarily a good thing. No perspective ever deserves an unrebutted soap-box. Such destructive constructs inextricably lead to some folks getting the idea that such a one-sided perspective should actually prevail. It justifies...

Quote: Hehe... well that's one of those, "It's nice that people are different," things. I grant that there are a lot of people who like this "anniversary" stuff, and so they provide more than enough demand for the studios to provide it, but that doesn't mean I like all this emphasis on what I...

It is strange to see you write that given that my comments directly mirrored your own, just with a different, indeterminate set of people as the target. You have a double-standard: The people you want to insult, it is okay to insult them, but the people you like, it isn't okay to insult them...

* People posting online act like idiots an order of magnitude or two more often than large companies.

Age of viewers is definitely part of what is reported. Then advertisers can use that information as they see fit, based on who they believe their advertisements will prompt to buy their products and services. In the end, do keep in mind that ratings are falling, precipitously, overall...

I think it is ridiculous to assume that NBC hasn't though of all the implications and possibilities that we viewers bandy about online. They're not idiots, despite some of the self-serving but essentially baseless protestations to the contrary.