Posted 10:51 AM by Gene

Another argument for FIRING ad-blurbists:

[N]umerous [ad-blurbists -- they do NOT deserve to be called CRITICS] heralded a new golden age as far back as the '70s, when classic comedies including "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "All in the Family" and "M*A*S*H" dominated the airwaves. In the '80s, the arrival of dramas like "Hill Street Blues," with its complex narrative structure, ushered in yet another golden age. [Ad-blurbists] also made a compelling case in the '90s, citing such shows as "The Simpsons" (which debuted in December 1989), "Seinfeld" and "E.R."

Well there's a simple reason for that: TV KEEPS GETTING BETTER!!

So here we are in another golden age -- such exemplars of REPORTORIAL EXCELLENCE as "Entertainment Weekly [and] the Washington Times" say so! So here comes some hack named Matt from something called TV Guide, itself in a TIN age, and what does he say (conveniently late in the article)?

"[T]he shows that tend to get the best reviews tend to get the smallest audiences, and even the ones that are popular aren't culturally resonant."

REPEAT: FIRE THE AD-BLURBISTS!!!!!