From 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., a medley of shows that a network wants to try to launch, or kill off, or news. Followed at 11 p.m. by their own late-night comedian or syndicated shows that people still like but for some reason got canceled.
If the programming schedule is ever not like this, substitute more reality TV or national emergency for the blocks from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Every day it is the same thing: There is no originality in network television anymore. Producers and network executives are content to use faux tension to drive ratings higher.
There is no real stretch to try to write creative and intriguing dramas or comedies – just the same thing every night.
What happened to actual good TV, shows that we would wait for anxiously every week, knowing that something great was going to happen?
Where has good TV gone?
What about the good kid shows like AHH Real Monsters, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Salute Your Shorts, Doug – all the awesome shows we used to watch.
Did all the creativity get used in the ’90s? It seems like we all are doomed to an endless cycle of mediocrity.
This depressing cycle is not just limited to TV; it is an infection sweeping across all the realms of entertainment.
A decrease in quality programming on TV shapes everything else. Network executives think that if a program was a hit 20 or 30 years ago, it will be a hit again.
And if not, then surely Hollywood would love to make a remake of it so that (hopefully) a new generation will love the same tried-and-true characters.
But for the people who have fond memories of it, the new actors will ruin all the good memories they once had for the show.
If the programming on network television is going to continue to be sad copies of shows from the past, then the least that could happen is that these shows be copies of shows that we really loved. Bring back the great ’90s shows.
Ratings would skyrocket if the programs that influenced who we are as a generation were on in prime time.
It would be infinitely more enjoyable than three hours of faux reality TV.
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