An eleven-year run is an exceptional accomplishment for a television show. But when a certain block of programming, whose total number of series over time reached well into double figures, lasts eleven years, it s an even greater accomplishment. It s akin to maintaining a championship-level sports franchise amidst ongoing personnel turnover, as when Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs won three Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks. In my mind, the younger audience has been terribly hurt. Apart from Nickelodeon, I don t know where the kids now have to go, except reruns, which is unfortunate.
Edge is now the favorite word in each development meeting.
If ABC s midseason replacement series are an indication, the network s fall schedule will be as edgy as a razor blade. When Janey tells them their advice isn t working, they respond that it s because she s not having sex with any of those fellows. And then you get below the waist, and you really have to start making some tough decisions. Although a steamy heterosexual relationship is at the core of this series, gays are by no means neglected. By and large, families should recoil from watching just about anything anymore on prime time broadcast television.