There is no real compulsion for the networks to find entertainers because they keep throwing these news shows into these holes in their schedule. Therefore, they're not looking for another Jackie Gleason or another Lucille Ball because they keep throwing news magazines in . Picking up on something you said just a moment ago, you said the networks used to be very serious about entertainment, but not about news. They're not serious about news. News is filler.
News is to plug the holes in the schedule.
The news division of the three networks are not charged with covering news. They're charged with filling time. Ellen Degeneres coming out of the closet, and they couldn't have cared less whether she came out of the closet or stayed in the closet, as long as she did it during Sweeps Week. That's all anybody cared about. So it's all about Sweeps Week.