To head the country's premier journal of television writing while holding that medium in such contempt must have been no fun at all. Theatre writers love theatre. Music writers love music. Perhaps they are embarrassed. But it's nothing to be ashamed of.
TV is the most popular, dynamic and recognised art form in the world.
And it's constantly reinventing itself. Opera, much loved by Shmith and co, hasn't produced a popular work in 100 years. And the fact that those shows worked overseas means that our international colleagues are making crowd-pleasing visual ballast as fast as we are. Yes, TV is crap, but it has varying levels of crappiness. But even the ABC is conducting a ratings-driven purge.