One From Column 'A' and One From Column 'B'
It is Saturday, February 24. Fifteen days ago, Anna Nicole Smith died. Now, she haunts my TV. Nancy Grace Weekend , (which sounds more like a horror movie title than a news and information show) is all over the custody hearing. Over on the Fox Noise , they're discussing the nutty judge and Britney, who isn't dead, although she still haunts. This is telling me that, either (a) I do not understand the wants and needs of the American consumer, or (b) The news programs are off on their own, and people really are not watching. I'm thinking " a ". People in charge of programming TV shows do not aimlessly put shows on the TV. They methodically go over demographics and viewer ratings to determine just what and when people are watching. Like some kind of demented network TIVO, they know what we think we want, and they have determined that we want more Anna Nicole stuff. I ask myself how they can tell... Since it's on 24/7, it might be hard to differentiate between wh...