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So, you had a bad week Fox TV. One's ass tends to drag when one chases ratings -- like a cheap lawyer after an ambulance -- and not good tv. Remember the fiasco of "Who Wants To Marry a Millionaire" (Bill Carter's "Desperate Networks" has the definitive rendering of that embarrasing episode in tv history)? Did you learn anything from Rick Rocker and Darva Conger? Okay, sure: "24" and "American Idol" are still months away from rejeuvinating the network. And, yes, the rating are dismal for the network right about now.
Still -- If you looked after the next "Lost" or "Battlestar Galactica," and not the most shocking outrageous ratings ... you might not be in the predicament that you are in now, Fox TV.
Frankly these programming choices of yours seem contrary to the governing philosophy at NewsCorp. Conservative virtue -- based on character and free markets and an aristocratic love of competition and achievement -- is not to be found in murderers explaining their craft with the mitigating "..If." And certainly not in "The Simple Life."
There are great scripts out there, now especially in this era of reality tv. Look after them, Fox TV. Get a reputation befitting a conservative ideology, not, as is presently the case, the go-to network for sleaze.
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