On 06/24/2013 12:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > Last night was the season finale of "Mad Men". I don't know if many > here watch it and I know particularly some of our TV fans don't. That > doesn't surprise me because I'm sure more than a few grew up with > parents who were executives and might have been like Don Draper or his > peers. My late brother was of that generation and though not in the > advertising industry ran businesses so I found the show amusing. The > award winning show has one more season to go and because they are > winding through the years (this season took place in 1968) are about to > enter into the time when ad agencies went Public and thus more > responsible to the stockholders and started hiring CEOs who could talk > to bankers. In fact a public offering was even in the episodes this > season. But that would not make for good television. Also should > mention that the show featured corporations that were still family run > which was another thing that changed in the 1970s. > > Also debuting last night was a new NBC series "Crossing Lines" which was > another pleasant surprise. "Another" because when I watched the pilot > episode of "Hannibal" I didn't have much faith in a broadcast network > delivering anything other than watered down schlock. But "Hannibal" > played like a foreign TV series and the same was true of "Crossing > Lines" which stars William Fitchner and Donald Sutherland (in a limited > role). This show so much reminded me of UK or even Danish TV series > which can be viewed on Netflix. Both "Hannibal" and "Crossing Lines" > seem to be a departure from "dumbed down television." As much as I > don't care for Comcast's carnival like business model I'm beginning to > wonder if their takeover on NBC has resulted in these changes. A few > months back they announced there would be changes. And changes need to > be done to keep people from tuning out broadcast in favor of cable and > premium network offerings like "Mad Men" and "Dexter" (whose final > season begins Sunday).
And BTW, "Crossing Lines" is like a foreign produced series because it is one: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/crossing-lines-nbcs-european-justice-573648 And tonight starts yet another Stephen King to TV series "Under the Dome" on CBS. I'll keep a critical eye on that.
