On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > "Rod Serling had more originality on a sick day than all the networks’ > high-priced talent combined." > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/opinion/dowd-serving-up-schlock.html >
Now that Twilight Zone runs every day on MeTV we can put that to the test. And we find out, like any classic long-running series, there were a few classic episodes over the years and lots and lots of mediocre episodes. Serling liked to do little morality plays and they always related to the shallowest sort of morality. He doesn't get deep into characters and their desires and there is no complexity in the stories. As for Dowd, comparing network and cable series without acknowledging the difference in their models makes her comments irrelevant. There was a period when the networks would try to bring a successful cable concept to the network and they would fail. The series Kingpin, which was trying to emulate The Sopranos, comes to mind. Her snark regarding upcoming series is also unnecessary. It's one thing to criticize a network after a series airs and doesn't find an audience, it's another to criticize them before their series air. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
