> I don't think this has been posted here (at least I didn't > see it in the archives), but the article suggests that a > good shakeup of MTP (which I think applies to all > Sunday shows) could take some lessons from Last > Week Tonight (no, not to be funny, but other stuff). > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/meet-the-press-chuck-todd_n_5669635.html <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/meet-the-press-chuck-todd_n_5669635.html>
While I think the criticisms of the Sunday morning shows in the article are apt, the solution is not to turn Meet the Press into every other news program. I'm pretty sure 60 Minutes has done the story about unregulated supplements in the past, and I'd surprised if most other newsmagazines haven't also done it. Meet the Press (as well as its competition) is trying to stay afloat in an era when there are a lot of shows devoted to interviewing newsmakers. One aspect of the infamous Susan Rice interviews about Bengazi that bothered me, although I haven't articulated it until now, was that she was interviewed on five shows that morning, which meant that four of the interviews were redundant. It can't be easy to put together a show where the audience can't anticipate every answer, but that's what NBC needs to do to break MTP out of its rut. -- -- 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/d/optout.
