I agree. Other than House there are very few shows I watch anymore. Although Chris and I enjoy watching Adam Carolla's Car Show and the Dumbest Stuff on Wheels. And I've discovered 1000 Ways to Die heh. It appeals to my morbid curiosity :)
I totally hear you on that deterioration issue. Case in point: "Heroes." First season was surprisingly good, and subsequent seasons declined after that, mostly because the writing teams didn't do a good job of communicating with each other, as well as (and mind you, this is mostly conjecture) because the head writers took their cues from fan-wanking instead of actually developing the characters.
Writing for TV is hard stuff, though. I envy the ones that get to work with big teams, so they can share the burden of meeting script deadlines. I do not envy the lone writers who have to crank out scripts nearly every day for longer than a week and then take all the flak if the show bombs.
At least there's still the repeats of "South Park." And whatever's interesting on Hulu.
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Date: 2011-08-27 03:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-27 03:54 pm (UTC)Because producers don't know when to pull the plug or when to leave well enough alone.
I'm looking forward to 'Once Upon A Time' and 'The New Girl'.
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Date: 2011-08-27 07:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-28 09:08 am (UTC)I watched my favorite show just deteriorate into hack writing and childish nonsense.
It makes one sad.
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Date: 2011-09-01 10:59 pm (UTC)Writing for TV is hard stuff, though. I envy the ones that get to work with big teams, so they can share the burden of meeting script deadlines. I do not envy the lone writers who have to crank out scripts nearly every day for longer than a week and then take all the flak if the show bombs.
At least there's still the repeats of "South Park." And whatever's interesting on Hulu.
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Date: 2011-09-02 03:38 am (UTC)