Why Some (Bad) Shows Make It on-Air
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By Rob Owen  How did that get on TV?  It's a question viewers routinely ask while watching new programs at this time every year. But there's rarely a single answer.
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Some of TV's best shows come back soon; get the discs, and get onboard
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Generally, Bad Language is against awards shows. The TelePrompTer puffery and please-buy/see-my-latest-CD/DVD appearances are nauseating at best. But it's our job to report on all things pop culture. So we watch. And we watch. And we fall asleep. Then we wake up and watch again.
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Can they really call it an awards  show if most of the winners don't turn up?
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NBC really is probing the perils      of late-night sketch-comedy shows--twice
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News programming has proved to be unpopular on network television, even as the writers' strike creates holes in prime time schedules, the Associated Press reports: With the exception of CBS ordering a few more ''48 Hours: Mysteries'' true crime yarns, the networks haven't looked to their news divisions to fill holes expected when viewers' favorite dramas [...].
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Fox&#39;s Emmy telecast  proved that you don&#39;t need to have a comedian serving as host.  You can sneak jokes into presenter speeches. You can have  &quot;Family Guy&#39;s&quot; Brian and Stewie hurl clever insults. You can  use taped pieces and a rant from Lewis Black. You can do all  that and put together an acceptable though unspectacular show.
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Elevating the material is the least appreciated star turn on television. Sometimes the dialogue, or the premise or the story arc, leaves a lot to be desired and it&#39;s up to a real star to step up and salvage the show.
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By Rick Bird  There is an ugly duckling story, a new top-five network battle, a pompous new attorney and the suffering six. Those are some of the storylines to play out Thursdays on the tube this fall.  This week The Post is handicapping each night of the new TV season.
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The flood of serialized dramas hitting television has created a quandary for viewers when shows fail in the ratings and are canceled, leaving key plot points eternally unresolved.
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Netflix and Blockbuster make nice, but it can't be nice.
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Some television networks are racing to develop eye-catching score boxes. Fox, for example, now has fire coming out of its baseball scores.
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Here are some additional Web sites that will fill your brain with all the latest news and gossip related to the TV industry. Be forewarned: these sites often aim to offend and shock. That being said, they can also be pretty darn smart and funny, too.
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By Rick Bird  Is Friday on the tube slowly becoming Saturday?   There are signs that the major broadcast networks are lukewarm about any aggressive programming strategies on Friday night, perhaps doubtful the night can launch new series.
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We take a look back at how companies try to convince an incurious public to buy computers or videogames during times when TV audiences weren't as tech savvy as they are today, and find some comic results.
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There might be stronger words to describe the horror, but television stations are afraid to air programs that use them. A lot of places, including Tampa, didn&#39;t get to see ``Saving Private Ryan&#39;&#39; on Thursday night.
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PBSâs childrenâs show, where animals talk and have humanlike jobs, is  intermittently interesting, and itâs served up with eye-catching computer-generated animation.