David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Oh, 'Brothers'
Just as President Bush is having difficulties maintaining a sense of decorum and decency in Iraq, so too is your Mayor finding it arduous work keeping the primetime broadcast schedule a place of meaningful and peaceable discourse. Not only did NBC's "1 Vs. 100" do well, but now ABC, in perhaps the most aberrant act of civil disobedience since putting "According to Jim" on the air, has renewed "Brothers & Sisters" for the entirety of the 2006-07 season.
ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson, in a statement that's as effusive with praise as it is canned, enthused, “‘Brothers & Sisters’ is a great addition to our Sunday night lineup and has given us a strong complement to ‘Desperate Housewives.'" This, after it managed to hold onto about 60% of its "DH" lead-in last night.
The good news is viewers will still be treated to the spectacle of Calista Flockhart awkwardly name-dropping a conservative icon week in and week out. The bad news is they'll have to watch a largely gifted cast trade quips that couldn't sound less convincing were they to come from the hazy-eyed slatterns in an American Apparel ad.
Who relates to these characters, anyway? I was discussing this in an emergency meeting with the Ministry of Aesthetics and we agreed that the drama couldn't be any less interesting if, at the end of every episode, a different character each week proclaimed, "Well, despite this unhappy turn of events, at least Congress voted another tax cut for the wealthy, so we'll be OK." Or, "Well, at least we saved our own skins by laying off a bunch of working-class grunts from the family business." Or, "Calista, will you quit mooning over Dennis Hastert and help us finish preparing the quiche?"
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Funny ... Greg Hernandez loves it: http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2006/10/bros_sisters_hitting_stride.html
Posted by: Steven Rosenberg | October 16, 2006 5:23 PM