Anna Nicole Smith's legacy sullied a little more
It was only a matter of time before “Law & Order” got its lurid mitts on the Anna Nicole Smith story (and if you didn’t pick that story as part of your Fantasy League “Law & Order” lineup, then you need to rethink your strategy). TV Guide offers a breathless “exclusive” behind-the-scenes take on the episode featuring Kristy Swanson as Ms. Smith’s doppelganger, but there isn’t much to it.
Indeed, they leave out the salient plot twist: The Howard K. Stern character turns out to be the half-brother of a crazy female astronaut who was arrested with soiled diapers and all manner of weapons in her car the week before Savannah Nicole Jones died; out of love for his half-sister, he alters the content of Savannah’s pharmaceutical cocktail in order to get his half-sister out of the headlines. It ends with Sam Waterston saying something wryly cynical but not really clever.
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.