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. The CW throws in the towel, claims victory
Who’d’ve thought that the first new show to merit a full-season pickup was one of its biggest disappointments? The CW announced yesterday that “Gossip Girl” will dish away for the entirety of the 2007-08 season, despite the fact that it debuted well below everyone’s expectations, dropped further its second episode and then enjoyed a small uptick in viewers in its third outing.
“Gossip Girl,” of course, is “The O.C.: East-Coast-Preppy Unit,” populated by twentysomething teens who drink themselves blind and live to date-rape. Good times!
CW Entertainment president Dawn Ostroff enthused, in pitch-perfect press-release-ese, “People everywhere are talking about `Gossip Girl’ [really? Even in Namibia and Tehran?] and we believe this show will continue to build audience as it builds buzz. Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have created an incredibly heightened-reality world [editor’s note: “incredibly heightened-reality world” = pure b.s.] that viewers are locking into while advertisers, affiliates and press have also embraced the show. The series has earned its early pick-up and we look forward to a long run on The CW.” [Translation: “Have you looked at our numbers elsewhere? Do we really have a choice?”]