So “Philly” is gone. Same with “Undeclared,” “The X-Files,” “Spin City,” and “Dark Angel.”
Oh. And let’s not forget “Politically Incorrect,” a show that — whether you love Bill Maher or hate him — was eminently watchable. Because face it: anything’s preferable to Jay Leno…
Here’s The National Review’s Jay Nordlinger, in his latest “Impromptus” column, paying modest tribute:
[…] What about ‘Politically Incorrect’? It is due to expire at the end of the year, canceled by ABC, for the usual reason: lack of ratings. (In television, of course, ratings are always king. I remember the late Brandon Tartikoff, chief of NBC programming, trying to explain this to people. The way he did it was to say that he had to cancel his very favorite show: ‘Buffalo Bill,’ starring the redoubtable Dabney Coleman. That was his personal favorite. And, in a way, ‘he’ didn
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Maybe Comedy Central can pick it up. They’ve never had a show quite like it, have they?
Oh, no, not Politically Incorrect! Good riddance, it was worse than AM radio, and here in Boston you have to wait for it to finish before you get your fix of Blind Date (now, <i>there’s</i> a show!)
The thing is, I’d use the show as an educational tool. It’s easy to teach the” appeal to false authority” by pointing out how Cindy Crawford—while perhaps quite impassionated about her support of caribou—is NOT an expert on arctic drilling techniques.