BBC Person: "So what do you think Television has got to do in order for it to stay relevant?"
Hugh MacLeod: "Continue to die."
Posted by hugh macleod at August 5, 2005 11:32 PM | TrackBackStay relevant? Wouldn't that require it to actually BE relevant?
Posted by: Matt at August 6, 2005 12:23 AMOh, you're going to post the link to the interview when it airs, yes?
Posted by: Jan McLaughlin at August 6, 2005 1:35 AMWhen your own life is more interesting than the characters on TV, then it ain’t worth watchin’ no more.
Except Heather Locklear. But otherwise, TV seriously ain’t worth watchin’ no more.
Wow. How easy to come, jump on the badwagon and slag TV. Not all of America, or the world for that matter, spends their day eye-locked to a computer monitor, navel-gazing away at how wired they and their blogroll are.
The people who get off on bagging on TV simply don't watch the right stuff. Apart from the utter deluge of bad TV, there's a ton of fascinating stuff on TV. Since, we're likely talking less about TV worth watching and more about TV worth spending your mrketing dollar on, I'll note there still a ton of great, targeted places on TV to get eyeballs.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I read things like this post's quote, and the thing about the dipshit landlord needing to blog, and I infer that the internet is the solution being offered.
I'm not buying that the world is as internet-focused as people who spend all day cruising blogs seem to think.
Posted by: Scott W at August 6, 2005 6:37 AM