Like Sugar And, Oh - Let's Say

In The 500-channel Universe, Which May, Of Course, Contain Many More Channels Than 500, The Fun Never Stops - Fun At Such A Fever Pitch As To Sometimes Seem Threatening, Numbing, Even Agonizing.

Obviously Neither 'american Idol' Nor 'dancing With The Stars' Is A Variety Show In The Classic Sense, But The Way They Incorporate Elements Of Drama, Comedy And Suspense Is Moderately Ingenious.

No Matter How Much Programming Improves, However, Media Savants Tend To See The Medium Living Out Numbered Days. It's Feared That The Internet Will Do To Tv What Tv Did To The Movies In The 1950s. But Instead Of Panicking, The Networks Are Finding Ways To Co-opt The Web.

Somewhere Around The Turn Of The Century, It Stopped Being Hip To Say You Never Watched Tv. Adults Are Much More Likely To Find Something To Engage Them On Television Than They Are At The Local Multiplex. Edges Are Being Cut On Television All The Time, But At The Movies Only Now And Then.

The Fault Is In Our Stars, Dear Brutus: Not The Glass Screen Through Which We See Them.