"more Fun Than A Barrel Of Monkeys."

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.

Gimmicks Come And Go; The Cop Show Seems One Genre That Will Never Leave - Not As Long As People Like To Sit At Home In The Suburbs And See What Awful Things Go On In The Cities.

In The Realm Of Pop Celebrity, The Bar Has Been Lowered So Far That There Is No Bar. People Can Be Famous For Being Famous, Famous For Being Infamous, Famous For Having Once Been Famous And, Thanks Largely To The Internet, Famous For Not Being Famous At All.

If The Networks Can Get Audiences To Tolerate Pop-up Promos By The Dozens, Maybe They'll Start Selling Pop-up Commercials, Too.

Like Sugar And, Oh - Let's Say The Most Tabloidy And Gossipy Reality Television Programs - Credit Is, For Millions, Genuinely Addictive.