The Once Inviolate Frame Within Which Programs

"more Fun Than A Barrel Of Monkeys." Has Anyone Ever Stopped To Think How Cranky, If Not Downright Vicious, A Barrelful Of Monkeys Would Be, Especially Once Released From The Barrel?

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 Perils Of Credit And Debt, Especially Perilous In The Computer Age, Have Long Been Acknowledged In Pop Culture, But Very Infrequently By Tv.

Crime Dramas Will Never Go Away As Long As People Turn To Television For, Among Other Things, Reassurance And Comfort.

Late-night Television Is Like The Cereal Aisle In The Supermarket: Too Many Choices. Also, Too Many 'different' Brands That Really Aren't Different At All.