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Another sign of general decline in television viewing, although the American heatwave is surely contributing some, this'd be a different picture if it were a rainy weekend..
TV viewers must have taken to the beach: It was the least-watched week in recorded history for the four biggest broadcast networks.
In (US tv) history!
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Well, y'know.
Humans like to self-express, so non-interactive stuff loses out on a pretty deep level.
A good movie's still alright by most though - riddle me that :)
Posted by: cf | July 21, 2006 at 16:47
Well a bad day for the (4) networks but not necessarily a bad day for TV or telly programmes.
Posted by: Jem Stone | July 21, 2006 at 17:58
Fair point - you're saying that TV is alive and well on the internet? I'm sure it is..
Posted by: Alice | July 21, 2006 at 18:02
Internetty TV is not, strictly speaking, the same medium anymore.
With added interactivity through forums/whatever, it's no longer one-way.
Not _entirely_ sure what it means to the remote future though. Cooking and gardening TV shows are still quite popular I understand? They are _about_ self-expression but still as interactive as a rock.
Posted by: cf | July 21, 2006 at 19:18
A bad day for broadcast, not necessarily a bad day for cable? Who says the decline in network television isn't a direct result of dozens of cable channels producing high quality programming? I wouldn't be so quick to attribute this to the internet. Although it probably plays some part.
Posted by: bigwig | July 22, 2006 at 04:45