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	<title>Comments on: Nielsen Ratings for Wed Feb 20: Idol Rules, CBS Needs to Fire People</title>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ratings-wise, it&#039;s all crap.  Just the way it is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ratings-wise, it&#8217;s all crap.  Just the way it is.</p>
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		<title>By: Mul</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That was I, or to you, that is.  Still, statements such as &quot;ABC ran with its crap filled evening of Wife Swap, SuperNanny and the stinkeroo that is Cashmere Mafia&quot; would seem to be of mixed qualitative content.

&quot;Stinkeroo&quot; I have no problem with as a content-neutral numbers term.  But &quot;crap&quot; would seem to imply something more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That was I, or to you, that is.  Still, statements such as &#8220;ABC ran with its crap filled evening of Wife Swap, SuperNanny and the stinkeroo that is Cashmere Mafia&#8221; would seem to be of mixed qualitative content.</p>
<p>&#8220;Stinkeroo&#8221; I have no problem with as a content-neutral numbers term.  But &#8220;crap&#8221; would seem to imply something more.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ratings-wise, it&#039;s all crap.  Just the way it is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ratings-wise, it&#39;s all crap.  Just the way it is.</p>
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		<title>By: Mul</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That was I, or to you, that is.  Still, statements such as &quot;ABC ran with its crap filled evening of Wife Swap, SuperNanny and the stinkeroo that is Cashmere Mafia&quot; would seem to be of mixed qualitative content.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Stinkeroo&quot; I have no problem with as a content-neutral numbers term.  But &quot;crap&quot; would seem to imply something more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That was I, or to you, that is.  Still, statements such as &#8220;ABC ran with its crap filled evening of Wife Swap, SuperNanny and the stinkeroo that is Cashmere Mafia&#8221; would seem to be of mixed qualitative content.</p>
<p>&#8220;Stinkeroo&#8221; I have no problem with as a content-neutral numbers term.  But &#8220;crap&#8221; would seem to imply something more.</p>
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		<title>By: TV-aholic</title>
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		<dc:creator>TV-aholic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like that

&quot;Dilution, Smolution&quot;

Have to remember that!

:-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like that</p>
<p>&#8220;Dilution, Smolution&#8221;</p>
<p>Have to remember that!</p>
<p> <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TV-Aholic. i call BS on that.  It doesn&#039;t make any sense -- if the goal is to make as much cash as possible. Dilution smolution, they could rerun 2.5 Men EVERY night and it will always outperform BB and Jericho.  

We have different ideas on the best way to make money.  The good news is, CBS is probably more likely to hire you :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TV-Aholic. i call BS on that.  It doesn&#8217;t make any sense &#8212; if the goal is to make as much cash as possible. Dilution smolution, they could rerun 2.5 Men EVERY night and it will always outperform BB and Jericho.  </p>
<p>We have different ideas on the best way to make money.  The good news is, CBS is probably more likely to hire you <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: TV-aholic</title>
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		<dc:creator>TV-aholic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like that&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Dilution, Smolution&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Have to remember that!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;:-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like that</p>
<p>&#8220;Dilution, Smolution&#8221;</p>
<p>Have to remember that!</p>
<p> <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: TV-aholic</title>
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		<dc:creator>TV-aholic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think CBS is hoding back using Encores (repeats) of its shows in non regular time periods. We are already getting Repeats all week and to ad a 2nd repeat of a show during the same week could cause harm to the show(s), in the future.

In fact, if you look at the Saturday line up, they have added a 2nd 48 hours to cut back on the repeats. And the one hour that is used, its the &quot;Lesser&quot; shows (Shark, Cold Case, etc...)

CBS just doesnt want to dilute their strike line up even more with additional encore repeats.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think CBS is hoding back using Encores (repeats) of its shows in non regular time periods. We are already getting Repeats all week and to ad a 2nd repeat of a show during the same week could cause harm to the show(s), in the future.</p>
<p>In fact, if you look at the Saturday line up, they have added a 2nd 48 hours to cut back on the repeats. And the one hour that is used, its the &#8220;Lesser&#8221; shows (Shark, Cold Case, etc&#8230;)</p>
<p>CBS just doesnt want to dilute their strike line up even more with additional encore repeats.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>TV-Aholic. i call BS on that.  It doesn&#039;t make any sense -- if the goal is to make as much cash as possible. Dilution smolution, they could rerun 2.5 Men EVERY night and it will always outperform BB and Jericho.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We have different ideas on the best way to make money.  The good news is, CBS is probably more likely to hire you :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TV-Aholic. i call BS on that.  It doesn&#39;t make any sense &#8212; if the goal is to make as much cash as possible. Dilution smolution, they could rerun 2.5 Men EVERY night and it will always outperform BB and Jericho.  </p>
<p>We have different ideas on the best way to make money.  The good news is, CBS is probably more likely to hire you <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: TV-aholic</title>
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		<dc:creator>TV-aholic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think CBS is hoding back using Encores (repeats) of its shows in non regular time periods. We are already getting Repeats all week and to ad a 2nd repeat of a show during the same week could cause harm to the show(s), in the future.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In fact, if you look at the Saturday line up, they have added a 2nd 48 hours to cut back on the repeats. And the one hour that is used, its the &quot;Lesser&quot; shows (Shark, Cold Case, etc...)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;CBS just doesnt want to dilute their strike line up even more with additional encore repeats.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think CBS is hoding back using Encores (repeats) of its shows in non regular time periods. We are already getting Repeats all week and to ad a 2nd repeat of a show during the same week could cause harm to the show(s), in the future.</p>
<p>In fact, if you look at the Saturday line up, they have added a 2nd 48 hours to cut back on the repeats. And the one hour that is used, its the &#8220;Lesser&#8221; shows (Shark, Cold Case, etc&#8230;)</p>
<p>CBS just doesnt want to dilute their strike line up even more with additional encore repeats.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Daniel if you mean &quot;if my goal was to make as much money as possible, what would I put on besides Jericho and Big Brother?&quot;  As I have stated many, many times, I&#039;d stick on reruns of any of the crime dramas or Two and a Half Men.  They don&#039;t just get *more* viewers, but MANY more viewers.

This is not a slam on either show - I don&#039;t watch Big Brother so I don&#039;t know.  I like Jericho, but if my job was to make as much money as I could for the network, neither would  be airing in the timeslots CBS has given them.

My problem is CBS isn&#039;t optimizing to make as much money as possible.  I consider that a very bad way to run a business.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Daniel if you mean &#8220;if my goal was to make as much money as possible, what would I put on besides Jericho and Big Brother?&#8221;  As I have stated many, many times, I&#8217;d stick on reruns of any of the crime dramas or Two and a Half Men.  They don&#8217;t just get *more* viewers, but MANY more viewers.</p>
<p>This is not a slam on either show &#8211; I don&#8217;t watch Big Brother so I don&#8217;t know.  I like Jericho, but if my job was to make as much money as I could for the network, neither would  be airing in the timeslots CBS has given them.</p>
<p>My problem is CBS isn&#8217;t optimizing to make as much money as possible.  I consider that a very bad way to run a business.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/02/21/nielsen-ratings-for-wed-feb-20-idol-rules-cbs-needs-to-fire-people/2711/comment-page-1/#comment-15429</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Daniel if you mean &quot;if my goal was to make as much money as possible, what would I put on besides Jericho and Big Brother?&quot;  As I have stated many, many times, I&#039;d stick on reruns of any of the crime dramas or Two and a Half Men.  They don&#039;t just get *more* viewers, but MANY more viewers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is not a slam on either show - I don&#039;t watch Big Brother so I don&#039;t know.  I like Jericho, but if my job was to make as much money as I could for the network, neither would  be airing in the timeslots CBS has given them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My problem is CBS isn&#039;t optimizing to make as much money as possible.  I consider that a very bad way to run a business.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Daniel if you mean &#8220;if my goal was to make as much money as possible, what would I put on besides Jericho and Big Brother?&#8221;  As I have stated many, many times, I&#39;d stick on reruns of any of the crime dramas or Two and a Half Men.  They don&#39;t just get *more* viewers, but MANY more viewers.</p>
<p>This is not a slam on either show &#8211; I don&#39;t watch Big Brother so I don&#39;t know.  I like Jericho, but if my job was to make as much money as I could for the network, neither would  be airing in the timeslots CBS has given them.</p>
<p>My problem is CBS isn&#39;t optimizing to make as much money as possible.  I consider that a very bad way to run a business.</p>
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		<title>By: Daniel C</title>
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		<dc:creator>Daniel C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Robert, I don&#039;t quite understand your obsession with CBS.  What exactly would you have them put on right now?  

NBC has dug the grave up on a franchise it basically cancelled last year and ABC is running shows whose clones FOX cancelled a couple of years ago.

What would you run if you were at CBS right now?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert, I don&#8217;t quite understand your obsession with CBS.  What exactly would you have them put on right now?  </p>
<p>NBC has dug the grave up on a franchise it basically cancelled last year and ABC is running shows whose clones FOX cancelled a couple of years ago.</p>
<p>What would you run if you were at CBS right now?</p>
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		<title>By: Daniel C</title>
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		<dc:creator>Daniel C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Robert, I don&#039;t quite understand your obsession with CBS.  What exactly would you have them put on right now?  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;NBC has dug the grave up on a franchise it basically cancelled last year and ABC is running shows whose clones FOX cancelled a couple of years ago.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What would you run if you were at CBS right now?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert, I don&#39;t quite understand your obsession with CBS.  What exactly would you have them put on right now?  </p>
<p>NBC has dug the grave up on a franchise it basically cancelled last year and ABC is running shows whose clones FOX cancelled a couple of years ago.</p>
<p>What would you run if you were at CBS right now?</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mul -- if it was me you were posing the question to, my referring to Wife Swap as &quot;lousy&quot; was only from a ratings perspective. I&#039;ve never watched the show.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mul &#8212; if it was me you were posing the question to, my referring to Wife Swap as &#8220;lousy&#8221; was only from a ratings perspective. I&#8217;ve never watched the show.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mul -- if it was me you were posing the question to, my referring to Wife Swap as &quot;lousy&quot; was only from a ratings perspective. I&#039;ve never watched the show.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mul &#8212; if it was me you were posing the question to, my referring to Wife Swap as &#8220;lousy&#8221; was only from a ratings perspective. I&#39;ve never watched the show.</p>
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		<title>By: Mul</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m becoming increasingly curious about the &quot;Wife Swap&quot; sniping.  It&#039;s no &quot;Trading Spouses,&quot; to be sure, but it&#039;s simply dopey, whereas I&#039;ve found &quot;Big Brother&quot; to be flat-out rancid from its inception and certainly more deserving of repeated insult.

I&#039;ll admit to harboring a faint hope that &quot;Jericho&quot; continues to show an increase over it&#039;s sour lead-in, but the initial question is sincere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m becoming increasingly curious about the &#8220;Wife Swap&#8221; sniping.  It&#8217;s no &#8220;Trading Spouses,&#8221; to be sure, but it&#8217;s simply dopey, whereas I&#8217;ve found &#8220;Big Brother&#8221; to be flat-out rancid from its inception and certainly more deserving of repeated insult.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll admit to harboring a faint hope that &#8220;Jericho&#8221; continues to show an increase over it&#8217;s sour lead-in, but the initial question is sincere.</p>
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		<title>By: Mul</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m becoming increasingly curious about the &quot;Wife Swap&quot; sniping.  It&#039;s no &quot;Trading Spouses,&quot; to be sure, but it&#039;s simply dopey, whereas I&#039;ve found &quot;Big Brother&quot; to be flat-out rancid from its inception and certainly more deserving of repeated insult.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;ll admit to harboring a faint hope that &quot;Jericho&quot; continues to show an increase over it&#039;s sour lead-in, but the initial question is sincere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;m becoming increasingly curious about the &#8220;Wife Swap&#8221; sniping.  It&#39;s no &#8220;Trading Spouses,&#8221; to be sure, but it&#39;s simply dopey, whereas I&#39;ve found &#8220;Big Brother&#8221; to be flat-out rancid from its inception and certainly more deserving of repeated insult.</p>
<p>I&#39;ll admit to harboring a faint hope that &#8220;Jericho&#8221; continues to show an increase over it&#39;s sour lead-in, but the initial question is sincere.</p>
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		<title>By: Draco777</title>
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		<dc:creator>Draco777</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great for American Idol! If I&#039;ve been keeping track properly this is the smallest Tues-Wed drop this season.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great for American Idol! If I&#8217;ve been keeping track properly this is the smallest Tues-Wed drop this season.</p>
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		<title>By: Jon V</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jon V</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been watching TV since the early 1950s and I&#039;ve seen a lot of shows come and go - good and bad.

Now what&#039;s all this I here about some show called &#039;American Idol&#039;.  Who are the stars and who is it written by?  What&#039;s the plot line and how many Emmys has it won for best actor/actress, writer, director, screenplay, etc?

It seems to get very big ratings, so I&#039;m guessing it&#039;s vey well done.  Is it as good as &#039;Law &amp; Order&#039; (which is in its 18th season, and did pretty well in the ratings last night)?

I&#039;m guessing this is just a fad, right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been watching TV since the early 1950s and I&#8217;ve seen a lot of shows come and go &#8211; good and bad.</p>
<p>Now what&#8217;s all this I here about some show called &#8216;American Idol&#8217;.  Who are the stars and who is it written by?  What&#8217;s the plot line and how many Emmys has it won for best actor/actress, writer, director, screenplay, etc?</p>
<p>It seems to get very big ratings, so I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s vey well done.  Is it as good as &#8216;Law &amp; Order&#8217; (which is in its 18th season, and did pretty well in the ratings last night)?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m guessing this is just a fad, right?</p>
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		<title>By: Draco777</title>
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		<dc:creator>Draco777</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great for American Idol! If I&#039;ve been keeping track properly this is the smallest Tues-Wed drop this season.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great for American Idol! If I&#39;ve been keeping track properly this is the smallest Tues-Wed drop this season.</p>
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		<title>By: Jon V</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jon V</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been watching TV since the early 1950s and I&#039;ve seen a lot of shows come and go - good and bad.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now what&#039;s all this I here about some show called &#039;American Idol&#039;.  Who are the stars and who is it written by?  What&#039;s the plot line and how many Emmys has it won for best actor/actress, writer, director, screenplay, etc?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It seems to get very big ratings, so I&#039;m guessing it&#039;s vey well done.  Is it as good as &#039;Law &amp; Order&#039; (which is in its 18th season, and did pretty well in the ratings last night)?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;m guessing this is just a fad, right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been watching TV since the early 1950s and I&#39;ve seen a lot of shows come and go &#8211; good and bad.</p>
<p>Now what&#39;s all this I here about some show called &#39;American Idol&#39;.  Who are the stars and who is it written by?  What&#39;s the plot line and how many Emmys has it won for best actor/actress, writer, director, screenplay, etc?</p>
<p>It seems to get very big ratings, so I&#39;m guessing it&#39;s vey well done.  Is it as good as &#39;Law &amp; Order&#39; (which is in its 18th season, and did pretty well in the ratings last night)?</p>
<p>I&#39;m guessing this is just a fad, right?</p>
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		<title>By: Anon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree - it doesn&#039;t appear that CBS and ABC are even trying to compete with Idol.  Why would you just roll over like that?  And without any momentum, how do they expect the shows that are returning to do well because no one will know they are coming back!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t appear that CBS and ABC are even trying to compete with Idol.  Why would you just roll over like that?  And without any momentum, how do they expect the shows that are returning to do well because no one will know they are coming back!</p>
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		<title>By: Anon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree - it doesn&#039;t appear that CBS and ABC are even trying to compete with Idol.  Why would you just roll over like that?  And without any momentum, how do they expect the shows that are returning to do well because no one will know they are coming back!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree &#8211; it doesn&#39;t appear that CBS and ABC are even trying to compete with Idol.  Why would you just roll over like that?  And without any momentum, how do they expect the shows that are returning to do well because no one will know they are coming back!</p>
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		<title>By: Jensen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jensen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The reign of the reality show continues, hopefully not for long.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reign of the reality show continues, hopefully not for long.</p>
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		<title>By: Jensen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jensen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The reign of the reality show continues, hopefully not for long.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reign of the reality show continues, hopefully not for long.</p>
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