2010:Unified theory of tv

[Swede]

[pokerfan]

1. Left out the commercials

which now take up about a third of the broadcast. Soon it will be half.

[Bucky]

2. I like that picture (is that from "Idocracy"?) but they made a core mistake

They assumed in that parody that the networks would only put the commercials around the tv show and not right on top of it. Or sneak it into the content itself. As usual, reality is a lot more insidious than parody.

[pokerfan]

4. digital on-screen graphics

I remember being outraged about them maybe ten years ago. Then they became animated and my head exploded. Now I don't care anymore.

Then there's the matter of closing credits. Law dictates that they show them but it doesn't say that they have to be legible so they're either sped up to ludicrous speed or squeezed into a edge of the frame.

(OK, I still care a little.)

[Bucky]

3. I see neither Lost nor Battlestar Gallactica in this chart

And Lost could at least fit in the same crossover spot where The Biggest Loser fits.