By Allen Bacon
Editor
Bosco: The Blog
The Writer's Strike is causing some interesting things to happen in television programming. One of the by-products of the strike is to air programming originally produced for cable on network television.
On February 17, my current favorite show, Dexter, will make it's debut on CBS networks Sunday night lineup. Dexter for the uninformed is an extremely cutting-edge drama series starring Michael C. Hall (formerly of Six Feet Under). Based on a novel, the main character, is a serial killer who is a vigilante exacting justice on killers that get through the system.
CBS is doing the wrong thing by airing Dexter on broadcast television.
First of all the show obviously has to be heavily edited. In any episode of the show, there is a great deal of graphic violence, nudity, sexual situations, and language. This all contributes to what gives the show it's edge and makes it compelling to watch. Take that away and you have a disjointed show. Look at what happened when they edited the Sopranos and look at what happened to when Sex In the City was edited for regular television. Both shows had their hearts ripped out of them.
And even if Dexter is edited, the themes are not for young impressionable minds who will no doubt be watching when it makes it's CBS network debut.
Here's an idea: Leave Dexter on Showtime where it can be free to be as creative as it wants to be without the restrictions of broadcast television and end the writer's strike so we can start seeing new episodic television shows on their proper channels.
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2 comments:
I agree, nothing worse that a chopped up show.
Onanite
And the shows that could go straight to broadcast from cable like Monk, Psych, The Closer which are great shows and would need no or little editing remain on cable only. I don't get it.
Like I said, let's just cut the crap, get back to the bargaining table and get the strike over! It's hurting so many people. Thanks for supporting my blog Mark...I appreciate it. Keep up the great job on your blog. It's a good read everybody.
Allen
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