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TV 101: Do we have more TV channels than we do TV talent?

Geico CavemenIn the 90s, one of the most popular (and annoying) memes that circulated through the geekier magazines was that we were only a few years away from having "500 channels" on our cable systems. Unlike most tech predictions, this one actually came true. Sure, it took 1200% longer than they thought it would, but that's still pretty good considering most of the stuff Wired talked about in the 90s was made up by the editorial staff after downing a couple of those schizophrenia-inducing Transformers 2 pot brownies.

Having recently installed Verizon Fios, I've spent the last few months ignoring my wife and young son so I could explore what the 500 channel landscape looks like. Like Charlton Heston in the Forbidden Zone, I was shirtless, on horseback, and ready to uncover some sad truths about the world.

Here's the question I've come back with: what if there isn't enough talent for humanity to adequately fill 500 channels?

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Pushing Daisies: Bzzzzzzz! (season premiere)

Pushing Bees(S02E01) What's the buzz? The buzz is bees and bees were the main topic on tonight's season opener. Frankly, I really don't like bees, so I found the sight of the dead body -- Kentucky Fitz -- covered in pus-filled bee bites rather repulsive. However, you got to hand it to Pushing Daisies for production values.

Everything about the show remains top-notch. The look, the feel, the essence remains as precious as the Emmy-award winning pie-lette (for direction). In fact, that's the only problem with PD; it is precious. For some people that's too much. For me, this is TV that's just too good to care about the delicate balance between surreality and satire, fable and a far-out acid trip.


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New TV on DVD releases today

Every Tuesday here on TV Squad , we will highlight the week's TV-on-DVD releases. Some noteworthy releases today, March 21, 2006:

  • huff 21 Jump Street - Season 5
  • Batman Beyond - Season 1
  • Bewitched - The Complete 3rd Season: Original Color Edition
  • Ed, Edd n' Eddy - Volume 2: Fools' Par-Ed-Ise
  • The Flying Nun - Complete 1st Season
  • Gidget - The Complete Series
  • Huff - The Complete 1st Season
  • Justice League - Season 1
  • Mind of Mencia - The Complete 1st Season Uncensored
  • Over There - Season 1
  • Roseanne - The Complete 3rd Season
  • South Park - The Complete 7th Season
  • Tales from the Crypt - The Complete 3rd Season
  • Unsolved Mysteries - The Best Of Unsolved Mysteries; Unsolved Mysteries: The Ultimate Collection
  • The White Shadow - The Complete 2nd Season
  • The Young Riders - Season 1

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