franchise-related stories
Posted Oct 26th 2006 8:31AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: NBC, Programming, OpEd, Watercooler Talk

I am very frustrated with NBC this fall because I think the executives are wimpy. The network had an awesome schedule last May during the upfronts but then the powers-that-be balked when they saw the other networks' schedules and they changed everything around so that nothing made sense. This week, NBC finally did something right when it
reorganized its Thursday night line-up. But the rest of the week still sucks.
As I was putting together my make-believe NBC schedule, I discovered a few problems with NBC programming. First, there are way too many franchises of
Law & Order. They're hard to place in decent time slots, especially since Sunday nights are occupied by football. I also discovered that it's very hard, yet very necessary, to split up
30 Rock and
Studio 60. I assumed
20 Good Years is cancelled, and I said to hell with what the other networks are doing, I'm making a line-up that makes sense.
Check out my NBC schedule after the jump, and tell me how you'd do it:
Continue reading If I were in charge of NBC...
Posted Oct 23rd 2006 2:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, TV Royalty, OpEd, Daytime, Syndicated, Celebrities

According to Dylan Stableford over at FishbowlNY, Rachael Ray announced to a magazine conference in Phoenix that she
is going to open a "burger joint" in New York, where she will create a rotating menu based on 190 different burger recipies she's devised over the years. She won't just be making hamburgers, though; she'll put anything that can be made into a burger onto the menu, from turkey to swordfish. She also plans to make a fast-food version of the restaurant, which I'm sure will be franchised throughout the country.
So... she's got a magazine. Three Food TV shows. Cookbooks. A
syndicated talk show. A
soundtrack album. And now she's going to be a fast-food mogul. I think I know why I tune into her talk show every so often... I'm waiting to see her head explode.
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