Five things I learned from TV this week |
| Published: May 22, 2008, 5:41 pm |
| Tags: aaron sorkin, david archuleta, david cook, fox, gordon ramsay, simon cowell, sports night, things i learned from tv, zach |
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Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Bones, TV Squad Lists, Moonlight, Reality-Free, Hell's KitchenWho says you can't learn anything from television? We talk about a lot of things here on TV Squad each week, and it's amazing what TV Squad and TV in general can teach you about life. TV ... it's like the Bible! 1. America likes making a point rather than rewarding talent. Let me say upfront that even though I wrote this, I still think that David Cook is a good singer, and it was great that the American Idol final came down to him and David Archuleta. But I'm baffled as to why he won by 12 million votes! It's almost as if viewers were voting for Cook not just because they liked him, but because they didn't want to fulfill the predictions many had weeks and weeks ago that Archuleta would win (as if the kid could control any of that). They didn't want to prove to everyone that American Idol is predictable, or that Simon's comments about Archuleta winning the final night of singing meant [ Full article ] |
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