Beauty Grows Old

I read in Variety today that the CW show Beauty and the Geek will most likely not be back for another season anytime soon. This is a specific tragedy for me since it has only been recent months since I discovered the franchise. Since January I have watched three of the seasons. I am eagerly tuning in each week for the current season. But at five seasons this show has had a good run. It’s like putting to sleep a favorite pet. Yeah, it’s sad. But it was time. While the geek make overs never got tiresome the premise has been strained. Each competition seems to be a rehash of another season.

So CW now is the time to push the envelope. How about a show where you give make overs to homeless women and see if a millionaire bachelor will be able to find true love?

The WB Rises From the Ashes

I have learned that the WB is trying to make a comeback as a station. This time however it will be an internet based channel (WBTV). I rarely watch TV in real time. All of the shows that I follow (LOST, Jericho, The Office, 30 Rock, Battlestar Galactica) I catch online the next day.  I am fascinated by the development of new media, specifically the pioneering that takes place on the web. I like the idea of having a top quality internet station. The overhead would be low. The station would have few people to compete with. And since it is specialized on the web it can focus a lot of attention on the issues that make online video consumption so tedious, like buffering for example. I think it shows that Warner Brothers is taking chances and I hope that it pays off. So far it sounds like they will just be posting reruns of the shows they haveI wonder if I could get a job there?