Comments on: Emmys Continue the Year of the Underdog http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/09/22/emmys-continue-the-year-of-the-underdog/ The Oklahoman's George Lang Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:11:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: susan http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/09/22/emmys-continue-the-year-of-the-underdog/comment-page-1/#comment-6866 susan Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:51:35 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/09/22/emmys-continue-the-year-of-the-underdog/#comment-6866 i love phrases like, "comparatively ephemeral". Really, I do. Chase, you should be a writer..... i love phrases like, “comparatively ephemeral”. Really, I do. Chase, you should be a writer…..

]]> By: Chase http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/09/22/emmys-continue-the-year-of-the-underdog/comment-page-1/#comment-6848 Chase Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:42:43 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2008/09/22/emmys-continue-the-year-of-the-underdog/#comment-6848 What an incredibly powerful snub to network TV, and a testament to the increasingly fragmented nature of entertainment. It's kinda sad, in a way, that collective media experiences of the past -- whether something as monumental as the moon landing or as comparatively ephemeral as the final episode of "M*A*S*H" -- are pretty much extinct. Part of that is due to the widening of mass media, of course, but another part is likely due to the crap that constitutes so much of network TV, at least when compared to what cable has to offer. What an incredibly powerful snub to network TV, and a testament to the increasingly fragmented nature of entertainment.

It’s kinda sad, in a way, that collective media experiences of the past — whether something as monumental as the moon landing or as comparatively ephemeral as the final episode of “M*A*S*H” — are pretty much extinct. Part of that is due to the widening of mass media, of course, but another part is likely due to the crap that constitutes so much of network TV, at least when compared to what cable has to offer.

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