Are you familiar with the Happy Days-inspired phrase “jumped the shark?” Most topical, TV-watching, current events-focused radio personalities are. But according to a new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll, 83% of respondents didn’t know it meant a show was past its prime.
Is it time to remove “jumped the shark” from your show vocabulary?
If the poll revealed 83% of respondents did know what it meant, hasn’t the phrase “jumped the shark” jumped the shark?
“Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution,” the reality series in which the famed British chef attempts to spark change in the West Virginia city that the Centers for Disease Control named the unhealthiest in America, will air on Sunday, March 21 in the 10 p.m. slot followed by repeats and new episodes every Friday. The show mirrors his attempt to revamp the British school food program. This time, it chronicles the chef’s attempt to “plant the seed” of change in Huntington, W.V., the same town that scorned his help and drove him to the brink of tears. Here’s just a taste of the town’s reaction to his offer to help. I’m shocked that the guy in this clip was spitting hamburger crumbs at Jamie as he refused to eat “lettuce”.
Don Imus, who recently signed a deal WABC radio in New York, will also be returning to television, says the Associated Press:
Don Imus is hanging his familiar cowboy hat in a new television home: RFD-TV. The radio personality, who returns to the airwaves Dec. 3 on WABC-AM, will debut the same day on the seven-year-old cable and satellite television station that caters to viewers with homes on the range, the Rural Media Group, Inc., announced Wednesday. … The program will also be available to RFD’s nearly 30 million homes through on-demand services, Gottsch said.
Nearly four years after Janet Jackson’s incident at the Super Bowl, some knucklehead TV host in Sacramento, California, thought it was still worthy of discussion. Maybe — MAYBE — if the interview had taken place 6 months after her Super Bowl appearance it might have made sense, but when you’re aching to bring it up four years later, you’re nothing but an amateur broadcaster.
Here’s the story. Video’s on the right side of the page. Kudos to filmmaker Tyler Perry for trying to run interference.
Power of 10 has turned into a hit for CBS. Some of the statistical questions Drew Carey tosses out are pretty interesting, and are available on the CBS website. If some of the folks on your show don’t watch Power of 10, tossing out the questions the day after it airs is a fun way to talk about a topical TV show.
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