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Broadcasting & Cable says Court TV is "rebranding" and changing its name in an attempt to woo a different "psychographic," one that is full of dudes who like watch reality-based action shows. No word yet on the new name, but we understand that the top four contenders are The 24-Hour Larry Seidlin Channel, America's Violentest Interrogations Network, Parent's Basement Television, and Spike. Also: "Star Jones Is A Lawyer!" (Uh, her show will appeal to men... how?) Sadly, "We're Not Thrilled About Being Associated With Nancy Grace Either, But Ratings Are Ratings TV" was nixed for being too lengthy to fit on any of the eight million branded products the network sends out for publicity. Former network head Henry Schleiff must be kissing his framed copy of Steven Brill's picture and thanking the Lord that he headed over to Hallmark.
Court TV Will Make You Forget About That Whole "Parco P.I." Thing
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12:39 PM on Tue Mar 13 2007
By balk
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May as well just call it the "Hey Old People, Stop Watching Us" channel.
A good start would be to stop repackaging those same 12 or so cop clips into five different shows every week and calling each re-edited version a "new" episode. What do they have now? I think there's Cops, Intoxicated Beach Bums, Dirt-Spitting Southern Cops, Shirtless Drunken Assholes Brought Down By the Man, Fat Screaming Women Criminals, Rewinding the Same Chase Eight Times. I could go on but I'm afraid Court TV will steal my ideas.
The "We Have TV Shows in Between Commercials for Dick Drugs" Channel
or
The "Scare Your Wife By Watching Countless Hours of Programs About Marriages That Ended in Murder" Channel
"Forget Using Succinocholine To Kill The Wife Since Everyone Knows About It Now" Channel
I like the trials and real life forensic stuff. Sounds like they're about to go under. Bad management!
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