FOX Turns 25

Serious response to a probably not-so-serious post: My TV has several preset modes, such as movie, sports, vivid, etc. Each one has a different brightness and contrast setting, but I've noticed the sports setting is set with a high brightness and high contrast. It's great for hockey in particular because of the black puck on the white surface.

So if yours doesn't have those presets, try going into your menu and just bumping up the brightness and the contrast.

 

Sirs, Madames,

Nothing more disturbing than watching a woman whose face looks like it has been put through a wringer and listening to her say "I'm beautiful." A study of human reality-show carnage is something I'd watch.

YHS, etc

 

I always liked it when the puck was against the boards and "Fox Trax" had it in someone's lap in the third row.

For all its innovations, though, Fox also has to be held responsible for inflicting Joe Buck upon the nation.

 

If memory serves, Scott did that show because it was produced by Johnny Carson's production company. That may have had a lot to do with it.

 

George C. Scott did a TV series for CBS in the early 60s. It was called "East Side, West Side" about a New York City social worker. A drama. Try getting that on the air on one of the networks today.

 

There was a brutal zinger about Brian Dunkelman, who left after the first season of American Idol, in the Family Guy segment to open the show.
Stewie: "Remember, Brian, when God closes one door, he opens another - to a studio apartment in the Valley."

 

The thing that mystifies me is that a fresh faced actress like Mary Paige Keller (From the Fox comedy "Duet") did not make it big after that longer, winding up in movie-of-week stuff, and Ellen DeGeneres, who I can take-or-leave, winds up being the sensation. Now pardon my cynical bent (And that's all it is is cynical!!) but DeGeneres uses her fame to promote her lifestyle and everybody goes ape for her. Keller did not promo any agenda and is still plugging along, and no one cares.

Isn't there something wrong with that? Doesn't say something about those who watch them, too? Just a thought.

 

I forgot about Futurama, which I really like(d), probably because I only ever watched on Comedy Central. I was always amazed at how many jokes they got on the X-Files about Mulder's porn addiction.

 

Pretty sure Captain Video has to be No. 1:

 

Even more amazing is how well the older episodes of Futurama still hold up, even though they're geared to stuff that was relevant in pop culture a decade ago.

 

A young James Earl Jones was a guest star in one episode of East Side, West Side.

 

I remember being an SID at a New Jersey college and I gave out information sheets asking some questions about athlete's favorite things (food, favorite athlete, team, etc.). When it came to television, most of them listed a favorite show which was on Fox. This was around 1989 and I didn't even think of Fox as a real network.