And now, for the delectation and edification of new writers everywhere, 1,920 words to the wise:
In this month’s Atlantic, you can find a piece by Peter Osnos, a former Random House editor, making the case that books, like the subject of a Gloria Gaynor song, will survive. He speaks of book publishing’s “incredible resilience.”
Not so fast, Peter. Incredible fantasy, or even denial is more like it.
No, not Batman’s Superman’s Metropolis, Fritz Lang’s 1927 classic. If you’ve got any interest at all in:
…you’ll get yourself to Netflix and watch till your eyeballs melt.
Yeah, this is all we’ve got so far. But it looks bitchen, no?*
*”Bitchen”: An archaic adjective from before “bitch” meant what it does now to the extent it does now.
TVWriter™ Note: This episode originally aired in September 2005. But some people, you know like most of TeamTVWriter, have never seen SUPERNATURAL because it’s on the CW. (Which, contrary to its claims, would seem to us to prove CW isn’t a viable network at all. But we’ll get back to that another time. Meanwhile, our current point, although it did kind of get away from us for a moment:)
**If you are unfamiliar with the series, be aware this review contains spoilers.**
(Reuters) – NBC plans to premiere 16 new shows in prime time starting this fall, by far the biggest crop of launches for any network for the next TV season and one of the biggest new slates in recent years.
The large number of new shows is a function of the network’s status as the ratings cellar-dweller among the big four broadcast networks – the others are CBS, News Corp’s Fox, and Walt Disney Co’s ABC. But the amount of new shows also has the potential to overwhelm viewers.