For the six big broadcast television networks, imitation is the sincerest form of desperation. As they try to keep viewers from defecting to cable and other media, the networks are aggressively
shaking up their prime-time lineups for the 2005-6 season, according to advertising executives, stuffing the schedules with eye candy centered on subjects - like the supernatural, crime and sexuality
- that dominated this past season.
Read the whole story at The New York Times, May 23, 2005 »