Comment Nobody does long storylines anymore. Even PBS. (Score 1) 406
Unfortunately, even public television is going in the direction of the "blipvert".
When I was a child, Sesame Street had show themes that went on for a week at a time or more. Big Bird looking for Mr. Snuffaluffagus was at least a week, possibly two. While they had a few shorts thrown in to demonstrate colors or numbers or letters, there was a cohesive storyline that joined the entire two weeks together, and you had to be there every day to get the gist of what was going on.
Now? They don't do that anymore apparenty. Children's television now has no long cohesive stories, it's all thirty second schpiels.
Even the commercially mass marketed stuff has gone the same way. The Simpsons used to have one storyline for the entire show. Now, there's three to four different storylines crossing each other simultaneously.
My question is whether or not the programming reflects the culture, or the culture reflects the programming?
When I was a child, Sesame Street had show themes that went on for a week at a time or more. Big Bird looking for Mr. Snuffaluffagus was at least a week, possibly two. While they had a few shorts thrown in to demonstrate colors or numbers or letters, there was a cohesive storyline that joined the entire two weeks together, and you had to be there every day to get the gist of what was going on.
Now? They don't do that anymore apparenty. Children's television now has no long cohesive stories, it's all thirty second schpiels.
Even the commercially mass marketed stuff has gone the same way. The Simpsons used to have one storyline for the entire show. Now, there's three to four different storylines crossing each other simultaneously.
My question is whether or not the programming reflects the culture, or the culture reflects the programming?
