Okay, I was watching AL on Kilborn last night, and I started seeing commercials that brought up lines from Poodle Hat, mostly from "Couch Potato", of course. Anyway, I noticed a lot of CBS shows mentioned in "Couch Potato". Here's a breakdown of TV Shows mentioned, and the network they first appeared on. In the case of the 3 show for "next season", I put them on the same network as the shows they're based on.
Flintstones ABC
American Idol FOX
Osbournes MTV
Da Ali G Show HBO
Celebrity Mole ABC
Anna Nicole E!
Six Feet Under HBO
24 FOX
Law & Order NBC
60 Minutes CBS
E! True Hollywood Story E!
CSI: Boise CBS
Touched By An Uncle CBS
Everybody Tolerates Raymond CBS
King of Queens CBS
8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter ABC
The Bachelorette ABC
Welcome Back Kotter ABC
The Muppet Show syndicated
Melrose Place FOX
Lost in Space CBS
Amazing Race CBS
Without A Trace CBS
Will & Grace NBC
Fear Factor NBC
Survivor CBS
Gilligans Island - CBS
Spongebob Squarepants Nickelodeon
MacGyver ABC
Tonight Show with Jay Leno - NBC
Drew Carey Show ABC
Entertainment Tonight syndicated
Are You Hot? ABC
The Sopranos HBO
Oprah Winfrey Show - syndicated
EDIT: Friends/Mad About You - NBC
Totals:
CBS 10
ABC 8
NBC 5
FOX 3
HBO 3
syndicated - 3
E! 2
Nickelodeon 1
MTV 1
As you can see CBS and ABC have the most mentioned. I wonder if CBS is at the top because The Weird Al Show was on CBS, or maybe they just have funnier and easier-to-rhyme show titles. Of course, AL did make an appearance on the Craig Kilborn show on CBS last night. hmmm...
or maybe it's just a coincidence.
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Re: "Couch Potato" Theory?
Totals:
CBS ? 10
ABC ? 8
NBC ? 4
FOX ? 3
HBO ? 3
syndicated - 3
E! ? 2
Nickelodeon ? 1
MTV ? 1
As you can see CBS and ABC have the most mentioned. I wonder if CBS is at the top because The Weird Al Show was on CBS, or maybe they just have funner and easier-to-rhyme show titles. Of course, AL did make an appearance on the Craig Kilborn show on CBS last night. hmmm...
or maybe it's just a coincidence.
What I find funny about this list is that just a few years ago (before Survivor and Ray Romano) CBS had no hit shows other than Letterman. They were always at the bottom of the ratings and the butt of jokes. But they've since climbed out of that pit and have several of the top rated shows on television.
ABC has been low on ratings recently too, but the Bachelor and John Ritter have helped them out a lot. I'm betting that with next year's demise of Friends, we will see NBC slip into a huge ratings slump. "Must skip TV!" Sorry this post was completely off the topic of Al!
BTW, shouldn't Friends be added to your list (see Lisa Kudrow reference). Also, I would give FOX a few more points because their station was referecned in the song and plus Al devoted a much bigger portion of the song to American Idol (also the Ozbornes) than most of the other shows.
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Add the MTV and Nickelodeon shows to CBS as well, because it's the same family of networks. And entertainment Tonight, I believe is tied to CBS as well (They do a special version of it for VH1, so add that to the family anyway...)
And Muppet babies was on CBS too and...ok, now I'm grasping at straws....
And Muppet babies was on CBS too and...ok, now I'm grasping at straws....
You have quickly thought up such matchless phrase?
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Re: "Couch Potato" Theory?
Also, I would give FOX a few more points because their station was referecned in the song and plus Al devoted a much bigger portion of the song to American Idol (also the Ozbornes) than most of the other shows.
Well, there are only 3 FOX shows referenced in the song, and while the American Idol portion was longer, he also didn't actually name the show, so no extra points. :biggrin: And FOX was mentioned in the song: "next week on FOX watch lions eat Christians", but quite a few channels were mentioned in the choruses, but that's not what my list was including, otherwise CSPAN, TVLand, HBO and Lifetime would have quite a few points.
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