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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 02:49 AM
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Poll question: Will FOX still give Wanda Sykes a late night show?
As you all know, Ms. Wanda Sykes kicked some sacred elephant ass Saturday at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m2ubJYJXUo and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyRpV4ccAj4 )

But, just over a month ago, it was announced that FOX was working on a late night show featuring her, scheduled for airing in January.

My question: will they still offer her the show?
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 02:58 AM
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1. Yes, because as I've mentioned before here, FOX Network is the most liberal on teevee.
Hard to believe, yes, but since the late 80s, FOX has had some of the most progressive and openly liberal shows on television. They're not conservative at all there and it's probably because it's always tried to woo the younger generations. I mean, do you think ABC or CBS could ever run a show like The Simpsons, Family Guy or Married...With Children?

Eh, probably not.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:04 AM
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4. Be honest now, without googling or check with IMDb which network aired the follow show ...
... Soap.
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:08 AM
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5. ABC, but that was a long time ago
Edited on Mon May-11-09 03:08 AM by Syrinx
Boston Legal, though...
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:20 AM
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9. Aww, pooh. You're not supposed to answer! You're correct though.
Most people get tripped up by that one.

There was a time when the old codger CBS was pretty "hip" to the kids too.

There was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour#The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour">this and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_day_at_a_time">this and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_(TV_series)">this and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_family">this and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoda">this.

Al Bundy was just an updated Ralph Kramden, which, BTW Honeymooners was also CBS.

Kids these days don't know their TV history.
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:34 AM
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11. Was that when Capitol Cities owned ABC?
Supposedly, Capitol Cities was a CIA front group, or so I've heard. I guess that was probably before they owned them, but I'm not sure.
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Norrin Radd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 04:41 AM
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15. They were never as liberal as NBC:
Manimal (furries), Alf (aiding illegal aliens), My Two Dads (same sex parenting), The Smurfs (a positive portrayal of communism under Ronnie Raygun)...

:evilgrin:
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 04:54 AM
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16. LOL! n/t
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FLAprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 05:53 AM
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17. don't forget Will & Grace!
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Earth Bound Misfit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:09 AM
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6. ABC? n/t
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:36 AM
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12. Yup. ABC. n/t
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:11 AM
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7. I wasn't around then.
And you can obviously find cutting edge shows on other networks (Maude, All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night), but today, FOX is consistently ahead of the curve when it comes to the generational gap. Politically, FOX has the most liberal television shows currently on TV, specifically their Sunday night lineup. That's pretty surprising for a network that is associated with FOX News.

But it works and they know their demographic. FOX is watched by more liberals because it targets the younger generation, which happens to lean left. Hell, didn't Wanda Sykes already have a show on FOX where she played a liberal media person in Washington?
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non sociopath skin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:28 AM
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10. Ironically, one of the Fox channels in the UK ...
... screens the Colbert Report.

The Skin
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:36 AM
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13. It's not really ironical
Sky will buy what's commercially viable. Have you also noticed that when Sky News switches over to Fox News late at night we don't actually get any of the shit which is mentioned here frequently.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:39 AM
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14. Huh. Whoddathunkit!? n/t
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:00 AM
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2. Sure. It they think she'll make them money.
Edited on Mon May-11-09 03:02 AM by Syrinx
And from what I read recently in Vanity Fair, Rupert Murdoch's wife has been nudging him in a more liberal direction as of late. Not that that will affect FNC. It's all about the dollars to Rupert.
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yodoobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:01 AM
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3. If she can draw advertising revenue - yes
Its all about money.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-11-09 03:16 AM
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8. Money Trumps when it comes to profits for any Corp
Unless its a non profit
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