tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post8186201903197113705..comments2009-05-09T08:10:18.005-07:00Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-70231907057253887962009-05-09T08:10:00.000-07:002009-05-09T08:10:00.000-07:00In TV terms, one of the worst possible things you can do is highlight the new guy at the expense of older characters. It's called Fonzie Syndrome, and it's a risk of jumping the shark. (The worst possible thing you can do is try to save a show even as ratings decline.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-41782536134652275122008-04-24T01:22:00.000-07:002008-04-24T01:22:00.000-07:00Writerfella here --<BR/> So-called 'diversity' always is short-lived, as witness the eventual end effect of The Open Door from the Writers Guild back in 1969. writerfella was the first student trainee to sell out of The Open Door, and then the program evaporated by 1972. Currently CBS and NBC tout their various 'diversity' endeavors but all you see them achieving is more employment and/or exposure for Sonny Roubideaux and his ilk. If Adam Beach realized he only was being 'house Indian,' and he then chose to leave, he is wise.<BR/> writerfella had an aunt who, when she left after the daily senior citizen meal, would say, "Guess I'll go home and watch black and white TV." Someone invariably would ask, "Don't you have color TV?" And she would reply, "Oh, yes. But all you see on TV are Blacks and Whites..."<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.com