[quote name=\'melman1\' post=\'123492\' date=\'Jul 6 2006, 08:51 PM\']
The few minutes that I watched were without a doubt worse than anything I've seen on public access. "Bizarre" is too polite a description. The snippets they show over and over (and over...) as promos may well be highlights.
I can't imagine advertisers buying time on this. Can anyone that the advertisers care about really be watching?
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They're making money off the phone calls, they're making money off the advertising, and at least on the early shows, they had sponsors within the program as well. Plus it's staggeringly cheap to produce. I don't make a point to tune in, and I doubt many people do, especially for the whole three-hour block. But if I'm flipping around, and they're in the middle of a game, I'll usually stop to see how it goes.
I'd rather see them do something at least a little ambitious than see the umpteenth rerun of a game, or worse yet, infomercials.