If NBC figured out a way to mine that potentially fruitful demographic, they'd better copyright that innovation fast. CBS will take that **** so fast, with their audience...
It's not NBC's fault that it couldn't make money off the Harry's Law audience. Advertisers don't put value on those demos. NBC aired two seasons of Harry's Law, she was nominated for the Emmy two years in a row (bewilderingly), things literally were about as good for that show as any non-Football/non-singing show on NBC at the time, and they couldn't get any 18-49 eyeballs to watch it.
Towards the end of its run, it was beaten in the key demo at 8PM on a Sunday by a rerun of The Simpsons that aired at 7 that night. NBC did more than they should have for that show, and should not be to blame for the economic decisions set by advertisers.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
