So today as I was rigging the mainsail on my 40 foot yacht it suddenly dawned on me... I forgot to post the WDoH this week. So that means the four people that actually check out this site are in for a real treat, Weekend Hatred.
This week's hatred comes to you all courtesy of enigmatic commenter 'Anonymous' who told me that I should spew hatred all over the remaking of classic television sitcoms. So here we go:
I hate rehashing old sitcoms.
Let me clarify my position on the all too common practice of remaking old sitcoms that found success in the past. This practice only pisses me off when it pertains to American television rehashing American television. Some of the best American tv shows have been remakes of shows from different countries; Sanford and Son, Wilfred, and The Office just to name a few.
What really makes the hair on the back of my knees stand up is when American television execs think that just because something found success in the past that it will relate to people today. Seriously, how hard is it to come up with some new original programming? There are hard working people out there in the world who churn out brilliant material daily but because Bewitched made a bunch of '50s housewives excited about their miserable life of ironing, raising kids, and silently fighting communism they are destined to continue working whatever meaningless day job they have.
I realize this website may seem, at times, like an FX fansite but its for good reason. Look at some of the programs that have found 'success' on FX: Justified, Louie, Archer, Its Always Sunny, Damages, Sons of Anarchy... All original programming. All fantastic shows. I'm sure the three major networks have far more money than little old FX, even if it is owned by Fox. So it only makes sense to spend that seemingly limitless capital on Hawaii 5.0. The hair gel and shoe lift budget of Scott Caan alone must be like 3-5 million dollars. Don't even get me started on the fact that a Charlie's Angels remake is now a thing people can watch on television. And if that weren't enough, there is talk of remaking The Munsters. Seriously? They want to remake a show that wasn't even as good as the show it was copying? I don't care who I piss off, Herman Munster was awesome but he couldn't hold a damn candle to Gomez Addams.
I want to speak personally to all of the high powered television executives that read my blog:
Listen guys. Original programming. It's not a difficult concept. You don't need to put down the glass of Macallan 50, the underage Filipino prostitute doesn't even have to come out from under the desk... We both know you have about 7 or 8 poorly paid network interns cleaning your olympic sized swimming pool right now. Pull two of them aside, give them a bus pass, and tell them not to come back until they find five original scripts that don't mention Charlie Sheen, Kate Gosselin, or Paris Hilton. We just got those dickbags off of television, we do not need them coming back in a remake of Three's Company. Dammit, you know what...forget I said anything.
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