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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:00 AM

Women are the new men on TV

Broads are the cops and lawyers and masters of the business universe on the new shows. So what happened to the men?

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  • Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:18 AM

    Of course it is marketing

    As I wrote above, women and gay men now control mainstream culture, of which network TV is a part. [And, as I indicated above, their time has justly come.] Most hetero males under the age of 40 left that scene a while ago. American hetero males do not resemble the men on the TV shows mentioned by Ms Traister. They are, rather, caricatures intended to please women and gay men.

    This is how TV works. History International knows I like to watch shows about the Vandals slashing their way thru north Africa in the 5th century. That's why History International puts on shows about the Vandal slashing their way thru north Africa in the 5th century.

    The marketing research network execs have seen tells them that women and gay men want to watch shows featuring pathetic straight men. That's why network TV is filled with shows featuring pathetic straight men.

    And all this explains why I watch TV shows about the Vandals slashing their way thru north Africa in the 5th century and Ms Traister watches shows featuring pathetic straight men.

    This is Economics 101. It ain't difficult to understand.

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