The Televison Season

The new season of television shows is up and running.  It's strange how the notion of season in TV Land has changed over the years.  I'm not certain how the seasons began when television was young.  I think many of the shows were presented live.  Longer ago a series seemed to run the length of the school year with time off for various specials just as students had time off for Christmas vacation.  Reruns were the select few episodes that were able to fit into the summer months when most people were busy or on vacation.  If you had a series you particularly enjoyed, you hoped to be able to see a rerun if your parents didn't have you doing something or going somewhere.  Now, a new show may premier in the Fall, Winter, Spring or Summer.  A television network may broadcast anywhere from one to six episodes before reruns are rebroadcast of at least the first episode, if not all of them.  The series may be off for several weeks as the required number of CMA shows and nauseating bachelor type "reality"shows have been shown before the networks bring back something someone might actually desire to watch.  I mean really, who makes these decisions anyway?  I do not apologize here for the failure of television networks to produce high calibre entertainment.  Even some of the History channels broadcasts have been lacking of late.  ... At any rate, at this point, we are either continuing the season or entering into a new season.  It is a bit confusing especially when previews are shown for a series that looks interesting and then you find out you don't have that channel on your plan.  Nevertheless, the Fall season has begun and I have been able to see a couple of series pick up where their cliffhanger endings left off last May.  There are a couple of new series I would at least like to give a chance.  Stay tuned for my opinions.  We now return you to your regular broadcast channels.