The Super Bowl is annually the biggest television event of the year. In fact, it’s really not even close. Everyone I know from indifferent housewives to die-hard Bears fans tune into the game. Most countries unite on election day, but the good old U.S. of A. comes together for the Super Bowl. Nathanial Hale would be so proud. Each year scores of primetime shows compete for the coveted post game timeslot. The winner usually isn’t announced until a few months beforehand, but apparantely, Fox is pretty eager this year.
According to Variety, the newest of the four major networks has announced it will air ‘House’ following the 2008 Super Bowl. A few years ago, they went with ‘The Simpsons’, and before that, it was ‘Family Guy’. I guess it was just time for a little bit of drama. Fox scheduling head Preston Beckman said the move was made purely out of financial reasons to maximize advertising dollars. It seems to me that you would make more money in the long run by pitching your most promising show to the bloated viewing audience, but I’m also not a television executive or media mogul, yet.
None of this really matters now; as I’m relatively sure that the vast majority of you won’t remember by the time football playoffs wind down next January. We here at TV Blend aim to please our readers; so, we’ll probably be nice enough to remind you. We wouldn’t want you forgetting to pick up your kids because you were to busy making space in your brain to recall this later.
