LAT in 90 Seconds

Lowest Common Denominator: TV Writers are up-in-arms over NBC’s decision to further dumb-down television and eschew scripted shows (Please, please, please don’t kill Studio 60, please!)in favor of more “reality” pabulum. LAT reports: “Executives say they are responding to audiences’ desires.” Which audiences? The fickle ones with no disposable income? Listen, NBC, newspapers have for years tried to respond to audiences’ desires — and they almost always look like boobs. You can’t please all the people all the time.