Jun 16
Unique Definition
The music and dance show Soul Train has been purchased by a new packager who promises to bring new episodes to television. The New York Times’ TV Blog, TV Decoder, says that the show was never canceled…they just haven’t produced any new episodes for a few seasons. That’s a lot like claiming that someone whose contract wasn’t renewed wasn’t fired…they were just allowed to spend their working hours at someone else’s workplace. By the same logic, The Andy Griffith Show, which hasn’t produced a new episode since 1968, isn’t canceled, either; they’re just showing reruns for a while. Still, when I’m flipping through the channels and a vintage 1970s rerun appears, I’m liable to stop and watch a little of Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles. But I do think they should have done a retrospective of the show’s guests over the years rather than just parking it and sending out random reruns. Longtime fans of a show like that deserve a little courtesy.
