Jul 12
Going to the Dogs
The surprise hit of last week? CBS’s Greatest American Dog, which beat most shows for the night.
So this means that you can immediately expect more dogs on television. After all, the entertainment industry is all about trying to give people what they want. (Or at least what people tell the entertainment industry, via what they watch, that they want.)
As I was writing this post, by coincidence, I was watching a Tivo recording of this morning’s Today on NBC, promoting a special report coming this Monday on the healing power of pets, and guess what: all dogs…not a cat, hamster or goldfish to be found in the short promo.
Fox will probably come up with a reality show about a family’s madcap search cross-country to find a lost dog. I expect ABC to launch a series about desperate dogs prowling around the cul-de-sac with mating in mind. Maybe, NBC’s Dateline will do an exposé on puppy mills. I’m sure they have before, but there’ll have to be a new one, possibly even the biggest…ever.
Then maybe Animal Planet will launch a Meerkat Manor-style reality show about dogs at play in an animal shelter.
I can see the promos now.
