The other day i was flipping through the channels and caught a show i didn't recognize so i stopped to see what is was. Yes, it's sad that i watch enough television to see that something doesn't look right in the middle of swift channel flipping. But anyway, it was a sit-com and it had Macaulay Culkin and Joey's slutty roommate from Dawson's Creek as a sister/brother duo. It was a bit crude, but funny. The weirdest part was that is airing in channel twelve, the cable market place channel. You know the one that usually just runs some lame powerpoint-like presentation featuring used cars and new homes? When the show ended it just had one of those television-blue screens with "the end" simply titled in the center. I thought it to be quite odd.
Then today, i was giving the thumb a workout on the channel-up trampoline and when i went passed channel twelve, it said "Cable Preview - 1:28." The time was counting down and i just had to see what would happen when the numbers reached zero. After the screen went dark, yet another unfamiliar show began. The title sequence identified it as "Meduim." It was about this woman who works for the justice department and can talk to dead people. Use uses her gift to help solve crimes and whatnot. It also concluded with same, simple sign off.
I can only guess i stumbled across some sort of test-marketing for pilots of new television programs. I've just never seen anything like it before. I wonder if these shows have a chance to appear in a regular programming line up.
Posted by Matthew at May 3, 2004 10:00 PM