Anchorwoman

I wanted to take the time to pay respects to a reality show that bit the dust last month, Anchorwoman.

The premise of this Mockumentary wrapped in a reality show wrapped in documentary from Fox is brilliantly simple; a former Miss New York and Dive from WWE’s Smackdown, Lauren Jones, heads for small town Tyler Texas, to become a hard-hitting anchorwoman for a local TV station even though she’s about as intelligent as melted jello, and we all get to come along for the ride.  Do yourself the favor and just check out the site and see some of the magic:  http://www.fox.com/anchorwoman/

It is such a joy watching Fox of all places make a show about just how bullshit TV news has become.  There are more layers of social commentary in this show than in my morning baklava and the overall comic subversiveness is suberb.  Let’s just say the station, KYTX, in all straight-faced small town seriousness has a “weather” dog named Stormy.  If you are more literal than sublime (which most likely means you are not reading this blog) the show is an addictive and yet abhorrent display of how real journalism has gone by way of the silcone implant.

The bad news is Fox cancelled the show after just one episode!  In full disclosure, Sweet Talk did do a little music consulting, so we already believed in the show in the first place, but to cancel the show after just one episode is a travesty.  This is like watching the Mary Tyler More Show meets Arrested Development meets The Office meets....well REALITY!!!  In fact the single best part of the show is the fact that the only people seemingly in on the ridiculous joke are the producers and anybody with an sense of irony.  There is no tongue and cheek Simple Life snarkiness for the camera.  All the parties involved, Lauren and the Channel 19 news team are all looking for real opportunities to advance their careers.  This show should be studied in mensa think tanks and every journalism school in the country not simply thrown on the scrap heap. 2.7 million people watched (more than the Spielberg bomb “On The Lot") but since it didn’t break the magic 3 million barrier after night one POOF!

Well, here’s hoping some broader minded cable station buys the rights to all the footage already captured for this show and puts the producers and editors back into the edit suite.  This thing needs to see more air time.  FREE Lauren Jones!!!