Jeff Jarvis quotes a Times story on the way to concluding that the Hollywood/TV machine is "imploding":

The quick cancellation of “Smith” elucidates how television, like the movie industry, has become a business where there is little room for the modest success. Network executives might talk endlessly about how, in an era where the attention of audiences is ever more scattered, new shows need time to find themselves. But those same executives are often quick to pull the plug on an expensive production that does not immediately perform to expectations.

Not so fast, Jeff. I watched a little over half of the first episode, and I can tell you why I stopped - the "heroes" of the story are a bunch of slimeballs. In the first episode, as they rip off a museum, they kill a guard who's just doing his job. I have no ability to sympathize with that kind of plot line; none at all. I might be an outlier on that, but with that show, I really hope I was in the majority. I say good riddance to that, and I'd be happy to learn that the writers involved never work again.

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