Without going into the long list of cable channels available in my area (not everybody has cable) and looking only at the broadcast channels, tomorrow evening (Friday, 10/9/2003) at 9:00 p.m. the TV Guide lists Hope and Faith, a sitcom; Dateline NBC, newsmagazine; JAG, military/courtroom drama; Lethal Weapon 3, movie thriller; Friends,syndicated rerun of popular sitcom; and NOW, with Bill Moyers, PBS. A sampling of the many cable channels available in this area are This Hour Has 22 Minutes, comedy skits (CBC); Oprah Winfrey, rebroadcast of talk show (KONG); Comedy Central Presents, self-explanatory (Comedy Channel); NFL Live, sports (ESPN); etc., plus Larry King on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, and others all showing their usual programing.

During the nine-o'clock hour, I will be watching NOW, with Bill Moyers on PBS. How many other people, do you figure, will also be watching the Bill Moyers show?

That explains a lot, I think.

Don Firth