"Political Animals" is a new TV show described by its network as a "polished facade of a former first-family as they navigate the complex world of political and personal ambition." Its network, USA, would like us to think "Political Animals" is going to be the hottest summer replacement series of the year. But who is going to be watching it?
The problem isn't who it stars. Sigourney Weaver, no Meryl Streep, is still an engaging actress, nonetheless. James Wolk is a hot young leading-man type. Ciaran Hinds is always interesting. No, it isn't the actors that will cause this mini-series to fail in the ratings; it's the story line.
There are few left-progressive radio stations, and the major networks like Air America are gone, though they are prolific on the internet. But the fact is, the left, the liberals, the progressives do not pay much attention to their own programming, not compared to the right wing. 53 million people in the U.S.listen to Talk Radio. (source: Arbitron Radio Today, 2009) while 91% of talk radio programs are conservative. (source: Structural Imbalance of Talk Radio, Center for American progress and Free Press, 2007)
More recently according to Joanne Ostrow in the denverpost.com in January of this year, "Conservative talk radio rules 90 percent of the political airwaves today."
Do you think the left is going to watch? Why bother? They already have the real things, but they won't watch it on TV anymore than they will listen to it on the radio.
USA's producers must be strange political animals themselves, to think this is going to go over with any segment of the viewers large enough to make them do it again. It's just political theater they are engaging in, and I find left wing theatrics to be lacking in anything that would engage my mind, anyway.
© Curtis Edward Clark 2012
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