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January 27, 2006
So Long, TAL...
Gak! What is with Chicago these days? First Marshall Field's, then the Berghoff, and now something I actually care about: This American Life.
The move is apparently precipitated by deal with Showtime (Showtime??!) for a one hour television version of the show. I'm happy to see the show expanding and I think some aspects of it will work well on television, if done right. However, I call bullshit that it needs to move to NYC to do it. Chicago has an extensive production community, including a huge array of post-production houses. If the format of the television show stays true to the radio format (i.e. correspondents and field stories) then there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that the show could not remain in Chicago... the community that's loved and nurtured it all these years.
And worst of all, I don't even get Showtime!
Posted by Dave!
2 Comments
Man, you scared me for a minute there -- I thought we were losing the show completely or something. I mean, it's a shame that Glass is leaving Chicago, but it would be more of a shame if the show was going off the air or becoming tv-only. The good side may be that if they do a tv-version it will be a good candidate for dvd release so you can watch it that way, probably.
Holy shit, I had no idea they were leaving. NYC is a little full of itself at times and I don't like losing anything to them, ever.
nice blog!