Yeah, TV is changing - but I'm not sure it's dying. In addition to what you said - the irony of someone from <em>Lost</em> bemoaning the death of TV - I think that TV is still so compelling because it is a collective experience. Half the time, I end up watching Grey's An... - umm, Dexter - just to have conversations about it with people later. Yes timeshifting is great an' all but it makes watching TV shows a very solitary experience. That's not to say I don't hope TV changes - I love watching shows on DVD sets on my own schedule - just that I don't think that TV should be put out to pasture just yet.
posted by Nav at 2007-11-12 22:16:57 
Lindelof appears to be talking about the <em>format</em> of television, not the quality of programming. He's not speaking to the quality of the "shows" on your "internet box," if anything he's inferring they'll be just as good as today's shows, since the same writers will be writing them.
posted by Dan at 2007-11-13 09:24:25
Yeah I think Dan has it pegged. The article is using that arresting headline to get more readers to understand why exactly the writers are striking (to get royalties for downloaded and internet-streamed shows), and not about the quality of what's on television. When I first read the headline, I too thought it was crazy to suggest television wasn't great right now.
posted by Goose at 2007-11-13 11:00:37
