No one can be that shallow! Can they?

on the way to buy a tv guide

Apologies for my tardiness at keeping this blog up to date, but to my defence, I've been busy with numerious activities, namely watching television. November is the month where sitcoms reach their finale and we been through a few. The sad Sex in the City, Friends, Kath and Kim, the Simple Life and so on.

But recently, I've been watching the OC, partly because people keep saying it is so good and party because network Ten is pushing it quite agressively. Well, I've watched a few episodes and have formed a conclusion why it is so popular. It offers a glimpse into the world the rich and not so famous. Who wouldn't be addicted to such a show. The palatial homes and neighbours, the trendy schools and fashion and the dramas of both young and old. It makes for quite an interesting viewing experience where people can live vicariously again: the young can pretend they are old and have everything they ever wanted while the old can pretend they are carefree and good looking again.

This got me thinking. Where is the appeal for me? I am neither young nor old. There is no show on television that "speaks" to me. There are only teenage and oldies shows while my demographic is ignored.

My proposal: there should be a television show that looks at the lives of the twentysomething generation. Their problems and their issues. Like how to spend money; where to holiday and what to eat, what to wear and who to sleep with to climb the corporate ladder. The real problems that are faced by people like me.

It should be a mix of Sex in the City but in Sydney; with the crass of Footballer's Wives; the humour of the Office; the self send up of Kath and Kim; the fantasy of The L Word; and the style of that Lexus commercial. But you know what! Who wants to watch what they are living. Where is the escapism?

posted by tykang @ 11/26/2004 01:46:00 PM