On Tuesday (or whatever Tuesday is called in Canada) the National Post's Robert Fulford equated the life of a television show to that of an art movement, or the history of a civilization. All three of these, he said, feature periods primitive, classic, baroque, and decadent. You probably had to actually show up for more than 25% of your sophomore year art history gen ed req in order to be able to define those terms, but the argument is nevertheless sound. However, it's more of an argument for why procedural television is stupid. READ MORE