Seemingly Intractable Questions In Pop, No.1 in a Series

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

How do you make pop work on TV?

Comments

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

point being (grr post too soon) that viewers would rather look elsewhere and 'the talent/management' have more control if they put stuff out without that middleman.

so all telly can do between artists and public is publicity = "entertainment news" spots.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

See my comment to Ben below - the right format can extract the fun side out of popstars and endear them to the record-buying audience. This is the sort of thing that makes me buy eg the TashBed album.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i'm sure yr right, but i don't know why anyone involved, apart from the tv production companies, would look to a tv programme to do this. and without viewing figures or enthusiasm/co-op from the 'content' it would be hard to get off the ground.

a youtube/cheap/grass-roots sensation could spawn a new telly show, but i am somewhat pessimistic. basically i suppose because i can't think of a good answer to this thread/qn. so why don't i just shup up and see what imaginative ppl haev come up with here...