Hellivision

Don’t get me wrong, I like PBS plenty. But I’m really getting sick of all the pledge drives they’ve been having over the last few years. It’s not the actual interruptions and begging that gets under my skin though, as much as the fact that more and more often, PBS channels are showing special programming during these near weekly pledge drives.

Why are they intent on alienating their regular viewers by constantly preempting the very shows that draw them in? If I tune in every week to see the hijinx at Grace Bros., I’m not going to be happy when I tune in one Saturday and instead see the corpses of ’60s era pop stars wheezing through their old anthems, or the spectacle of Suze Orman’s prodigious choppers yelling at me about being smart with money, or some lame Celtic Woman concert.

If you want my money to continue bringing me the shows I want to see, show me the shows I want to see—not some special program that’s not even remotely related.