When “Jack & Bobby” happened to WB....

When “Jack & Bobby” happened to the WB network, it challenges WB’s audiences. It is a “passable” and ordinary show because it has intelligent and thought-provoking script. In this regard, “Jack & Bobby” should not see the dawn of Fall TV 2005.

On the episode “A Man of Faith,” Grace's speech has consequences - the Campus Christ Coalition wants her to apologize for her inflammatory rhetoric about a Muslim woman. Several campus religious groups will stage a walkout of her class until she apologizes. Grace laughs it off - "they may be self-righteous, but I'm right" - but is shocked when students do actually start walking out. When it comes to the viewers, most audience do not want rhetoric and looking up high sounding words when Grace speaks. Many of the viewers only have the vocabulary in the caliber of “cool” and “What’s up?” Since the show involves rhetoric which seemingly denotes an intelligent and excellent script, Jack and Bobby should cease on network television.

Another episode to provoke viewers’ intelligence is “Election Night.” In this episode, Grace is disappointed she got so few college democrats to sign up for an election-night party. Tom offers to help, and manages to get 200 people signed up, Grace is pleased, until a colleague points out they're almost all women. Grace is pissed that kids today are more interested in flirting with their TA than being politically active, like students were in her day. Tom calls her on it - Baby Boomers who wanted to change the world gave up on activism and went to law school to make big bucks. Again, most viewers seems to despise politics blended on a series. A T.V. show is suppose to entertain and not to provoke thoughts about the current political youth stance. Since the show provokes thinking about the youth stance on politics which seemingly denotes an intelligent and excellent script, Jack and Bobby should cease on network television.

Those were the only two of the many episodes when “Jack and Bobby” shows excellent and intelligent script. Unfortunately, most of the TV viewers are not on substance. Viewers today seemingly like repetitive, half-witted, and mindless scripts. Hence, “Jack & Bobby” should not see the dawn of Fall TV 2005.

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Synopsis of each episode taken from: wgntv.trb.com/entertainment/wbnetwork/ stv-jackandbobby-pkgepisodes.special

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