Pbs Meets Cbs
February, 1978
It is understood that PBS (public television) is lofty, nourishing and important. Unfortunately, no one watches it. Commercial television, on the contrary, is regarded as mindless, pointless and even harmful--but 150,000,000 people watch it every day. PBS complains of insufficient funds and low viewership, while commercial television is berated for its violence and lack of substance. The logical solution to both of these problems is a marriage of, say, CBS to PBS. What follows is a hypothetical...
