According to a column today in the New York Times, all the CBS dramas share an unusual similarity:
They showcase an omniscient, workaholic and male boss on the dark
side of 50 who is surrounded by young, eager-to-please acolytes.The template is so unvarying that Bill Carter of The New York Times and
other television writers subscribe to a man-in-the-Moonves theory of
programming: Leslie Moonves,
the 57-year-old chief executive of CBS, has an Ozymandian hold on his
network that ensures that its top shows pay subliminal homage to his
leadership.
(Thanks to Paul Levine for the heads-up)
I’d have thought it was just the American obsession with patriarchs. I love you Dad…
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