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   Friday, March 19, 2004

FOUR MORE YEARS OF ROGERS PAYMENTS

From the Good-News-Bad-News department: just when I was reaching the point of cutting off cable in my home altogether, Comedy Central announced today that they've extended Jon Stewart's contract as host of "The Daily Show" until 2008.

"A lot of people like to get out when their show's still going well," Stewart says. "This gives me the opportunity to beat this thing into the ground."

With the exception of the occasional episode of "Will and Grace," the final episodes of "Sex and the City" and "Angel," or a peek at the ever-handy Weather Channel, I just don't watch television anymore. How can I when the network schedules are full of ideas like "Gilligan Island: The Reality Series"? I weep for the future.

Not to mention the mafia tactics of Roger Cable. They bill you for the current month of services AND the upcoming month (is there any other business that can bill you for future service like that?) and, if you don't pay it all fast enough, they leave messages letting you know that "a technician will be stopping by" on a given date. Stopping by? For what? Tea and cookies? They're thugs, pure and simple, and someone's got to call them on their embarrassing behaviour over something so utterly trivial as television.

But then I think of that "Six Feet Under" promo again...
Rogers bastards.