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Article: CASTING ABOUT IN FANTASY TV WORLD FOR A HEAVENLY ENSEMBLE.(Television)(Review)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- April 9, 1998
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Good day. Welcome to Fantasy TV World, where we pretend to be high-paid, well-dressed network executives who drive Jaguars, eat quinoa-and-starfruit salads and vacation in Juan-les-Pins.
This week's exercise: casting.
No, not fly-casting. That's next month, when Ted Turner invites us up to his high-priced spread in Montana.
This is casting for TV shows. You know, those things we put on the air and then move around the schedule and then take off the air before anyone knew they were on in the first place? That's right. The things we learned about in last month's exercise, Contempt for the Viewer.
Today we will cast an ensemble drama, ...