Some north-american network under the name AMC has been getting a lot of praise lately. Not a suprise, as they gave birth to Breaking Bad and Mad Men, two of the most acclaimed shows these days.But a few weeks ago, I found myself reading this article at tv.com and noticed that people seem to think that everything that comes from AMC has to be quality television, just because they're the guys behind those two quality shows.
Well, no.
Besides the fact that any show could be the new big thing or the biggest crap ever despite who's behind it, one quality show (or two, or three) doesn't mean more quality shows. One quality network doesn't mean quality shows. And that article shows how wrong it is to go after a name; right when the author says, "Would I bother if it were on a network other than AMC?".
Well, you should bother (big time) if you watched a show just because it came from a certain network.
The networks are entities that bring us, the viewers, their content. And the shows are their content. And shows can be great, good, average, or just plain crap whether they're on CBS or they're on Starz, so to speak.
Never follow the herd.