I urge all of you to go to the PBS website and check out the 3 part series "The Commanding Heights," which is an absolutely incredible documentary on the changing world economy. The first two parts deal mostly with the trend moving from socialist-driven or influenced economies to free markets, and the third part deals with globalization. Unfortunately they don't seem to have it set up to watch the actual video, but you can order the set, or keep your eye out for when it might be shown again.

Now that I think about it, go to CBS and watch Jericho. You may or may not know that Jericho was canceled, but after fan uproar, the network changed their minds. It's an excellent show that really picked up in the second half of the season. Every episode is available for free on the CBS website, and the shows needs viewers so that CBS will know they made the right decision and will continue to pay attention to fan campaigns in the future. Networks are starting to come to terms with the fact that people don't watch TV the same way they used to, and traditional measures of viewership are anachronisms. Renewals like this are the proof of the "liberalization" of network programming.