WHAT A RELIEF – AT 7:49 P.M. ET:  It's Oscar night.  I actually thought I'd feel obligated to watch the Oscars.  What a miserable prospect.  What a bore.

But I've been saved, o yea!  We live in the area of New York served by Cablevision, which also provides the internet connection for Urgent Agenda.  Cablevision and ABC have been in a contract dispute, and, just last night, ABC pulled its signal from Cablevision.  No ABC, no Oscars.  There is great agitation throughout this area.  But not in front of my TV.  I am saved, I am saved. 

Imagine the satisfaction of tuning to ABC and getting a message from Cablevision explaining its woes, and urging viewers to flood ABC with complaints.

And so, for best performance in providing audience relief, the Oscar goes to...Cablevision.  I'm sure their board of directors will thank the academy.

March 7, 2010