[Newspoetry] [Fwd: Second Season for "The Awful Truth"]

[Mike Lehman]

FYI, folks.
Mike

TVNatFans at aol.com wrote:
> 
> January 24, 2000
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> Thank you so much for your letters of support,
> especially the ones to the networks.  They are a
> huge help, more than you probably know.  Networks
> usually only get negative letters, and ours got their
> share of them from the usual crazies.  But, in fact,
> our American and British networks received
> thousands of e-mails and letters thanking them for
> airing "The Awful Truth" and I often heard how pleased
> they were with the response.  So, thanks!  And thanks
> to Bravo and Channel Four for their continued support.
> 
> I'm in Iowa today, shooting our first piece for the new
> season.  If you want to catch a "live" report from me,
> I'll be "Politically Incorrect's" correspondent from Des
> Moines tonight (Monday) at 12:05am ET/PT on ABC.
> 
> We are preparing a number of new things for the
> second season of "The Awful Truth."  This is the first
> time a network has let me on the air during a
> Presidential election year, so get ready for a "different"
> sort of election coverage.
> 
> We're also going back to some of our "TV Nation"
> roots by returning the show to the streets of Times
> Square and sending some of our favorite people -
> Karen Duffy and Ben Hamper - out in the field to
> report on the issues of the day.
> 
> Earlier this month Daily Variety reported that, while
> virtually every cable network in the U.S. had lost
> viewers in 1999, Bravo had a whopping 50% increase
> in viewership -- attributed in part (according to Variety)
> to the success of "The Awful Truth."  Twelve million
> new homes were also added to Bravo's audience.
> This was, needless to say, very good news.
> 
> In Britain, the audience continued to build through the
> season (we are available in every British home)
> although the scheduling of the final six episodes was
> a bit erratic -- (we still don't understand how you're
> supposed to remember that a show is on at "10:13pm,"
> but that's what makes us Americans!).
> 
> Also, welcome to our new viewers in Australia who
> watch the show on their SBS network.
> 
> I'll be pretty busy traveling and shooting over the next
> few months, but I'll try to stay in touch through these
> letters (also, check out some of the new items on our
> website, including Ben Hamper's page
> (<A HREF="http://www.michaelmoore.com/hamper">http://www.michaelmoore.com/hamp
> er</A>) -
> this month he takes on the current state of pop music).
> 
> I'll let you know the show's day and times as we get
> closer to going on the air in May.
> 
> For now, I'm off to shuck corn and congratulate the 90%
> of Iowans who have better things to do tonight than vote
> for any of the seven dwarves.
> 
> Yours,
> Michael Moore
> MMFlint at aol.com
> <A HREF="http://www.michaelmoore.com">http://www.michaelmoore.com</A>