| Fall television schedule looks to have more misses than hits
If you believe blogs, letters to the editor and the deafening silence around the water cooler, the networks tripped, stumbled and fell when they cobbled together their fall lineups. In addition to fans still whining about the demise of "Jericho," blogs are currently bloated with viewers complaining about the lack of any good sitcoms, the proliferation of reality shows and the tendency of networks to cancel shows after just a few airings. Many have now sworn not to watch new shows until their sophomore season, the better to avoid the disappointment of cancellation. You might think it a national trend, but how then to explain the first-year triumph of "Heroes," "Ugly Betty," "Shark" and "Brothers and Sisters." (Evidently, the millions of people watching those shows aren't bloggers.) Still, the networks should take note.
Successful Co-Parenting: How to Raise Happy, Healthy Kids with Your Ex
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New Chicago Moms Blog site lets mothers write it out
Some of the most recent posts were about (over?) strategizing your kid's life, raising your child in a suburb with a diverse population, and a "parenting war" going on over whether you coddle your baby at every whimper or let him cry it out. The new blog site, perhaps not surprisingly, is called Chicago Moms Blog (www.chicagomomsblog.com). It's a collection of local, so-called "mommy bloggers," who maintain their separate Web identities but are also now grouped together on the theory that there's power and possibly advertising dollars in numbers. There's certainly a detailed examination of the experience of motherhood. Parking her child in front of "The Wiggles" one morning so she could shower, writes Elizabeth York, was a leap onto a slippery slope. " 'The Wiggles' was just a gateway drug to Happy Meals, Disney cartoons, and (gasp) shopping sprees at Target," she says, sort of fretting over the loss of some of her parenting ideals.
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