"Pan Am"..."Desparate Housewives of ****", and now

[Skidmore]

"The Playboy Club" to be added to NBC's lineup in the fall.

Screaming back to the past at the speed of light.

[salvorhardin]

1. Pan Am is an ABC/Disney show and Real Housewives of **** is Bravo

Considering that was a time when real income was greater than real income today, a lot of us would welcome a return to that era -- sans the sexism, misogyny, racism, ageism, etc.

[seabeyond]

2. sexism, misogyny, racism, ageism, etc. is the purpose of all this. nt

[virgogal]

3. Vast wasteland in spades.

[itsallhappening]

4. Well, don't watch the shows.

I'm glad to see more scripted shows on TV. I have no use for any "reality TV" but I'll watch the other two you mentioned, plus Charlie's Angels, which starts next week.

Must be a slow day on the "Complain About This" wire.

[Odin2005]

5. pro-misogyny BS has no place not TV.

[itsallhappening]

6. If that's how you're defining the shows, then don't watch.

Pretty easy to do.

[RandomKoolzip]

7. Wait a minute...TV is sleazy?! When did THIS happen?

[Hippo_Tron]

8. Out of curiosity what do you think of Mad Men?

I haven't watched Pam Am. My take on Mad Men is that it certainly portrays misogyny (and racism for that matter), but in a very negative light.

I've heard Pan Am described as having all of the sexism of Mad Men but in not a "look how awful this was" manner, but rather a "those were the days" manner. Is that your take as well?

[MellowDem]

9. And women is their audience... nt

[MrScorpio]

10. They're looking for the next Mad Men

TV usually follows leads