Talk:Midnight Caller

Either grammar or timeline issue and more flushing neccessary
" Despite hard-hitting topical episodes dealing with AIDS, capital punishment, and child abuse, among other topics, the show lost its audience and was soon cancelled"

The show lasted THREE Seasons. Now if rephrased to after Kilbournes exit, it lost its audience mid season three, and was soon cancelled it might make some sense. But I can't seem to find the numbers. In any case, that paragraph needs to be tidied up. Actual ratings numbers might help here.

I've just spent the last several weeks watching old VHS tapes of the show. I've literally seen every episode at least once--- and though there was some level of tension with Devon's character it was hardly the centerpiece of the show. If it is to be the centerpiece of the description of the show, it misses the mark. Jack Killian's friendship with Zymak was a cornerstone of his having one foot back in his former life. Deacon Bridge's being a reporter helped him start to see the realities and neccessities of a free press, and sometimes it's drawbacks.

The bisexual episode was not the only controversy:

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-10-14/entertainment/9002190347_1_midnight-caller-kron-asian-american

The Romantica channel in Romania aired Midnight Caller in its entirety, in English with Subtitles in 2007-2008. (If nothing else this can be seen by a number of youtube clips uploaded that will no doubt be taken down under DMCA.)

Rewording of Overview
Someone more articulate than me might on occasion want to correct some minor details in the Overview paragraph. "Killian receives an offer from Devon King, the beautiful and wealthy owner-operator of KJCM-FM, to become 'The Nighthawk'" – in the pilot episode, where Killian receives the job offer, the character of King actually utters her dismay at him calling himself Nighthawk on air. Also, I think "the show lost its audience and was soon cancelled" gives a very wrong impression. The show ran for three full seasons before being cancelled. That's a pretty long and successful run. On the whole, few shows survive that long. 188.63.151.199 (talk) 23:31, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

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