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August 24, 2000

Remote patrol

Now what are we supposed to do? Thanks to "Survivor," we'd gotten kind of used to the idea that network TV wouldn't leave us marooned all summer in a sea of reruns. Well, "Survivor" is gone (for now), and thanks to the Olympics the start of the fall season is still six weeks away. How will we survive? Is it too late to ask for a lifeline? And no, we're not desperate enough for new things to do that we'd consider shacking up with the seven remaining nobodies on "Big Brother" (7 tonight, Channel 5). Let's see now: So far the provocateur, the stripper and the crazy lady have all been banished. CBS won't show us the housemates' drunken revelries or air any of Eddie's racist jokes (amply documented by visitors to the "Big Brother" Web site). And they wonder why no one's watching? >>>

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