This Show's Days Are LONG Since Over...
As I've seen on some older threads here, ET took a deep nose-dive in relevance and content over the last decade or so.
I only get three antenna channels so sometimes I find myself accidentally watching it! In the beginning, of course in the 80's we had no internet and little cable. The show was great, it actually ran stories about the entertainment business. People relied on it for substance.
A decade ago I realized when I had it on I was sitting through a half-hour of nothing, no content. If I had a stopwatch and the inclination I'd wager I could time the promos for "what's next" and "coming up" to be longer than the actual show itself! Three promos for a story that lasts all of 30 seconds, if you're lucky! I'll guess the stopwatch would show maybe 7 minutes of actual news-time.
And "Entertainment"? You'd think they could fill up 22 minutes bursting at the seams with stories from movies, TV, Broadway & music. From the U.S. alone much less the entire world. But no, it's the royals?! The dang royals are entertainment? Casey Anthony is entertainment? The only reason they justify these stories, if they bother, is the tenuous connection that being on the news or interviewed links murder trials to show business.
Bottom line, the show is empty calories in a world chock full of fattening entertainment, that they ignore.
(My name is James and my eyes are blue.)