http://www.metafilter.com/tags/sweeps Posts tagged with 'sweeps' at MetaFilter. Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:07:03 -0800 Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:07:03 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/28437/Everything%2Dyoud%2Dneed%2Dto%2Dknow%2Dabout%2DAmerican%2DTelevision <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/19/DD255384.DTL">Everything you'd need to know about American Television</a> (almost), including why certain episodes in a season suddenly feature a really exciting plotline, a crossover with another show or a movie star and why that period is called sweeps. Comforting to know that it isn't just in the UK that no one is watching TV on a Saturday night. [via <a href="http://www.tvtattle.com/">tvtattle</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.28437 Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:07:03 -0800 brokenlink sweeps television tv feelinglistless