http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/8/27/0317/59140 For the better part of the past decade, one TV show has dominated Sunday Nights: The Sopranos. Now gone (and jeez, you'd think there would have been some media coverage), every network is jockeying to fill the gap. The winner, however, is clear. It's the Independent Film Channel. Sunday night IFC serves up a pair of fresh, original sitcoms that raise the bar for everyone. en-us Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:16:45 EST Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:21:12 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/8/27/0317/59140#9 You are correct, sir. "Mad Men" is bloody brilliant, but it's neither a movie nor a classic. It seems far better suited for Showtime or HBO, but I'm not complaining. If AMC (who already produced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_WENN">Remember Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:21:12 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/8/27/0317/59140#8 You may or may not have a point but it's just not realistic in terms of the market. Black Entertainment Television built itself up from nothing by music videos and movies because they're cheap to license and cost almost nothing to acquire and put on the ai Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:42:22 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/8/27/0317/59140#7 I guess I'm a purist, but yeah I would say that those shows violate their core mission. Would you want to see a sitcom about historical documentary makers on the History Channel? Aren't shows like Behind the Music and the Osbournes part of why MTV & Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:25:46 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/8/27/0317/59140#6 Ah, but "The Business" is ABOUT independent film, as are The Henry Rollins Show, Dinner for Five, and Film School, and therefore don't violate the core mission.<p> Tell me, would you consider a show where various independent filmmakers talk about the proce Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:45:40 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/8/27/0317/59140#5     Just a short note before I pop off to work: I say, look at the larger context of the business world. The motto, for all too many good businesses, is "expand or die". Book stores are now almost required to sell coffee and snacks; baseball umpi Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:04:21 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/8/27/0317/59140#4 You might also want to add Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and American Movie Classics (AMC) as targets for your outrage.  Both of them have a core mission of classic movies.  While both have aired their share of classic movies, they've also aired dr Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:34:03 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/8/27/0317/59140#3 Like I said, I'm sure they're good television shows - but you said it in the writeup, they're sitcoms. They're television shows. It's the Independent <b>Film</b> Channel. To me, that says movies, not television shows. Now, as you might notice from the Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:08:33 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/8/27/0317/59140#2 You know, you've got a point. I never understood why A&E was running "Rollergirls", but I was intensely pissed off when it was replaced by "Dog The Bounty Hunter". I love "Arrested Development", but I can't for the life of me figure out why it's on <a Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:36:07 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/8/27/0317/59140#1 I like IFC in general and I'm sure the two Sunday night shows reviewed are probably quite good, but what's up with networks that can't stick to their core "mission" and show what their channel name would suggest they should show? When I hear "Independent Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:31:41 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/