Perils and Problems of the Traditional Fall Season

In his recent column Battling Overwhelming Competition: Lessons from “The Fringe,” Jack Myers compares the thousands of performers and creatives doing whatever they can to call attention to their shows at the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival (and the six additional festivals being held in Edinburgh at the same time) to the “thousands of media competitors battling for the attention of audiences and advertisers.”  To narrow that down a bit, the attention frenzy that comes in the weeks leading up to the start of the “traditional” fall television season (emphasis on “traditional,” an “old school ” or “old-timey” concept) is not unlike the “carnival barkers” who descend on Edinburgh in August, seeking success for their creative works.