What do the following have in common?

HGTV's "Design on a Dime"
Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters"
Bravo's "Top Chef"
Food Network's "Ace of Cakes"
TV Land's "The Andy Griffith Show"


More people watched them than the NHL All-Star Game last Wednesday night.

Hey, The Peerless thinks that there are worse things in life than gazing at Padma Lakshmi talking about food, but this is past ridiculous, it's embarrassing.

The league got cost certainty in its collective bargaining agreement. It got it at the expense of anyone actually watching the game. Praise the Commissioner for one, if you wish, but what does one do about the television situation?

Draw your own conclusions, dear reader.