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Why TV needs a shot of Smart Juice

I am leaving my usual rant about a game style to bring you my rant about TV. But first, I need to get a few things squared away, number 1 is that this is not a rant on shows need originality, they are original, just find the right shows. 2 is this is a rant about why TV needs to step back and realize what its doing. I am going to use the show Stargate Atlantis. If anyone has ever seen the show which is likely due to its popularity knows that over the years it has gone through more changes then its predacsor. This show has taken a while to hit its stride, and I mean this in the sense that the show has been working well, alot of the shows dynamics have been right on. The only sinkhole it had, at least in my mind was its leader. It has been through three leaders since it first ran. For three years it was Elizabeth Wier (Tori Higgison). She was "ok" at her job, but I found her character weak and in the end didn't really make the leader i wanted to see or even come close to th...