Good to see the Pryors back! It was a good episode, but I must say, there have been better. I guess it was so long since I saw American Dreams, they could have shown me anything and I would have liked it.

But seriously, it was a really good episode. The whole black/white discrimination and the ‘it is so obvious blacks and whites cannot date’ phenomenon was shown well. JJ’s going to get sucked into staying longer with the Marines - not unlike right now, and of course, not unlike any other corporation. A good employee is never going to get it easy to leave, especially if the management is good.

The speech Meg gave was well interspersed with the other speech at the black rally.

Funny how ‘video camera’ was big at that time too. Of course, Pryor having a tv/radio store meant that he would have a video camera too.

Next week Paris Hilton is going to be on, and the show is going to be in Hollywood. Will be interesting to see how it unfolds.

On a slightly negative note, I checked the overnight ratings - the Lost re-run scored bigger than American Dreams. Also, on CBS, it was bye bye to Dan Rather, so I guess some of the common audience was steered away from NBC. But it is a positive sign, I hope that the new time slot did not affect the ratings negatively at least.

Meanwhile, if you can, please send a postcard to:

Jeff Zucker
President, NBC Universal Television
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112

Kevin Reilly
President, NBC Entertainment
3000 West Alameda Ave.
Burbank, CA 91523

And tell them and the show should survive. Please.