It is really, really hard not to make fun of "news" programs these days. The line between entertainment and news has been so fuzzed that you have no idea what's going on. The 24-hour cable news stations confuse things even further with their incessant drivel from pundits.
What really cracks me up are these late night - oh, let's say between 9:30 and 10:30 - brief ads for 11 pm scheduled news shows. Why networks think they need 11 pm news shows in addition to the 5-7 pm coverage ad nauseum remains beyond me, but my point is that these shows are on their schedule, so the networks feel a need to tease you into staying up to watch them, rather than far more entertaining things like Conan O'Brian, or finishing that Castle you had recorded on your DVD yesterday.
Hence the "Breaking News at Eleven" ads. Their message is clear: better watch us at eleven to see what important thing has happened since 7. A curmudgeon's interpretation: we have nothing important going on, otherwise we would interrupt your programming right now, but wait a while and see what we've made SOUND important at eleven!
Right, bozos, you can count this curmudgeon out.
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