Is It Sweeps Week Already?

How do you know when your TV program is grasping at straws to come up with a gimick to save you from a ratings nose dive? You think a wardrobe change is a ratings stunt.

Case in point: Tucker Carlson has bid adieu to his trademark necktie. How sad, why don't you blog about it, Tuck?! Oh wait, you did. Right here.

And if you listen to The Rachel Maddow Show on Air America Radio, you know that today Dr. Maddow predicted that the bowtie was a thing of the past. She is a bi/tri-weekly guest on the program and pointed out the recent change. She's like Encyclopedia Brown, only more manly.