Perhaps people just go to the Web to complain, and happy viewers had no reason to log on because they were enthralled by those polar bears.
NBC's announcement Tuesday that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the next two Golden Globe telecasts doesn't just promise happy viewers and high ratings, it marks the end of a local rags-to-riches story: the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., like the heroine of an Edith Wharton novel, is now, officially, a member of power elite.
So they weighed selling the intrusive, unskippable ads that rivals allowed, a move they had hoped to avoid; their zap-happy viewers might flee anything that came between them and their Web TV.
The happiest viewers of this first debate are the folks at Obama reelection headquarters.
Spoiler alert: this blog is for Happy Valley viewers who have seen season two, episode two, shown on BBC1 at 9pm on 16 February, and available on iPlayer.
Millions of Happy Valley viewers are on tenterhooks following last week's episode of the hit BBC1 drama, when police sergeant Catherine Cawood was left for dead.
Von Trier has long identified this version as his true vision (the svelte four-hour theatrical cut was made to appease international censors) but in contrast to Lucas's dogmatism, he seems happy for viewers to favour whichever version best suits their attention span.
But as a programme maker, a BBC contributor and, like millions of people in this country, a listener and viewer happy to be marked by the BBC brand of programming, here is some of what I think Greg achieved in four Olympic years.
One man won't help his Nucky's chances much, but it sure would make this viewer happy.
But in the meantime, the channel is hoping to keep viewer happy with hits like The Night Of (above) and Veep, plus new shows featuring the likes of Jon Stewart and Sarah Jessica Parker.
