The risk? If, a year from now, one party or the other has lost ground because of a lousy showing in court, its advocates — not the lawmakers themselves — would take the heat.
And if he's no longer running for president, a lousy showing could embolden his Texas foes -- within and without the Republican Party -- as the governor limps into the 2013 legislative session and the 2014 election.
"Just to say, 'I have a transgender pawnbroker,' that might be interesting, but do we like this character?" A fair number of lousy shows will end up on the air nonetheless, just as there are plenty of lousy paintings, pop songs or any other kind of creative work.
Conan also joked about lousy shows that could be used to replace Jay Leno's prime time program, and did a bit with lots of strong sexual references.
However, much of the lousy showing can be chalked up to Clinton's abandonment of the state airwaves, and local Democrats insist Driskell is the woman to take this seat back.
"He said it took God six days to create the world, but it took one director, one producer, a sound man and a costume lady to create a lousy television show," Mr. Hample said.
"Sinatra had heard other singers, even very good ones, take a breath in the middle of a phrase, and he thought it sounded lousy — it showed artifice," Mr. Kaplan writes.
In an earlier time, lousy TV shows were made by big movie studios for the networks, but there was a kind of disregard for the whole business that could be inviting in a way.
He talked to Forbes.com about sports on television, lousy television shows and working with Hollywood.
This is still a pretty good result for Five in that slot - but pretty lousy for a show that the broadcaster has sunk around 3% of its programming budget into and marketed as one of the major events of its early 2004 schedule.
No - but I do think it showed lousy judgement.
