52nd City

Goodbye, Greg

As an unapologetic PWC (Person Without Cable) and one who doesn't have a set job on several weekdays, I have seen my share of The Greg Behrendt Show. As a onetime writer for "Sex and the City" (which I've never seen) and author of the book "He's Just Not that Into You" (which I've never read), it was natural that I'd be drawn to Greg's daytime TV work. But the fact that it aired at 11 a.m. really sealed the deal, because I'm marginally burned out on "Judge Greg Mathis" and there're only so many episodes of Bob Barker on "The Price is Right" that I can handle.

Alas. Today, I turned on Channel 11 for my early lunch shift in front of the tube and "Jerry Springer" was on, pushed back an hour from its former home in the 10 a.m. timeslot, now taken up by his security guy's own talk program, the "Steve Wilkos Show." A visit to Greg's show's website, meanwhile, sent me to Sony's site, not to Greg's online community.

I never really locked in on the show, never could tell if I actually liked it, or not. But I certainly watched the dozen, or so, episodes that were recorded and rebroadcast, ad nauseum, for the past year.

My personal, 11 a.m. timeslot is up for grabs. Maybe I'll start reading.