A&E probably heard that episode and thought "Ira Glass, you're a genius!"

The Ted Leo album was pretty unremarkable for me. I gave it a few spins, but haven't listened to it since March.

Maybe The Middle was a bad example, but there are plenty of cable shows that get half of the marketing blitz Terriers got and seem to do well. For instance, I've only seen ads for Justified when the show first debuted and during intermissions for Terriers. Yet somehow Justified stays on the air.

Sadly, Wednesday nights at 10 was the best time slot for Terriers. Tuesdays at 10 are filled up by Sons of Anarchy, and I can't imagine FX airing the show at 11 pm. Thursdays are FX's comedy block nights. Monday is Monday Night Football (which I imagine goes directly against FX's audience of young men) and Friday is…

Yes, but how many TV shows have print, internet and billboard ads used to market it? I'm playing devil's advocate here, but compare Terriers to something like The Middle, which to my knowledge has no real advertising presence but seems to be a solid hit for ABC anyway. If the show can't convince people to watch it…

FX is actually a pretty decent network. Between Terriers, Sons of Anarchy, Archer, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Justified, it's trying to built a reputation as 'the quality men's network.' It isn't Spike TV shouty all the time and its original programming isn't stupid. I guess that's not a huge target market,…

Nickelback is the "eh, we have to put some 'rock' on these things, how about this?" entry in NOW.

Or Sting. It's probably Sting.

They explained the show title in episode two or three, when Britt and Hank try to come up with what to call their detective agency. They're looking for something small and tough that doesn't give up. And they then pan to Britt's dog. If Britt's dog was a terrier, then fans would complain that the show was spelling…

The marketing wasn't that bad.
The first set of commercials (where the terrier runs across the beach, digging up 'clues') advertised that the show was from "the writers of Ocean's Eleven and The Shield." If that doesn't influence people to watch the show, then nothing will, I guess.

It's not like Terriers was that inaccessible. It's about two private detectives who solve shit in San Diego.

You should all be ashamed of yourselves for not getting that reference. For punishment, you need to start digging holes in the middle of Central Park.

The Black Keys have a song in a Zales jewelers' commercial, I think. Try ignoring that!

The third one manages to make even less sense than the second one. Also, every character betrays every other character during the almost three hour run time.

Those are nice eyeglass frames, Jake. Where'd you get them, Malaysia?

"The Fame Monster" is 34 minutes long, which I guess qualifies as album length. There are pop-punk albums that come in a lot short than that, so there's precedence.

I haven't read it yet, but I hear Thomas Pynchon's "Inherent Vice" is similar in tone and substance to Terriers.

Really? My mind immediately went to child molestation, simply because the only other picture of Cutshaw was of him surrounded by lots of (orphaned?) little kids. His claims that there were outside forces compelling him to do it made it seem like whatever he does, he does a lot.Underage sex tourism is something worth…

My 2005 self is stoked
However, if it's anything like Oberst since then, I have lowered expectations.

Incorrect. Insomniac, while kinda samey, is similar to In Utero and other 'post-fame' records. Green Day did their best to try and be as abrasive as possible and freak out their new fans. Some of their other albums are okay.