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What messages are commercials conveying? BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Olympics coverage (8 p.m., NBC) enters its final weekend. It’s been fun, but the limitations of the present broadcasting model are beginning to become painfully obvious. As on every day of the games, tonight’s prime-time menu of alpine skiing, short track and speed skating will be old news by the time they are shown on network television. It used to be rather easy to avoid the desktop computer in order to “pretend� you didn’t know the outcome of these contests. But now, with everyone seemingly attached and addicted to tablets and smartphones, it’s a tad difficult to maintain the delusion. How many viewers of last Saturday’s U.S.-Russian hockey game were “surprised� when it was finally broadcast? Given the atmosphere of fear and foreboding leading up to the games, we can consider ourselves lucky that the most controversial moment to emerge was the moment when reporter (and former Olympian) Christin Cooper made bronze medalist Bode Miller cry over the death of his brother. Viewers seem to have hated this, and that’s a good thing. After too many Olympics stories contorted into “special� and “poignant� moments, I’m all for a viewer backlash against gruesomely obvious emotional manipulation. Speaking of weird manipulation, I’ve been paying special attention to some of the commercials accompanying the games. Three “messages� stood out to me. In one, a man slips into an expensive luxury vehicle and is joined by an unseen woman in the passenger seat. After embarking on some domestic chitchat, he looks over and exclaims, “You’re not my wife!� To which, the gorgeous young thing with come-hither eyes,
replies, “I know.� So this ad basically says that buying (or leasing) this expensive sedan will help you cheat on your wife, or at least fuel the adulterous side of your Walter Mitty daydreams. It seems aimed at men too old for lite beer bikini car wash fantasies but not yet parked in the Viagra demographic. In another ad, a teenage baby-sitter getting a drive home in a well-appointed SUV surveys the lavish interior and decides, on the spot, to raise her rates. This ad seems to appeal to people who don’t mind turning their baby-sitters into scheming little liars, or feel so insecure that they’ll spend tens of thousands of extra dollars to impress somebody else’s 16-year-old daughter. The anxiety this ad exploits is not gender-specific. Another shows a gas station where happy people mingle to the strains of the “Cheers� theme. But when the driver of a hybrid walks in, the music stops and the tone becomes grim. Apparently, freedom from frequent fill-ups has made the driver a stranger. And that’s supposed to be a good thing. The lesson here: expensive technology doesn’t just leave you lonely, it makes the very idea of community and friendship seem repulsive and outdated. Human contact: that’s so 20th century!
TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • On three episodes of “Blue Bloodsâ€? (CBS, r, TV-14) Danny’s emotional setback (8 p.m.), a murder hits close to home (9 p.m.), Erin resists prosecuting an alleged cop killer (10 p.m.). • Sting promotes his new album “The Last Shipâ€? on “Great Performancesâ€? (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG check local listings). • Seth Meyers appears on
“Say Yes to the Dressâ€? (9 p.m., TLC). • Sutton incarcerates Walker on “Helixâ€? (10 p.m., Syfy, TV14).
CULT CHOICE Estranged members of a vaudeville team (Walter Matthau and George Burns) reunite for a television special in the 1975 adaptation of Neil Simon’s Broadway comedy “The Sunshine Boys� (6 p.m., TCM).
SERIES NOTES On two helpings of “Last Man Standing� (ABC, r, TV-PG), corporal punishment (8 p.m.), Jonathan Taylor Thomas guest-stars (8:30 p.m.) * Improvisation on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?� (8 and 8:30 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Randy has doubts on “Enlisted� (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV14) * A bike-powered juice bar gets a once-over on “Shark Tank� (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * A haunting face from the past returns on “The Originals� (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) * Love me (legal)
tender on “Raising Hope� (9:30 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).
LATE NIGHT Demi Lovato, John Caparulo, Greg Fitzsimmons and Brad Wollack appear on “Chelsea Lately� (11 p.m., E!, r) * Anthony Anderson, Ilyasah Shabazz, Judith Hill, Merry Clayton and Tata Vega are booked on “The Arsenio Hall Show� (syndicated, check local listings) * Pauley Perrette, Jeff Caldwell and Lake Street Dive appear on “Late Show With David Letterman� (11:35 p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon welcomes Justin Timberlake on “The Tonight Show� (11:35 p.m., NBC) * Nathan Fillion, Abbie Cornish and Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live� (11:35 p.m., ABC) * Craig Ferguson hosts Ken Jeong and Lea Seydoux on “The Late Late Show� (12:35 a.m., CBS).
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AROUND TOWN The Shepherd’s Center, 24 Council St., will offer free public information sessions 11-11:50 a.m. each Thursday through March 13 as follows: Feb. 27, emergency preparedness; March 6, spring gardening tips; and March 13, you are what you eat. Free income tax filing services and FAFSA applications will be provided through April 15 as follows: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays, 3-8 p.m. Saturdays, appointments only on Sundays, Goodwill Job-Link Center, 1028 Broad St., (803) 774-5006; and 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, Lee County Adult Education, 123 E. College St., Bishopville, (803) 484-4040. For more information and appointments, call Ms. Samuels at (803) 2408355. The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program will offer free income tax assistance and electronic filing for taxpayers with low to middle incomes. All ages are welcome and you do not have to be an AARP member. You will need: picture ID; Social Security card for each dependent; all W-2’s, 1099s and 1098s; and supporting documents if you plan to itemize. Bring a canceled check if you wish to have your refund direct deposited. Assistance will be available 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays through April 15 at the Shepherd’s Center, 24 Council St. For details, call Lynda at (803) 469-8322. The Sumter Combat Veterans Group will meet at 10 a.m. today at the South HOPE Center, 1125 S. Lafayette Drive. All area veterans are invited. The Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association will hold a dinner fundraiser 11 a.m.-4 p.m. today at the Lincoln High School gymnasium, 26 Council St. Dinners are $7 per plate and consist of turkey, dressing, yellow rice, green beans and a drink. Call James Green at (803) 968-4173. Sumter County Active Lifestyles (SCAL) is offering a community walking program with the first walk beginning at noon Saturday, Feb. 22. Meet at the concession stand area of Palmetto Park, 416 W. Wise Drive. Walks are $1 per adult. Free for children under 18, SCAL and SCOTM! members. Brock McDaniel, horticulturist with the City of Sumter, will discuss the development and plants at Lake Alice Drive. The next walk will be at noon Saturday, March 8, at Patriot Park, 200 General Drive. The Sumter Branch NAACP will celebrate “Black History Month� at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert. The Rev. Marion H. Newton will speak. The Sumter County Educators Association — Retired will meet at noon Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. Virginia Sanders will speak on the Affordable Care Act. For more information, call Brenda Bethune at (803) 4696588. The Sumter Benedict Alumni Club will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, March 3, at the North HOPE Center. Call Shirley Blassingame at (803) 506-4019.