I'll second the motion for "Hooray for King John Day!" Do we have a third? We only need one more to make it official. :)
I agree with you 110% on your analysis on CBS et al. Very well said!
A couple of things that occured to me while I was reading: 1) Even as a two minute mini-series CBS's piece doesn't have the level of credibility of an infomercial. 2) Now Showtime viewers get to pay to watch garbage mainstream viewers would have seen for free--sounds like someone's getting ripped of.
Excellent points.