Critic Tad Friend wrote a piece for the New Yorker about HBO's new series, "Six Feet Under." He underlined the trend in that subscription-only network to veer toward the dark side. While the networks have to pander to advertisers who want their products paired with happy, sunny, appealing programming - HBO, with no advertisers to please can shun the light altogether.
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