CBS green lights 'Genius Bar' TV show

theres no real data about what its like to be a Genius, since don't they get fired for blogging about their jobs? so this show is entirely speculative .

I DON'T LIKE BRANDS ANYMORE.

I'm going out on a limb and I will guess that all of you greasy geeks and nerds will be wrong.

Maybe we should just wait until the pilot comes out first huh? I've got to love all of those armchair TV execs. If major networks all bid on this show, then I would wager that it does have potential.

David, I think your post critizing CBS is a little over-board.

"If Apple wanted a show to pimp themselves and their products, they could have conjured (or had CBS conjure) anything cooler than this"

First, this isn't associated with Apple. And no, CBS isn't Apple's b!tch; they don't have the power to make CBS "conjure" up a show with tons of Apple products.

Secondly, you say that a Matrix-style show with Apple products would be cool, or a CSI-type show. That makes no sense. Most likely this "Genius Bar" show will be a satire on the fanboys, the hipsters, the yuppie kids usually associated with Apple products. It's not about the products, it's about the people.

Thirdy, a Matrix-style or CSI-style show would just be another rip-off. If Apple did make their own TV show, it would be something original, not just a copy of another storyline or plot only with more Apple products.

Fourthly, the difference is between "Genius Bar" and your proposed TV rip-offs is that the store and the products are part of the story. In your rip-offs they're just product-placed for no reason.

This show will suck so bad I will want to take a dump on my powerbook and set it on fire.

This is hilarious, I used to work at the big eye 2002-04. CBS Television City is right next door to the Grove (trendy mall in Los Angeles) which happens to have one of the very first Apple stores which happens to be down the way from Abercrombie & Fitch. Not a big stretch looking for story ideas, aye CBS?

Funny, especially since on CSI this week they had a Macbook running XP.

And oddly enough when I was still working behind the bar they opened up an Ambercombie right next store to us. Hmmm.

The Las Vegas 'Fashion Show' mall has an Apple store right next door to an Abercrombie as well.

#16 and #18: Yea, I'm working my way into the video biz and while obviously not everyone uses Macs or a 100% Mac workflow, many in the pro industry roll on the Apple side of the fence. They usually love their tools and like to give Apple props in their production work.