As much as I'd like to wake up at 11:30 AM on Sundays and go straight to a plate of corned-beef hash and eggs, I'm noticing that my body doesn't agree with that view; as I get older, I get up earlier. So, when I flick on the TV at around 9 AM, my choices are limited. More often than not, I chose to watch CBS Sunday Morning, hosted by Charles Osgood.

Why? Because they talk about interesting topics and interview interesting people. And the subjects are not chosen because of their newsworthiness; they're chosen because there is something interesting about their lives that no one seems to explore. For instance, if they decided to interview a newsworthy guy like Brad Pitt, they wouldn't ask him about Jen or Angelina; they'd ask him about his love of architecture. I mean, who even knew that Pitt was an architecture buff?

This interesting article by Jon Friedman at Marketwatch sheds some light on how the show, which has changed little since its debut in 1979, picks its topics, and how it tries to keep an upbeat tone (not "happy talk," mind you, which is what irritates me about most morning news shows. They just have an optimistic tone to most of their stories).

In an interview with Marketwatch media critic Jon Friedman, Aaron Brown talks about how things are going since he was unceremoniously dumped by CNN last fall. He tells Friedman that he's content, teaching journalism at Arizona State and working on his memoirs, but he and his reps are always on the lookout for new projects. Ideally, he'd like to do a talk show that's a hybrid of Charlie Rose and Larry King Live, but his agent is in discussion to do anything... including a gig as a game show host.

Boy, would I love to see that, at least for one episode. Why? Because I'd love to see Brown ruminate over why there have to be winners and losers in life, bringing in references to Buddha and Mark Twain, while the contestant patiently sits and waits for him to ask the next trivia question. It would be unintentional comedy at his finest.

[via Mediabistro]