Listen, I'm not an insensitive clod. I sometimes am among the screaming masses who think TV stations air things at inappropriate times; for instance, I didn't think premiering a show called The War at Home on September 11 was one of Fox's smartest moves last year. But for the most part, I think people just have to chill when it comes to things like this; it's hard enough for a TV producers to put out shows as it is wtihout having to capitulate to every person who might possibly be offended by something.

Which is why I'm not sure why NBC had to express regret for airing that Conan O'Brien "plane crash skit" at the beginning of the Emmys on Sunday, the same day a plane crashed outside of Lexington, KY. True, for folks in Lexington, the skit might have hit too close to home, considering some commenters to Bob's post about it said that the local NBC station went to the Emmys straight from 12 hours of plane crash coverage. But to the rest of the country, the only connection many people made to the scene was to the show Lost, which was Conan's and the producers' intention.