A recent article in the Los Angeles Times entitled "'Mad TV Draws Laughs, And Finally An Audience" discussed at some length the shows recent ratings success in spite of budget cutbacks and in spite of what many perceive of as a lack of support for the show from the Fox Network. The article is very informative but unfortunately was written rather sloppily. In the fourteenth paragraph, the article states: "I don't even pretend to lie. We are definitely treated like the bastard children of the network," Sullivan says. "They tend to ignore us. We just don't matter that much." A quick perusal of the article (reproduced below) reveals that the average reader would not know what the writer is referring to when he quotes Sullivan because Sullivan has no antecedent. Is he quoting Susan Sullivan? Ed Sullivan? John L. Sullivan, the legendary boxer? Or perhaps Louis W. Sullivan, the former Secretary of Health and Human Services? Of course, most Mad TV fans probably realized he was probably referring to Nicole Sullivan, Mad TV cast member. As it is, the quote is confusing because the average reader probably does not know what the relevance of "Sullivan" is to the show. How such poor writing found its way into the pages of the Los Angeles Times is beyond me.
In any case, here's the article, so you can judge for yourself: