Television, as we have been repeatedly told, is the Drug Of The Nation. But, if EDtv is to be believed, the seemingly harmless, flickering screen is in fact more the Thug Of The Nation - - a brutal little one-eyed troll. Of course, TV doesn't commit its acts of emotional vandalism alone. In Ron Howard's latest comedy (based on the French movie Louis XIX: Le Roi Des Ondes), it has accomplices: the entire American public. Which is probably why it tanked in the States, grossing little over $20 million. It's a reminder of Film-making Rule Number One: don't piss off your audience.
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