Vick’s Dogs Get Ready for National TV (No Joke)

You know those things you see that cause an honest-to-goodness double-take? Those comments from a broadcaster or headline on a television screen that cause you to stop and say: “No way I heard/saw that right. Right?”

In this case, it was the following promo:

“Dogtown: Saving the Michael Vick Dogs”

Yes, Vick’s dogs are heading for cable television. The National Geographic Channel welcomes the American viewing public to tune in this Friday at 9 p.m. I, for one, will getting the popcorn ready…or NOT.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t condone what Vick did. Torturing dogs = bad. My personal opinion? He’s done adequate time to fit the crime by now. Granted, I’m not necessarily an animal lover. Which may be one of the reasons I find it so difficult to believe that “Dogtown: Saving the Michael Vick Dogs” is a serious one-hour “special” on a national cable channel.

The scary thing? Millions will likely tune in. We would honestly rather check out Navy and Ball St. And even though my love for college football runs deep, the Midshipmen and Cardinal is pretty brutal. Yet, it’s the World Series compared to Dogtown.

And what kind of vendetta does NGC have against Va Tech? They need to buy fifteen hours worth of time, so viewers can subconsciously draw that link between Vick and his Hokie alumni status? I feel like I’ve seen this spot 77 times, and we’re only at halftime.

Perhaps y’all disagree. Such is your choice. For those of you who simply can’t wait to catch up with Meryl, Georgia, Denzel and Cherry you can catch up on the latest psychological evaluations and more here. What, no Ron Mexico?