I sat down in front of the TV yesterday around 8:30 to do what I do every evening at 8:30—watch Jeopardy and TMZ both in 30 minutes (via judicious use of TiVo) and get my quota of daily TV watching in.

Imagine my disappointment when Jeopardy was pre-empted by live coverage of the Oakland non-riots. They had camera crews set up, etc, waiting for something to happen in Oakland. It wasn’t a big loss, however, because it turns out it was “Kids week” and not regular jeopardy week.

(There was some violence, vandalism in Oakland later on. Police showed remarkable restraint in not arresting people who were throwing stones at them. Personally, I’m a little annoyed that people who throw stones at policemen aren’t removed from society, but they were probably weighing that against the risk of inflaming a crowd.)