Send in the Clown

The Tribune reports that WGN Chicago is considering reviving Bozo’s Circus:

So now, of course, WGN-Ch. 9 needs to bring back “Bozo’s Circus.”

After all, what’s the point of WGN declaring its independence from The CW Network if not to march to the beat of its own big-top band once more?

There will be very big shoes to fill, to be sure. But 15 years after axing the final iteration of arguably the most popular and enduring local kids show in the history of American television, there’s still no single person or character as associated with Channel 9 as Bozo.

If they do, I hope they do it with sincerity and without irony. Why ruin old memories?

WGN’s severing its connection with CW, whose programming has been picked up by WPWR, Chicago’s Fox-owned station, really sounds like its going to put WPWR in a strong position.