I flipped through the morning TV shows last week, and I didn’t know who any of their “famous” guests were. Obviously, I am not watching enough television.

“Here’s what’s-his-name, the star of ‘Gossip Girl.’ So everyone wants to know, when’s the baby due?” I had never seen “Gossip Girl,” I didn’t know who the “star” was, I didn’t know with whom he was having a baby. The last time I watched a morning show, the featured guest was the person who had been kicked off “Survivor” the night before. Wow! Lucky the guy could squeeze in a TV appearance with his heavy schedule. Who are they going to have on tomorrow, somebody who didn’t win the Powerball? Whoa, move over George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

The reason I bring this up is that I was watching a news show the other day and they were interviewing a well-known politician and the host said, “We’re running out of time, can you tell me in 10 seconds what you would do about the economic crisis?”

They’re running out of time? They are on the air 24/7. All they have is time. They have time for “Survivor” losers and “Gossip Girl” stars, how to grill a banana at your next barbeque, where Matt Lauer is, what Britney Spears had for breakfast this morning. But for important people with important things to say, they have no time. For anyone on television to say, “We’ve only got 10 seconds” is like the ocean saying, “I’ve only got 10 gallons of water.”

What’s the rush? They can’t wait 10 more seconds to run the next commercial? The funny thing is, that I’m starting to hear “We’ve only got a few seconds,” on National Public Radio. What’s their excuse? They don’t even run commercials.