No.No.No.No.No. Say it isn’t so. Please say it isn’t so. On the Sopranos, when moment that Chris “acquired” that nightclub a knot formed in my stomach. When he gave the club to Adrianna, I felt queasy.

Please, please, please don’t let the Sopranos fall into the 90210/Charmed “we’ve got a nightclub let’s have gratuitous guestshots from bands” trap. It’s already started. We didn’t even get through the first bar-ownership episode and there was already some lame band performing.

Does David Chase have that little faith in his fan base that he thinks they’ll start jumping ship mid-season? Why else would you resort to adding filler to your show? On the upside, since there are no commercial breaks during the Sopranos, a gratuitous band interlude gives you the opportunity to go to the bathroom, get a beer or just bang your head against the wall for a few minutes if you need to.

Perhaps next season on Survivor they can run a nightclub as a cooperative challenge. Every few days a guest band can be dropped into whatever “remote” location they film. The band can play and then the contestants can hunt them, slaughter them, and eat them.

It seems like the logical next step in reality TV to me.