The TV Zone

Here's something that almost makes you wonder -- so THIS is what our courts are up to: Christie Brinkley got a restraining order barring her kids from watching tonight's train wreck of an interview between Babs Walters and Peter Cook.

It's all here, in black and white, in New York Magazine's "Daily Intel":

"Christie Brinkley obtained a restraining order in court yesterday to prevent ex-husband Peter Cook from letting their two children, Jack, 13, and Sailor, 10, watch his much-publicized interview with Barbara Walters tonight on "20/20." Brinkley also insists that Cook, who has custody of the kids for the weekend, keep them away from his Sag Harbor home in order to avoid prying media eyes."

Now, my Questions:

1.) Why would they want to break away from "SpongeBob" f or THIS? (No conceivable reason.)

2.) If police are giving out restraining orders barring kids from watching TV, maybe I could pursue a number of restraining orders myself, right?

3.) Let's see - which kids shows should have restraining orders placed on them? (Anything on Cartoon Network -- but that's a whole network. Can you get restraining orders on networks? )

4.) Why would Cook let the kids see this anyway? Isn't it all a terrific embarrassment? Oh wait, I just answered my own question -- his threshold for humiliation was incinerated MONTHs ago. There is no threshold remaining...

5.) How will Christie keep the kids from watching later on the Internet, which is where kids watch a lot of their TV anyway?

I could go on. But I won't. This is just all too sad ...