"That's great TV, but that's lousy police work," he said.
What it takes to make great TV is all that plus a little magic and a little luck.
After saying that these nights were great TV, one is supposed to add the words "though that was the least of it."
Because great TV doesn't have to be good, it just has to be something you can't stop watching.
This can make for great TV, but educational it is not.
Or, possibly, it's an appalling metaphor that makes for great TV.
Then again, it probably makes for great TV.
It could have been a great TV show, but not have any validity in the record-buying world.
Village officials ordered the cameramen to stop filming, but they refused, and it made for great TV.
It's a great TV, but the rest of my family can barely use it.