For the third time in as many years (I think), NBC has pre­miered a new drama series, let it run a few weeks, and then taken it off the air.  First, it was Wind­fall.  That wasn’t a great show, but I was sort of look­ing for a weekly soap opera drama, and it fit the bill.  Then, it was Kid­napped.  I really thought that was going to be good.  Unfor­tu­nately, it dis­ap­peared one day, and I found out thanks to my Tivo that it had been moved to Sat­ur­day night.  We all know that the move to Sat­ur­day is never a good sign.  Now, it seems as though The Lis­tener is gone.  These days, we don’t watch much tv, but on the days that I do want to sit down and watch a drama, I want to know that it will be around for more than 2  months.  If I am going to learn the char­ac­ters’ names and fig­ure out how they are con­nected, I want my effort to be rewarded.  I think soon I am going to have to stop watch­ing NBC shows, because I am not sure that my impa­tient tv watch­ing self can take much more of this.