Beginning to HATE Television!!
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Think Big Bang is annoying? Try Two Broke Girls. Lots of options on the channel selector as well as the increasingly popular On/Off button. I've become a fan of the various nostalgia channels. I've reacquainted with various old westerns, M.A.S.H. NYPD Blue, and Hill Street Blues. All head & shoulders better than the current fare IMHO.
Death Of Commercial TV
I stopped watching most commercial TV years ago. The sitcoms are mindless and television has run out of fresh ideas. Also, commercial TV news shows are biased to the left and they tend to be anti-gun, especially the anti-gun specials they run following a tragedy such as happened in Orlando.
I do enjoy shows like "The Voice" and my wife enjoys "Dancing With The Stars." Other than that, I tend to watch documentaries and history based shows on cable.
Speaking of cable, I'm thoroughly enjoying "Bloodline" and "Breaking Bad" was incredible.
I stopped watching most commercial TV years ago. The sitcoms are mindless and television has run out of fresh ideas. Also, commercial TV news shows are biased to the left and they tend to be anti-gun, especially the anti-gun specials they run following a tragedy such as happened in Orlando.
I do enjoy shows like "The Voice" and my wife enjoys "Dancing With The Stars." Other than that, I tend to watch documentaries and history based shows on cable.
Speaking of cable, I'm thoroughly enjoying "Bloodline" and "Breaking Bad" was incredible.
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Wiener jokes, potty humor and canned laughter. All that changes is the characters.
rock_castle
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I agree that there isn't much worth watching on TV.
Since I don't watch TV anymore I found YouTube to be better entertainment. I don't mean movies or TV shows but stuff in general.
I found lots of interesting subjects:
Road rages in Russia and USA
Lock Smithing with Bosnia Bill (he's good)
Puzzles and doo dads
How things are made
Rock concerts
The Harp Twins (I'm in love)
Guns, guns, guns
And the list goes on. I click on YouTube home button to get new suggestions.
Ask me if I miss TV.
If my net is down, no problems, I have over 800 DVD movies.
I found lots of interesting subjects:
Road rages in Russia and USA
Lock Smithing with Bosnia Bill (he's good)
Puzzles and doo dads
How things are made
Rock concerts
The Harp Twins (I'm in love)
Guns, guns, guns
And the list goes on. I click on YouTube home button to get new suggestions.
Ask me if I miss TV.
If my net is down, no problems, I have over 800 DVD movies.
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Absalom
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I haven't had conventional TV for something like 15 years, no cable or dish. Since the internet service in my area doesn't do well with streaming, most of what I watch for entertainment comes off Netflix DVD's.
There are shows that interest me. One of the interesting trends has been that, while the bulk of everyday programming seems to have degraded to basically unwatchable "reality" shows or comedy at the IQ level of amoebas, some shows have emerged especially on cable channels that surpass even movies in quality of writing, acting, and production.
Since "24" and "Homeland" set the standard, I have not seen a terrorism-themed movie that managed to squeeze a satisfying plot and decent acting into 2 hours. I know this is sacrilege in the eyes of many, but since "Boardwalk Empire", the "Godfather" movies don't do that much for me any more as far as classic gangster stories are concerned. And I'll even admit that "Game of Thrones" managed to do what "Lord of the Rings" (to the dismay of some of my nerdy friends) never did, getting me hooked on an adult fairy tale with swords and dragons (and boobs
).
And there are even some rays of light on broadcast TV. "Sherlock" on PBS, and "Aquarius" on NBC were quite interesting (the latter of course watched on DVD without commercials).
So if you do your homework, you won't run out of interesting stuff to watch, without anesthetizing your brain with the daily drivel.
There are shows that interest me. One of the interesting trends has been that, while the bulk of everyday programming seems to have degraded to basically unwatchable "reality" shows or comedy at the IQ level of amoebas, some shows have emerged especially on cable channels that surpass even movies in quality of writing, acting, and production.
Since "24" and "Homeland" set the standard, I have not seen a terrorism-themed movie that managed to squeeze a satisfying plot and decent acting into 2 hours. I know this is sacrilege in the eyes of many, but since "Boardwalk Empire", the "Godfather" movies don't do that much for me any more as far as classic gangster stories are concerned. And I'll even admit that "Game of Thrones" managed to do what "Lord of the Rings" (to the dismay of some of my nerdy friends) never did, getting me hooked on an adult fairy tale with swords and dragons (and boobs
). And there are even some rays of light on broadcast TV. "Sherlock" on PBS, and "Aquarius" on NBC were quite interesting (the latter of course watched on DVD without commercials).
So if you do your homework, you won't run out of interesting stuff to watch, without anesthetizing your brain with the daily drivel.
I've recently discovered that, I have turned into my father! I can't stand the drivel on television, I would rather read, and am a complete GRUMP!.
POWER to the GRUMP!!!...im with you brother....
