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Retromaniac Member Since: September 2005 Contributions: 7508 Gold Stars: 153 View User Posts	The status of television Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:57 pm Central Time I believe that television has reached its overall low. I barely watch any television anymore because all the shows are either too boring to be interesting, too rapid to keep up with, or too stupid to find interesting. Thank goodness for the release of shows to video or else I'd have nothing to watch altogether.
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sbrening Member Since: May 2007 Contributions: 7605 Gold Stars: 235 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:31 pm Central Time Retromaniac wrote: I believe that television has reached its overall low. I barely watch any television anymore because all the shows are either too boring to be interesting, too rapid to keep up with, or too stupid to find interesting. Thank goodness for the release of shows to video or else I'd have nothing to watch altogether. view I think a lot of people are tired of the way television is these days, but there are still some quality shows out there.... CSI, Law & Order, Smallville, How I Met Your Mother, Two And A Half Men, Family Guy, etc.... You just have to look for them, and give new shows a chance. _________________ www.hauntingheather.com DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to sell anything, just spreading the word.
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Retromaniac Member Since: September 2005 Contributions: 7508 Gold Stars: 153 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:44 pm Central Time sbrening wrote: I think a lot of people are tired of the way television is these days, but there are still some quality shows out there.... CSI, Law & Order, Smallville, How I Met Your Mother, Two And A Half Men, Family Guy, etc.... You just have to look for them, and give new shows a chance. view I don't like dramas. I prefer fantasies, science fiction, documentary, or action. Many of today's sitcoms are becoming rather idiotic.
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Artytoons Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 1241 Gold Stars: 381 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:13 pm Central Time Turn off the tv. Read a book. Get a hobby. Invest in a DVD/video library. Go out with friends. See movies. See a play. Come back in the next television golden age. Simple solution, really. _________________ "Over one thousand served"
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Beatles4ever Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 8146 Gold Stars: 763 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:07 pm Central Time Retromaniac wrote: I don't like dramas. I prefer fantasies, science fiction, documentary, or action. Many of today's sitcoms are becoming rather idiotic. view We just got finished watching "Forever Knight" on DVD.....an older show that kinda helped start the fantasy tv thing like Buffy,etc.You should check it out if you're never seen it.
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sbrening Member Since: May 2007 Contributions: 7605 Gold Stars: 235 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:31 pm Central Time Artytoons wrote: Come back in the next television golden age. Simple solution, really. view When is that scheduled to take place? _________________ www.hauntingheather.com DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to sell anything, just spreading the word.
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Artytoons Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 1241 Gold Stars: 381 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:43 pm Central Time When people like what's on tv...most of the time. or when the writer's strike is over. _________________ "Over one thousand served"
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RetroBryan Member Since: January 2008 Contributions: 153 Gold Stars: 160 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:26 pm Central Time Retromaniac wrote: I don't like dramas. I prefer fantasies, science fiction, documentary, or action. Many of today's sitcoms are becoming rather idiotic. view Amen, brother! It's like in the 90s everything started going downhill and reached the lowest common denominator. I don't even bother scouting around trying to find a decent sitcom anymore. I'm usually watching DVDs or some cable channel showing reruns when I turn on the TV.
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AidanK Member Since: November 2006 Contributions: 166 Gold Stars: 191 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:04 pm Central Time You said it. My DVD collection just continues to grow as more of the older/better shows get released. These days I still have digital cable with however many hundred channels and I stil surf and surf and usually come up with nothing.
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malkat Member Since: February 2007 Contributions: 1285 Gold Stars: 88 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:17 am Central Time Artytoons wrote: When people like what's on tv...most of the time. or when the writer's strike is over. view The writers were part of the problem before the strike.
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CountChocula Member Since: February 2007 Contributions: 193 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:31 pm Central Time The trouble is yes tv sucks,i can't say comcast,direct Tv or dishnetwork any better.All 3 just charges too much,&offer close to no decent channels to the consumer out their!.I knew some will think i'm a ass for saying this,but its the truth.They don't show any good shows today,it all reality type show&It seems ever channel under the sun has a reality show,even foodnetwork.Hell tvland stop being good years ago,now they added Just Shoot Me to their line up,isn't that too recent of a show .I just buy dvds,because i given up on tv,I rember every halloween i would look forward to what tv station was offer what good halloween picks that year,now,no one shows hardly any halloween type movies&shows any more,the fun is gone,like grundge!
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sweetsgrl Member Since: February 2006 Contributions: 2916 Gold Stars: 124 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:35 pm Central Time Beatles4ever wrote: We just got finished watching "Forever Knight" on DVD.....an older show that kinda helped start the fantasy tv thing like Buffy,etc.You should check it out if you're never seen it. view One of my favorites!! I need to get that on DVD.
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-Alan D Hopewell Member Since: October 2006 Contributions: 7558 Gold Stars: 1210 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:31 pm Central Time I find that tv either insults my intelligence, my morals, or both. _________________ "I can do all things through CHRIST, Who strengthens me." -Phillipians 4:13, King James Bible
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RetroBryan Member Since: January 2008 Contributions: 153 Gold Stars: 160 View User Posts	Re: The status of television Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:29 am Central Time -Alan D Hopewell wrote: I find that tv either insults my intelligence, my morals, or both. view People used to call it "the eye of the devil"
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