Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Who is running these networks?

All my life I have been watching TV and learning and loving it. Now in a quarter of a century with it so much has changed. It's not my same friend that I would run off the bus everyday after school to be with. It's not the one who late at night in my bed all alone scared of the dark would keep the monsters at bay. It's not. It has started to turn into one of those monsters. It hurts my heart when I have to leave the room because after flipping threw the channels for 15 minuets I still found nothing but Malcolm in the Middle reruns and Bernie Mac (god rest his soul). Full House and Fresh Prince. This is not hell, this is actual reality. These are the shows that have been deemed worthy enough to be shown 10 times a day on 10 channels all around the country? REALLY? Who is making these decision's? Clearly not some one or some thing, that enjoys watching television. Who wants to watch the same show on 5 channels? CSI, CSI Miami, CSI NY, NCIS, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Law and Order Criminal Intent. Greys Anatomy, Private Practice, Desperate Housewives, Real Wives of OC, Real Wives of NY, Real Wives of ATL. Law and Order used to actually mean something. Not it's just that show in reruns on TNT. No one knows that they make new ones on Wednesdays on NBC. But not now with Jay Leno coming 5 nights a week, at 10, for the kids to see? So he can bore them to sleep! He stinks. Johnny Carson is spinning in his grave. 4 tonight shows in one night? 10 jay, 1130 Conan, 1230 jimmy Fallon, 130 Carson daly? Four horsemen of the Apocalypse. This is not hell, this is actual reality. 4 white men are controlling our nocturnal viewing hours? But not just them either! 1130 David Letterman 1230 Craig Ferguson (who is the only good one) 12 jimmy kimmel, two Jimmy's!!! AHHH! There are good shows on amongst the ones I named. I like L&O CI, and I still like regular Law and Order. Other shows are good out there to. The Mentalist is good. Not great. On the verge of greatness, but they never actually take the leap. They are afraid they might lose some viewers. But what about the viewers they might gain? Take it to the edge. There is a reason it is on at 10. Its a show for adults by adults. If you don't like it don't watch. The networks are afraid of the that. HBO is not. If you don't like it is still on. True Blood stinks. But Other people like it so its still on. I just don't watch it. It's easy. So people that watch shows they don't even like are the problem. You have to start letting you tv be your friend again. Places like Hulu.com help. They make it so the tv is always there. One click away. All your old friends, and some new ones. And you don't have to watch the ones you dont like. all you watch are the ones that you do like. it is a great thing. It is the what i beleive to be the first step back even though it is the first step forward to.

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