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  • Raven
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2001
    • 6874

    #1

    Television Sucks These Days

    Yes, I'm complaining. I don't get much down time, so I don't have a whole lot of time to watch television, but is it asking soooooooooo much to have one decent movie on all the channels I have? Or a television show that isn't a repeat or a cloned CSI/Law and Order? Or a decent comedy?
    Raven

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  • 26MLR
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2005
    • 401

    #2
    That new Jenna Elfman show is pretty good.

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    • BoyAlley
      So Fucking Gay
      • Nov 2004
      • 19714

      #3
      I miss Queer As Folk

      Five seasons were just not enough.........

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      • sextoyking
        Confirmed User
        • Dec 2001
        • 6034

        #4
        Besides my political shows, Er, some law and order, etc I like the new Sunday night show, Grey's Anatomy.. There's a winner there
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        • candyflip
          Carpe Visio
          • Jul 2002
          • 43073

          #5
          24 is the best show on TV. New season just started here.

          The Shield is up there too and just started the new season as well.

          Spend you some brain.
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          • xcitecash
            Confirmed User
            • Nov 2005
            • 801

            #6
            get a HD recorder or just watch loads of Boston Legal...

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            • SteveLightspeed
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              • Jul 2001
              • 7940

              #7
              raven, please contact me at icq 272-95-695! I need to talk to you

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              • RayBonga
                too cool for highschool
                • Nov 2005
                • 12164

                #8
                I just buy DVDs of all my favourite series, since I don't watch a lot of tv anyway they are more than enough.

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                • Screaming
                  I can change this!!!!!
                  • Feb 2004
                  • 18972

                  #9
                  The Sheild
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                  • D
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jan 2006
                    • 7412

                    #10
                    Get a Tivo.

                    We _are_ talking about programming that was generally set up to turn a profit and appeal to the masses, so at any random point, especially if you don't have cable, you're likely to find nothing but crap on.

                    But, for comedies, I'm personally a big fan of "My Name is Earl", the Simpsons (my Tivo _always_ has like 10 episodes of it ready to go thanks to syndication) and "Scrubs".... used to fill my TiVo up with Mash, too, before I saw every syndicated episode 10 times.

                    And ya outside the realm of comedy, excluding the CSI/L&A shows: 24.... if you're missing it, you're missing the best show on T.V., hands down, imho.

                    If you want more varied good T.V., get cable and check out Battlestar Galactica on SciFi, or just about any HBO original programming, I think.
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                    • Grapesoda
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Jul 2003
                      • 46234

                      #11
                      dumped the 'boobtube' in '99, never looked back . .

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                      • Sosa
                        In Tushy Land
                        • Oct 2002
                        • 40149

                        #12
                        DirecTV rocks with all the sports packages I have. Works out great for me.

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                        • Peaches
                          Old broad
                          • Oct 2002
                          • 13933

                          #13
                          Oooh - lots of great shows! The Flip this/that House shows, Inked, The Shield, 24, Rescue Me, Deadwood, Gilmore Girls (yes, I love that show!), etc. etc. etc. TiVo is the greatest thing in the world - you only spend 40 minutes watching an hour long TV show

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                          • axelcat
                            Adult Locals
                            • Jun 2002
                            • 25450

                            #14
                            The Sheild is the best

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                            • dynastoned
                              mmm yeah!
                              • Feb 2005
                              • 5061

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Raven
                              Yes, I'm complaining. I don't get much down time, so I don't have a whole lot of time to watch television, but is it asking soooooooooo much to have one decent movie on all the channels I have? Or a television show that isn't a repeat or a cloned CSI/Law and Order? Or a decent comedy?
                              no shit!! i have 70 channels or something and i can't find one decent program that isn't on commercial for 15 minutes out of the 30 its supposedly on. i just simply quit watching it except for the select few like football and the occasional basketball game.

                              everyone hates spam but yet we allow it to flood television for 50% of all air time. lol and we throw people in jail for doing it on the internet....

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                              • WebairGerard
                                Confirmed User
                                • Sep 2005
                                • 8113

                                #16
                                yeah it's really bad. If not for some PBS or Discover shows I would rarely turn it on.

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                                • Raven
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                                  • Jul 2001
                                  • 6874

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by dynastoned
                                  no shit!! i have 70 channels or something and i can't find one decent program that isn't on commercial for 15 minutes out of the 30 its supposedly on. i just simply quit watching it except for the select few like football and the occasional basketball game.

                                  everyone hates spam but yet we allow it to flood television for 50% of all air time. lol and we throw people in jail for doing it on the internet....
                                  This skin is giving me seizures.....

                                  You're right. Everyone has made some great suggestions and I've got dvr, so I can record shows...

                                  I guess I'm tired of television. Never did watch it much....Family Guy is cool. So is Boston Legal and Desperate Housewives...but I've had enough medical to last a lifetime...and the shoot 'em ups and cop shows ..there are only so many plots.

                                  Showtime, Cinemax, Starz, Encore, and HBO play the same damned movies for months on end...and On Demand, well...that's just a joke.
                                  Raven

                                  ~RETIRED~

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                                  • Antonio
                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                    • Oct 2001
                                    • 14136

                                    #18
                                    haha, you gotta be kidding me

                                    you probably have 30 times more channels than any other country in the wolrd, and you can't find anything decent to watch?

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                                    • loverboy
                                      When it rains, it pours
                                      • May 2003
                                      • 20609

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by candyflip
                                      24 is the best show on TV. New season just started here.

                                      The Shield is up there too and just started the new season as well.
                                      too lazy to pick up the action, just starting to watch season 4 here

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                                      • After Shock Media
                                        It's coming look busy
                                        • Mar 2001
                                        • 35299

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by dynastoned

                                        everyone hates spam but yet we allow it to flood television for 50% of all air time. lol and we throw people in jail for doing it on the internet....
                                        Like that even relates. Unlike spam, comercials just happen to be the main point of television. The shows between comercials are just there to keep you watching.

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                                        • Sarah_Jayne
                                          Now with more Jayne
                                          • Dec 2002
                                          • 40077

                                          #21
                                          I really miss Six Feet Under

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                                          • Sarah_Jayne
                                            Now with more Jayne
                                            • Dec 2002
                                            • 40077

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by BoyAlley
                                            I miss Queer As Folk

                                            Five seasons were just not enough.........

                                            The original British mini-series was so much better nut the US version was acceptable.

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                                            • BoyAlley
                                              So Fucking Gay
                                              • Nov 2004
                                              • 19714

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by sarah_webinc
                                              I really miss Six Feet Under
                                              OMG me too Sarah. The last episode of that show has to be some of the best TV ever produced.

                                              I was crying like a little fag.

                                              Oh wait, I am a fag........

                                              Anyway, it was good TV indeed.

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                                              • Sarah_Jayne
                                                Now with more Jayne
                                                • Dec 2002
                                                • 40077

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by BoyAlley
                                                OMG me too Sarah. The last episode of that show has to be some of the best TV ever produced.

                                                I was crying like a little fag.

                                                Oh wait, I am a fag........

                                                Anyway, it was good TV indeed.

                                                Two minutes from the end I was saying 'what are they doing opening all these threads they will never close!' and then they went and closed every question you could have had in such an amazing way. It certainly wasn't dry eyes here either.

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                                                • Raven
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jul 2001
                                                  • 6874

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by Antonio
                                                  haha, you gotta be kidding me

                                                  you probably have 30 times more channels than any other country in the wolrd, and you can't find anything decent to watch?
                                                  I wish I were kidding you. But don't let looks deceive. Just because we have thirty more channels just means we have thirty more channels of drivel.
                                                  Raven

                                                  ~RETIRED~

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                                                  • Niklas
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Oct 2005
                                                    • 352

                                                    #26
                                                    Im getting my recordable digital reciever tomorrow and can't wait

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                                                    • Violetta
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                                                      • Jul 2004
                                                      • 28735

                                                      #27
                                                      24 is back on! Season 5! It rocks big time!!
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                                                      • 2HousePlague
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                                                        • Jul 2004
                                                        • 14572

                                                        #28
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                                                        • WME
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                                                          • May 2004
                                                          • 1005

                                                          #29
                                                          Aside from Discovery and National Geographic, I only watch 24 and The Shield. Everything on TV sucks, even the news.
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                                                          • KRL
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                                                            • Oct 2002
                                                            • 31429

                                                            #30
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                                                            • Abithefiend
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Nov 2005
                                                              • 756

                                                              #31
                                                              There are a good few shows on in between all the crap. It's all those hospital dramas that I can't stand..there are way too many of them on.
                                                              The only tv i watch really nowadays is the news and a few good movies and sitcoms.

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                                                              • Why
                                                                MFBA
                                                                • Mar 2003
                                                                • 7230

                                                                #32
                                                                i miss american television like a mother fucker. id be willing to wat reruns at this point.

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                                                                • Axeman
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Feb 2004
                                                                  • 5201

                                                                  #33
                                                                  watch 2 and 1/2 men, the new jenna elfman show is good too.

                                                                  scrubs is good. My name is Earl, The Office and I am really liking the new show Love Monkey on Tuesdays.
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                                                                  • chazer
                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                    • Jan 2003
                                                                    • 370

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by BoyAlley
                                                                    I miss Queer As Folk

                                                                    Five seasons were just not enough.........
                                                                    Queer as Folk was good. It's too bad Brian and blonde guy whose name I forgot didn't have more of a happy ending.

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                                                                    • reynold
                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                      • Oct 2002
                                                                      • 51271

                                                                      #35
                                                                      I'm sorry but I love watching CSI. A week is not complete without viewing it.. But CSI Miami is not as good as CSI New York.

                                                                      Aside from CSI, I enjoy watching reality shows such as Fear Factor and Amazing Race.

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                                                                      • detoxed
                                                                        vip member
                                                                        • Jan 2003
                                                                        • 17798

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Originally posted by Raven
                                                                        Yes, I'm complaining. I don't get much down time, so I don't have a whole lot of time to watch television, but is it asking soooooooooo much to have one decent movie on all the channels I have? Or a television show that isn't a repeat or a cloned CSI/Law and Order? Or a decent comedy?

                                                                        They dont make many good movies anymore, the few they do make do very well, so they arent cheap enough to show on TV for years and years

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                                                                        • phogirl69
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Jul 2001
                                                                          • 3330

                                                                          #37
                                                                          I only like watching reality tv shows and movies. I HATE sitcoms and comedies, some series are ok such as Desperate Housewives and Alias. My main addiction these days is Reality TV, I just can't get enough of The Barkers, Making The Band, Laguna Beach, I'll watch just about any cheesey reality show on mtv, I can't help myself... it's like crack...

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                                                                          • Raven
                                                                            Confirmed User
                                                                            • Jul 2001
                                                                            • 6874

                                                                            #38
                                                                            Nice to hear that I am not the only one....

                                                                            I do like CSI and Boston Legal....I'm just tired of the cloned shows for csi and law and order...hospital shows are okay ....but enough already...come up with another St. Elsewhere or nypd blue or hill street blues...

                                                                            Yeah, I was looking for books, Jack, darling, and got many many responses...I have a list a mile long now....

                                                                            Sometimes I just to turn off and tune out. Damn. I miss Sex and the City.
                                                                            Raven

                                                                            ~RETIRED~

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                                                                            • eroswebmaster
                                                                              March 1st, 2003
                                                                              • Jul 2001
                                                                              • 20295

                                                                              #39
                                                                              While you can channel surf and not come across anything spectacular at that moment I will have to say the quality of television IMO has improved.

                                                                              I don't know how old you are but when I was a kid we had 3 network stations, ABC, CBS, NBC, 1 PBS station and 2 independent station. Yes that's 6 stations.

                                                                              The networks showed the network fare. On Weekends it was nothing but sports, fishing shows etc. Boring as hell for a little kid.

                                                                              PBS. Forget about it.

                                                                              The independent stations.
                                                                              1 showed nothing but old tv show reruns and the weekends they filled it with westerns.
                                                                              The other not much better, and on weekends if you liked Lawrence Welk or Hee Haw you would be one happy little camper.

                                                                              Now days I flip on the channel and I can see high quality television covering almost any subject I would be interested in.

                                                                              Look at all of the educational channel that make PBS almost obsolete. TLC, Discovery, The History Channel, all of their sister channels like Times Discovery which shows excellent documentaries all day long.

                                                                              You even have movie channels broken down into niches...LOL.
                                                                              Westerns, Black, classic, mystery, love...My God there's plenty of stuff to watch.

                                                                              Sure if you want to talk about specific network tv shows. The problem is there's so much to watch some of the quality stuff gets lost in the noise. Shows like Arrested Development.

                                                                              Anyway be glad you have your interwebs and your cable tv...LOL It could be worse. We could still be drawing stick figures on cave walls.
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                                                                              • Raven
                                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                                • Jul 2001
                                                                                • 6874

                                                                                #40
                                                                                Originally posted by eroswebmaster
                                                                                While you can channel surf and not come across anything spectacular at that moment I will have to say the quality of television IMO has improved.

                                                                                I don't know how old you are but when I was a kid we had 3 network stations, ABC, CBS, NBC, 1 PBS station and 2 independent station. Yes that's 6 stations.

                                                                                The networks showed the network fare. On Weekends it was nothing but sports, fishing shows etc. Boring as hell for a little kid.

                                                                                PBS. Forget about it.

                                                                                The independent stations.
                                                                                1 showed nothing but old tv show reruns and the weekends they filled it with westerns.
                                                                                The other not much better, and on weekends if you liked Lawrence Welk or Hee Haw you would be one happy little camper.

                                                                                Now days I flip on the channel and I can see high quality television covering almost any subject I would be interested in.

                                                                                Look at all of the educational channel that make PBS almost obsolete. TLC, Discovery, The History Channel, all of their sister channels like Times Discovery which shows excellent documentaries all day long.

                                                                                You even have movie channels broken down into niches...LOL.
                                                                                Westerns, Black, classic, mystery, love...My God there's plenty of stuff to watch.

                                                                                Sure if you want to talk about specific network tv shows. The problem is there's so much to watch some of the quality stuff gets lost in the noise. Shows like Arrested Development.

                                                                                Anyway be glad you have your interwebs and your cable tv...LOL It could be worse. We could still be drawing stick figures on cave walls.
                                                                                Now, there is a perspective I hadn't considered....don't know much about television. I wasn't allowed to watch it.....

                                                                                But you do bring up good points...we do have more choices than ever before and we've got high def....the cup is half full, after all!
                                                                                Raven

                                                                                ~RETIRED~

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                                                                                • Mr. Romance
                                                                                  The Face of Romance and the Symbol of Freedom
                                                                                  • Mar 2005
                                                                                  • 7821

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  I am in the same boat with time and TV. Plus add in the fact that more than 1/2 of my stations are in Spanish in Uruguay...
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                                                                                  • mikiemd101
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                                                                                    • Dec 2005
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                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    24 rules, lost would my number one if they didn't rerun all the time.
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                                                                                    • KevinK83
                                                                                      I scan my content from Penthouse
                                                                                      • Jan 2006
                                                                                      • 35

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      maybe you suck and dont get the right channels

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                                                                                      • Spunky
                                                                                        I need a beer
                                                                                        • Jun 2002
                                                                                        • 133978

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        It seems that I only watch the news nowadays..TV sucks

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                                                                                        • Raven
                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                          • Jul 2001
                                                                                          • 6874

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          Originally posted by KevinK83
                                                                                          maybe you suck and dont get the right channels
                                                                                          Well, you could be right. My husband will attest to the fact that I certainly do suck...and I guess I don't get the right channels. Does swallowing count?
                                                                                          Raven

                                                                                          ~RETIRED~

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