:uzi: rachael ray
deal or no deal:puke2:

the first one couldn`t cook her way out of a wet paper bag, what rock did she crawl out from under......

and that no talent a$$ clown, former germaphobe howdie mandel. everytime i turn on the tube that bald headed boob is on for 2 hrs at a time. wtf is happening to T.V. flushed down the toilet........:pistols:

oh yeah and survivor blows dog too!!:boring:

The 175 different iterations of "Lawn Order" & "CSI" are pretty tiring, too...Mad Magazine did a parody of "Gray's Anatomy" called "Groin's Monotony" that was spot-on, & really better than the show, as "Mad" parodies tend to be anyway..."Judge Judy" is OK, I guess, but most all of the imitators are pretty awful. The trainwreck, "Jerry Springer"-"I CAN'T believe I'm watchin' this sh!t, but when does it come on again ?" I guess everybody loves watching Po' White Trash making raw fools outta themselves..

Yep, decent tee-vee is hard to come by these days. I like Slaw & Odor, but like Sandy, have tired of the zillion variations of it. I thought it would have been more interesting to have kept to the original Law & Order title and airing schedule and just rotate the various L&O shows in sequence. I love Judge Judy. She has no problem telling idiots that they are just that.

All of the reality shows, all of the sit coms, all of the game shows, all of the LONG commercials, (We pay for the privilege now, why do they still need commercials? Oh yeah, Corporate greed) all of the all of the pseudo dramas, most of the "sports".. (Did I miss anything?)

You know, I can live quite nicely without TV at all. A few movies now and then and I'm getting interested in some of the documentaries again, but for the most part, I'd rather listen to music.

The cooking shows- Paula Deen...Everybody's favorite zaftig mad aunt...Nigella Bites- Damn woman reminds me of a black widow spider...I remember Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet...He was funny & dirty as hell..Julia Child..The best send-up of her was that "Sat Nite Live" riff where she-Dan Aykroyd, IIRC-cut "her" artery in her wrist, & bled to death on camera..

any reality show has to go........

All of the reality shows, all of the sit coms, all of the game shows, all of the LONG commercials, (We pay for the privilege now, why do they still need commercials? Oh yeah, Corporate greed) all of the all of the pseudo dramas, most of the "sports".. (Did I miss anything?)

You know, I can live quite nicely without TV at all. A few movies now and then and I'm getting interested in some of the documentaries again, but for the most part, I'd rather listen to music.

its funny, tv used to be free, you through up your antenna and watch away (through the fuzz sometimes). now we pay large dollers for sat dishes and digital cable boxes and we have 100+ channels of crap to sift through plus the commercials. :dammit:

i`m with you outlaw, i`d rather listen to music:music:

What's that horrid shite that usually comes on between 7 & 8 before the networks come on & make all the local stations behave ? Oh, yeah- Gunky Renker, or Gooey Wanker, or somesuch..I THINK it has something to do w/make-up, WHY does it need to be on 5-7 days a week ?!? And those gawdawful "shows" that are nothing but half-or-full hour commercials shilling Time-Life's latest retread collection of Hits from the Fifties ? Or Sixties? Or Seventies? The only good thing about 'em is laughing at Annette Funicello & Troy Donohue, or some other broken down warhorse, & wondering how much plastic surgery they've had, or hoping their pacemakers might konk out while they're shakin' their moneymakers to "Poetry in Motion".. I'm a mean ol' bastard, ain't I ? <grin>

I'm just glad "Friends" died. Finally.
What I can't stand are the tabloid shows like ET, Inside Edition, Access Hollywood, or the flamin' PBS beg-a-thons that come on like clockwork every two months. Who the hell really wants to see Roy Orbison again and again and again? It's gotten to the point where the only shows I give a crap about are "Family Guy" and Letterman.
Tom

I'm just glad "Friends" died. Finally.
What I can't stand are the tabloid shows like ET, Inside Edition, Access Hollywood, or the flamin' PBS beg-a-thons that come on like clockwork every two months. Who the hell really wants to see Roy Orbison again and again and again? It's gotten to the point where the only shows I give a crap about are "Family Guy" and Letterman.
Tom

Every time they had a good program like Charlotte Church or Celtic Woman or Sarah Brightman, it's a darn BEG-A-THON!!! I used to give for the cause, but it got where I could not see a decent show without all the begging and whining. :tears:

Between the gov't $ and corporate sponsors, if they can't make it - then go away. The whole PBS thing got started when they were 3 channels on other than them. Now you can watch the 24 hour porcupine mating channel or whatever. The politics of PBS type channels are far too left-leaning for me.

Just like AMTRAK, if you can't make - see ya.

Thank God for cold beer, a comfortable recliner, and an outstanding vintage stereo system!

any reality show has to go........

Yes....

What I can't stand are the tabloid shows like ET, Inside Edition, Access Hollywood,

Yes

i`d rather listen to music

Yes....

are you smarter than a fifth grader is one of the worst shows I have ever seen.:wtf:

Seinfeld reruns for me, thank you very much.:thmbsp:

Do they pick women to go w/Regis Philbin as in "Live wRegis And....." on the basis of their stupidity and/or insipid-ness? Cathy Lee Epstein was bad enuff, then they got that dizzy bint Kelli Zippa, (Pippa,Tippa, Rippa, who cares?) who looked like she thought every utterance from that old fraud's mouth was really from the Oracle At Delphi, or somesuch. Ok, she was cute as a Bug's Ear, but I honestly think you coulda stuck a Marlboro Lites 100s in her ear, & drew it thru the other side. Worse of all, she'd prolly never have noticed...

I don't think anything necessarily needs to go because I get to turn the channel any time I want. However, in a culture in which a woman whose only truly notable skill is having huge knockers becomes a megacelebrity, and whose death is covered to far greater detail than the death of president (got WAY more ink than Jerry Ford's departure from the planet, and he presided over one of the more remarkable periods in history), and in which complete imbeciles like Paris Hilton (saw about 30 seconds of her "program" a couple of minutes ago while surfing, but it was a good 30 seconds because she was writhing on the ground after apparently falling from a horse) and Nicole Richie are famous, i'm game for LOTS of channel changing.

And obviously lots of people are NOT smarter than fifth graders, because they continue to watch the dreck the programming people throw (up) at us.

Newton Minnow said it best back in 1960, I think..."Television is a vast wasteland..."

are you smarter than a fifth grader is one of the worst shows I have ever seen.:wtf:

I'd guess if you were watching it, the answer would be "No".

Personally, I haven't watched much network TV aside from the NFL for years. Old movies on AMC, TNT, or TMC, and regular programming on Discovery, History, Bravo, TLC, Nat. Geo. pretty much sum it up for me.
Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, flipping and remodeling shows, and documentaries are the standard fare for me.

But I did find out that BBC1 has Mrs. Peel on at 5PM daily :thmbsp:

I'm just glad "Friends" died. Finally.
What I can't stand are the tabloid shows like ET, Inside Edition, Access Hollywood, or the flamin' PBS beg-a-thons that come on like clockwork every two months. Who the hell really wants to see Roy Orbison again and again and again? It's gotten to the point where the only shows I give a crap about are "Family Guy" and Letterman.
Tom

The death of a popular show is our guarantee we will see that show interminably on innumerable channels. When they are in production,
it's on once, perhaps twice in a week. Once they go into syndication,
they appear all over the cable/satellite dial. As someone already pointed out, the sun never sets on the CSI and Law & Order empires.

Andyman is right. True, but strange, I have seen no fewer than a dozen stellar shows about ancient history lately. The advantage of comic book looks at historical events such as the battle of Thermopylae or the sinking of the Titanic is the FACTUAL channels jump in with everything they have on the subjects.

Only thing I actually sit in front of the TV to watch is the History Channel, every day on my lunch break I see Modern Marvels. I also watch NCIS sometimes, but most everything else I download. I don't actually own a tv set of my own, the only one is the one in the living room which I seldom actually "live" in. Most everything else I download to view, eliminates the commercials problems and I don't have to schedule my life around the tv.

Maybe I oughta start watching more of thes Judge shows...An' that Guthy Renker crap too...Most of the time, if I start likin' a show, that's the death-knell for it...Wonder if that would work for the most awful of the awful, those Preacher shows they love to have so much here...I'm talkin' about ones that make Jim & Tammy Fae look Suave 'n' Debonaire-erm, Swob 'n' Deboner as they say 'round here...Picture a 65-year-old guy-Brother Billy-Bob- w/half a can of 10W-50 motor oil on his hair, for that "slick" look, wearing a jacket w/lapels so wide, they'd laughed at it in 1974. The jacket is, of course, a multi-color houndstooth chek, made from 110% gen-u-wine Polly-Esther. The camera & mike this guy is shouting into date from the Carter Administration, which may explain the loud BUZZZZZ on the audio, & the fact his face is a nice shade of purple. Or it could be an incipient coronary, which Brother Billy-Bob is a-fixin' to have, a result from havin' one too many fried-chicken, mashed-taters, 'n' gravy dinners over the last 40 years or so. But don't worry, that just means he'll get to go to his Just Reward that much sooner...

One thing I do watch quite a bit are the old "The Cosby Shows", especially the earlier ones.

As a parent, I can't say enough about what he did with that show; intelligently portraying a loving, realistic family and making it funny to boot. Black white, purple, yellow or green, the guy really deserves a medal for what he did.

Too bad nothing even comes close to it these days..........

I always thought Felicia Rashad was quite a Fox, & Lisa Bonet was cute, but after she did that dreadful movie-I can only imagine what Dr. Huxtable woulda had to say about THAT...

I always thought Felicia Rashad was quite a Fox, & Lisa Bonet was cute, but after she did that dreadful movie-I can only imagine what Dr. Huxtable woulda had to say about THAT...

I thought Cosby basically fired her after those scenes with Mickey Rourke in "Angel Heart". At the very least, he was VERY PO'd and did boot her off for a while.

I do like that movie, even w/o LB...........

Any show that has to do with being a supposed pop idol. The worst thing to happen to TV next to that imbecilic Survivor crap.

OK how about any reality show thats about as real as 3 dollar bill.

I watch maybe 2 non history channel shows each week if that.

yeah, *idol, survivor*, and that fear factor show where they eat bugs, gotta go. The FF one always used to be on when I'd go to the bar for hot wings. Something about watching people eat gross stuff while I'm attempting to eat my food does not appeal to me.

Shows that gotta go: gossip shows, reality TV, daytime talk shows, soaps, infomercials of any kind, endless self-exalting awards shows (Oscars, Emmys, etc.), World poker tour, WNBA telecasts.

None of them -- let the masses watch what they want, I could care less. Just slip in some subliminal messages about using contraception so that they don't take over the world. Stupid people shouldn't breed.

Ya see . . . . . . . Everyone has different taste. Programming is aimed at different markets, different ages, different . . . you get the picture.

Some of my favorites have been named. I am certain I will step on other's toes (And include all permutations of a series):

Next Top Model, Deal Or No Deal, Apprentice, Housewives, Dirty Jobs, Dancing With The Stars, Funniest...., Judge...., American Idol, Survivor...., Next Top Model, October Road, Are You Smarter... and anything with fat muscled wrestlers.

Let the flames begin!

I'm with Grumpy...most of the stuff...especially anything with the word 'idol' is not getting watched at my house.
I do like Boston Legal....Shatner is the new Archie Bunker...

Fortunately, we only get SOME of the programming you guys have mentioned, here in Hong Kong. That said, locally-made programming -believe it or not- is mostly way more lame than those, as bad as they are. I go weeks without switching on regular programming, and usually don't miss it at all. The less I watch of TV, the less I like it (or the more I dislike it) when I do.

THANK GOD for:

LaserDisks
DVDs
Occasionally TCM (Turner Classic Movies) or Cinemax or Star Movies
Occasional good documentaries

and most of all...

MUSIC! :yes: :D

That said, I wouldn't mind a cable channel or two with re-runs of all the programs from my youth, like The Beverly Hillbillies, Gilligan's Island, My Three Sons, Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver, etc... just for nostalgia, and one good Sci-Fi channel that would also show all those Fifties "B-grade" (or "triple-Z", as we used to call them) Sci-Fi and Horror flicks.

yeah, *idol, survivor*, and that fear factor show where they eat bugs, gotta go. The FF one always used to be on when I'd go to the bar for hot wings. Something about watching people eat gross stuff while I'm attempting to eat my food does not appeal to me.

I don't get the appeal, either. I might watch someone eat cockroaches and fight the gag reflex ONCE. For about 30 seconds, tops. After that, it's pure tedium. And I don't buy into the false sense of urgency they try to infuse into each program. I love that with Orange County Choppers. "We won't be able to get the bike finished in time for the Really Tuff Bike Fest if that forge doesn't crank out that 3/4" hex nut in time. I sure hope we make it."
"Whew, just in the nick of time!"

I'd just like to see Big Paulie one time REALLY lose it & carom a monkeywrench off the blonde-headed one w/the Emo glasses's head....<grin>

Get rid of FoxNews.....especially BillO.

there enough brain sag around without these idiots injecting more.


any all those stupid reality shows....sheesh!

Just slip in some subliminal messages about using contraception so that they don't take over the world. Stupid people shouldn't breed.

Sadly they do, and at a rate faster and more frequently than smart ones.

Wouldn't it be a shorter thread if we listed which shows should STAY???????

Time to get rid of dirty jobs. How many shows can they make from cleaning poo?

Time to get rid of dirty jobs. How many shows can they make from cleaning poo?

Actually, I think it should follow that "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader Show" so viewers could see possible career options.....

Actually, I think it should follow that "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader Show" so viewers could see possible career options.....

Lol!

Wouldn't it be a shorter thread if we listed which shows should STAY???????Agreed. But most of my list are cancelled.

As a semi-geezer, I'm impressed with the taste exhibited by the wide range of ages posting herein. I agree with all of you. It makes me wonder just WHO watches the wretched crap posing as entertainment on their 62 inch wall-hog, & their 2 inch cell phone whilst tailgating me.

About 38 years ago, after returning to the states from a non-voluntary military hiatus of 3 years & no stateside TV to follow, I remember a watching show hosted by a certifiable schizoid by the name of Joe Pyne. Why legitimate guests showed up to be roasted by this wacko, eluded me (Oh, yeah.....money) Anyway, I decided that the civilization from with I had briefly exited, had gone mad, & the end was nigh. On the other hand I also followed a show called "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", starring the late Bill Bixby, & was temporarily soothed & relived that perhaps civility, good taste, & maturity was still an underlying trait of most Americans. Oh well, all good things must pass, & we've arrived at the current state of affairs. Maybe it's why I spend too much time banging on this dam' keyboard.

Oh....I did watch what I consider to be a "good" series tonight. "Friday Night Lights". There - that puts the curse of cancellation in action for a repeat season. Sorry. :tears:

Ron.

Get rid of FoxNews.....especially BillO.

there enough brain sag around without these idiots injecting more.


So you'd watch Fox more if that show wasn't on?

:scratch2:

Isn't all of this like bad music?

(You don't have to listen to that either.)

It makes me think back when we were both poor and cheap and our TV broke. Our sons were 5 and 3. We went two years with no TV. Neither son has ever watched much TV. We also refused to buy video games. They spent their teenage years practicing French horn and trombone after finishing homework. Bought them both a free ride to college.

We've cut back our TV watching. We rely mostly on Netflix, watching either old movies or foreign films that never got screen time here. I've got an unfinished area in the basement for a media room, but I don't want to spend thousands of dollars to become even more passive when I could spend the money on more active and creative pursuits, like sailing and photography.

I still think John Prine was on the right track:

"Blow up your TV, throw away your papers
Move to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try and find Jesus on your own."
- "Spanish Pipe Dream" (AKA "Blow Up Your TV")

That song also has one of my favorite Prine lyrics:
"For I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve"

BTW, it took us a while, but four years ago we bought a little land in the country, built a house, planted a 3/4 acre garden along with a couple of peach trees as well as blueberry and blackberry bushes and fig trees. We no longer subcribe to the newspaper. ;-)
Doug

What boggles the mind are the mental midgets that run the networks. They continue to clone the same crap over and over and truly believe we enjoy it...

I cannot watch the garbage that the broadcast networks think is good,quality programing . Have we really morphed to this ?? ...everything looks the same.No direction..No talent..no ingenuity..just profits.

My list of TV complaints could fill a medium sized tome... The short list?

Commercials - Period.
How-To shows starring people who don't know how to...
Anything about weddings...
Anything on the Lifetime Channel...
Anything having to do with wealth, power or celebrity...
Anything with the words pimp, crib, star or idol in the title...
The News (with the exception of Robin Meade (oh boy!) on HLN, and I watch that with the sound off half the time)...


Likes...

The History Channel
The Discovery Channel
Military
Wings
Animal Planet (As long as it's not bugs or Meerkats)
National Geographic
TCM
AMC
Western Channel

uhm... That's about it.

The worst for me is that old sea hag Judge Judy,i cant stand the sight of that woman, she has a gaint head & a big mouth.:yuck:

After that that stupid show The Veiw,anything that big fat pig Rosie is in should be taken off the air as a public service,another giant headed woman who never shuts up.:blah:

If I was a rebellious teenager now,American Idol would be at the top of my shit list.A competition to find MORE homogenous,vapid,phony young shiny people.And the judges.What did Paula Abdul or Randy Jackson(or Simons's label) ever put out of quality or originality.Yeah,the show is harmless,but it annoys me to know end.
BTW,that girl Jordin Sparks goes to a local church that many of my wifes friends and co-workers go to,and I know her dad played pro football.And shes a plus size model,so if I have to have a rooting interest,Ill pick her.
Jimmy

I was just thinking:You know how we all miss the "good old days"?It occurs to me that American Idol is just a rehash of the old Ted Mack Amateur Hour from before I was born.Ive seen the old show,and it wasnt so hot either.:D
Jimmy

I was just thinking:You know how we all miss the "good old days"?It occurs to me that American Idol is just a rehash of the old Ted Mack Amateur Hour from before I was born.Ive seen the old show,and it wasnt so hot either.:D
Jimmy


At least Ted Mack had the commercial with dancing packs of Old Gold Ciggys with hot legs :banana: In the interim, we had Ed McMahon's Star Search, which never to my memory paraded doofuses (doofuci?) to be castigated (castrated) by talentless & tasteless bozos such as Simon.:thumbsdn:
But, then again, it's all about ratings, isn't it?

Ron (I wish Peter Finch were here to raise that window again).

Rosie is bad enuff, but the one on "The View"-the few times I've been able to watch it-that frosts me is Joy Behar. She, too, has an overly large head, & a size XXXXL mouth. A most unfunny woman. Judge Judy DOES get her licks in on deadbeats occaisionally. Actually, ALL them "Judge" shows could go away, & I'd not shed a tear.

I don't need to see Rachael Ray on my TEE VEE.
She's on my box of Ritz Crackers.

...I work in TV, so I actually make a living (freelance) shoveling this manure.

As long as WW2 never ends on the History Channel and "Are You Being Served" and "Fawlty Towers" can still be gotten on PBS, you can keep the rest. I don't even watch my own work.:no:

A TV set is a display. You can show what YOU wish on it.
So, for me, great films. Just had Bergman's "Seventh Seal" on.:banana:

C.

i don't even have TV but i watch king of queens at my girlfriends house sometimes and i freaking love it! the office is great too. i buy the seasons on dvd when it comes out.

I've not read the other posts, so if it hasn't been mentioned, the one [of many] I think should go is "Deadliest catch". I mean how many times do you need to see a bunch of crabs being dumped out of cages??

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It occurs to me that American Idol is just a rehash of the old Ted Mack Amateur Hour from before I was born.Ive seen the old show,and it wasnt so hot either.:D
Jimmy
True enough, but the first break for one of the best slide guitarists ever was on the Amateur Hour. The person in question was six at the time.

Who was he? (Worth 50 points)

Doug

90% of whats on the tube.

i don't even have TV but i watch king of queens at my girlfriends house sometimes and i freaking love it! the office is great too. i buy the seasons on dvd when it comes out.

i started watching that show during the winter months this year and i also love it. the characters flow well together, gerry stiller`s one liners keep me glued each day for more, that fat phuck doug is outrageous and his wife is very pleasing to the eye (even when she`s pudgy).

i watched the second last (i think second last) episode the other day when carrie moved into a apartment in manhattan and doug stayed at the house driving around his rascal. needless to say i think the show has lost its edge.:thumbsdn:

True enough, but the first break for one of the best slide guitarists ever was on the Amateur Hour. The person in question was six at the time.

Who was he? (Worth 50 points)

Doug

Lowell George (I love Google)

None of them -- let the masses watch what they want, I could care less. Just slip in some subliminal messages about using contraception so that they don't take over the world. Stupid people shouldn't breed.

I'm with Dusty!! The more lame TV, the better. Because I don't have time to watch it if it were any good. Unfortunately I spent the last two nights watching Secrets of the Dead and Nova on PBS when I should have been doing other things. :sigh:

It's been a while since Pink Floyd proclaimed "13 channels of sh!t on the TV to choose from" in The Wall. Now it's more like 130! Except for me - I still use rabbit ears. For now anyhow.

...I work in TV, so I actually make a living (freelance) shoveling this manure.

As long as WW2 never ends on the History Channel and "Are You Being Served" and "Fawlty Towers" can still be gotten on PBS, you can keep the rest. I don't even watch my own work.:no:

A TV set is a display. You can show what YOU wish on it.
So, for me, great films. Just had Bergman's "Seventh Seal" on.:banana:

C.

I work in radio and I feel the same way, Coz.
We have a split personality, with some legit news
and a halfway decent morning show.
Saturday mornings are adequate, with a truly knowledgable
and informative fix up guy, and a reasonable car care show.
After that, it's hard to decide which is more laughable,
the "music" we play, or the talk shows.
Both are annoying until they hit a certain threshold and become unintentionally funny.
Try listening to an entire Jewel song and you'll get the experience.

Bad useless tv makes bad useless people. The moral conscience of our society is going down the toilet for the sake of big buisness.

Bad useless tv makes bad useless people.

Or is it the other way around? :scratch2: