I can tolerate and actually like SOME shows, but the commercials absolutely ruin it for me. They piss me off bad enough that I haven't turned the TV in my bedroom on in over a month. If it wasn't for my mom, who has the idiot box on 24/7, I'd have the dish shut off so fast it'd make your head spin. Almost $110 a month for the garbage that is pumped in is bull shit.I gave up on TV in the 90s.
The crap between the commercials is only there to "sell eyeballs".
Whatever gets people to see the commercials is the objective.
The garbage between the commercials tells me a lot about the people on this planet.
I am ashamed and embarrassed by it and a little scared by what it indicates about people.
I gave up on it years ago.. if I had to put a date on it I'd say 1975.. remember watching something... think it was Green Acres, but could have been most anything, and saying to myself.. why am I watching this.. one month later the TV was on the curb and reading and activity took it's place.. best thing I ever did. It was 2006 before a TV entered the realm again in the form of a 50" Pioneer Plasma because of the new technology and one show I actually enjoyed at a friends place... the show House... loved that show. After that came Blu ray players, concerts, special series, the latest being Game of Thrones and Vikings.. then there is Deadwood and Boardwalk Empire, Sons of Anarchy, etc.. once in a while a Hollywood release. Other than those series, which I binge watch on Blu ray, the TV hardly goes on. Along with the Pioneer Plasma and the new technology came a renewed interest in audio and vinyl, music in general and high performance components. And I am with you about the garbage between the commercials and what it says about the people on this planet.. and in the time between when I quit watching and now, the beat kept going and continued to get worse.. became much worse by my observation. Maybe there's a correction taking place in the pendulum swing.. for the future of those who will survive me I hope so.I gave up on TV in the 90s.
The crap between the commercials is only there to "sell eyeballs".
Whatever gets people to see the commercials is the objective.
The garbage between the commercials tells me a lot about the people on this planet.
I am ashamed and embarrassed by it and a little scared by what it indicates about people.
Unfortunately, it's not a new trend. My dad stated the EXACT same thing almost 20 years ago. It is pretty insulting at times.And the current trend in commercials to always make the white guy a complete idiot burns me up too. I suppose most people don't pay that much attention but being a white guy, I sure see it. The woman is smart, intuitive, in controll, the black guy is laid back, uber cool, modern.
I could never stand it, and especially him.It was a funny show and gave us John Goodman.
... And the current trend in commercials to always make the white guy a complete idiot burns me up too. I suppose most people don't pay that much attention but being a white guy, I sure see it. The woman is smart, intuitive, in controll, the black guy is laid back, uber cool, modern.
On the upside, we got John Goodman out of the deal. The guy has been a staple for the Coen Bros.Are things so bleak in the TV world in 2018 we have to go back to Roseanne again? Come on I would rather watch a redo of the Fall Guy!