Isn't that the truth?! Not that he is dumber, but that we can sometimes spend time watching television that has no intelligent or significant qualities. Don't get me wrong. I am guilty of this on a number of accounts. For example, tonight on Storm Stories on the Weather Channel, they documented the 1997 flood of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Um...I was there. Why did I have to watch it on television? I felt like I had wasted an entire hour, but by the time I had wasted it, it was gone. Gone forever. An hour that I will never get back.
My only consulation is that I spent about two and half hours watching PBS on Sunday about the Lewis and Clark expedition. I actually learned something during that television time.
My new fall resolution was to watch only one hour of television a day with the exception of news at 10 PM. Also, this rule does not apply to Sunday nights since I have far too many shows at the 8 PM time slot...it ranges from the absurd, Desparate Housewives to the smart, Significant Others on Bravo.
If you have never seen Significant Others, I recommend it. It is an improve comedy show about four couples in therapy. It is totally unscripted and I laugh out loud. This show also is special because it is one that Tim and I watch together. We only have a few of those now. I have sort of cut myself off of Law and Order because NBC has enabled my addiction to this genre of television. I can only thank my lucky stars that I did not fall into CBS's drug, CSI.
I am never embaressed by my television watching. I have come a long way since my years of watching Growing Pains and Doogie Howser. My mother always says that I was like a walking TV Guide in my early teens.
My Favorite Shows (in no particular order and some that are no long on the air, but I wish they were)
1. Significant Others-BravoTV
2. Pioneer Quest-PBS
3. Colonial Life-PBS
4. American Dreams-NBC
5. Scrubs-NBC
6. Desparate Housewives-ABC
7. Biggest Loser-NBC
8. Seinfeld
9. Family Guy
10. Six Feet Under-HBO
11. Sopranos-HBO
3 comments:
Being that I am always out for the truth, you can guess I hate sitcoms unless they really mimick real life. Slap stick, over-dramatic -- I can't handle it.
My favorite shows:
48 hours
20/20, Primetime
Dateline
I also love reality shows because the people are real:
Trading spouses
Wife Swap
Real World
And the only primetime show I can handle that is fiction is Everybody Loves Raymond -- but I only watch it when I turn on the TV and it is on. I don't plan for it.
I watch way too much TV. As soon as I get home from school, I watch Judge Judy. I don't know why, but I really enjoy court shows. Perhaps I just enjoy seeing other people airing their dirty laundry on nationally syndicated television, for everyone to see.
Thnak your husband for creating a phrase I will now use whenever someone seduces me into watching crap like "Charmed" or "The Apprentice". I like your list of favorites and commend you on your dedication to good tv.
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