[geeks] American Cable Tee Vee

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 08:18:39PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 08:12:04PM -0500, Steven Hill wrote:
> > What is it with TV here.
> > Why is it so bad?
> > Surely there are intelligent Americans who can resist this gash
> > programming and constant adverts? Surely the average attention span is
> > longer than 10 minutes?
> > And why do they have to cut films beyond belief? My eyes are not going
> > to fall out should I see some nudity, nor my ears drop off should I
> > hear some swearing.
> > Gaaaaaah!
> > And thankyou for letting me say that.
> 
> Why are you watching "normal" TV and not quality stuff like Discovery 
> Channel, HGTV, etc?
> 
> I havent watched "normal" TV (network sitcoms, etc) since oh... 1994 or
> so.  Last night at your house was the first time I'd watched a normal
> television show in YEARS.  Literally.

Some of the best stuff is on regular TV.  Buffy, angel, andromeda.  EFC used
to be good, but the past 2 seasons have really sucked.  Heck, ever since 
Auger stopped appearing regularly it has sucked.

But then, cable has a few good shows also.  Farscape.  Iron Chef.  Probably
more, but I don't have that sort of cable, so I don't know of much more.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd