I LOVE TV. I don't mean I enjoy a good show now and then... I mean I am a full on TV addict. There is never enough TV for me. Over 100 channels with tons of shows... pffft. Not enough for me.
I began my love of TV as most people my age do... Saturday morning cartoons. (If I woke up early enough. I kinda love sleeping in too.) I watched Transformers, Garfield, Thundercats, She-Ra... I WAS SHE-RA. You get it. Now I watch almost every prime time show on......
Well that's not the truth. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY TV??? It's Monday evening and the shows to choose from are:
Antiques Road Show (love)
Bear Grilles Survival (enjoyed)
Siberia (what is this?? Googled and: IT'S A FAKE REALITY SHOW. No really it's a scripted "reality show". They admit it!!!! What we don't have any more writers with the talent to write good dramas??)
Raising Hope (re-runs)
and the best (NOT) for last......
Mistresses. (What is this??? A bunch of people that can't keep it in their pants and discover that ..... OMG THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO MY ACTIONS!!!!)
For real? This is what I get from my beloved TV for entertainment. Now I don't turn on the TV for intellectual content. But I do expect decent entertainment. TV now days is filled with naked. cursing, selfish characters that contribute absolutely nothing to the screen. Not to mention the exploding in your face comical culture. I want good TV back. TV where people are still committed to their spouses. People that are committed to raising good contributing kids. TV that has characters that don't think they need to take their cloths off every time they see someone of the opposite, or same, sex.
I heard from a English teacher that was talking to a writer, if it doesn't contribute to the story it doesn't need to be in the story take the pointless sex and cursing out and you got a great story. Maybe TV should take a page from that book.
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