TV has gone to crap!

[NickLiberty1776]

It has happened with the History Channel and SyFy. I remember when the History Channel showed actual history rather then reality shows. We used to have epic Sci Fi space operas like Battlestar Galactica and Babylon 5. Now we have crappy horror movies from SyFy. Just what the hell happened? Did the network executives decide Americans attention spans wouldn't handle epic space operas?

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Yeah, it's pretty bad. MTV really needs to change its name. The zombie show that SyFy is going to have looks promising, though.

 

[ChristineES]

I knew there was a reason why I didn't watch TV anymore. I only watch reruns of Star Trek, M*A*S*H, and an occasional program on MeTV and COZI-TV.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I do like some reality shows but i do get really sick at the fact that all the " specialized " channels are all spewing the same constant garbage of Fake Hillbillys, Child exploitation aka Toddlers and Tiras , Fake Cowboys, Over dramatization by god awful actors in survival shows and what not, Fake Ghost hunter shows. .....ugh. The list goes on. Yea. Bring back the material that actually applies to the channels name.

Definitely. TV sucks now. Anyone suspect Honey Boo Boo as being the program director for all cabledom?

 

[dust1n]

The majority of TV has always sucked.

 

[Revoltingest]

Huh? It's better than ever...even though Seinfeld,
The Wire, Breaking Bad & Deadwood have expired.
We still have:
Downton Abbey
The Simpsons, starring Groundskeeper Willie
The Bridge
Orange Is The New Black
Ray Donovan
Modern Family
The Walking Dead

The majority of TV has always sucked.

The secret is to watch the stuff you like,
but skip what you hate.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

The majority of TV has always sucked.

The majority of everything has always sucked. Fortunately, most things don't need that many examples of excellence to be redeemable.

 

[Wirey]

The majority of everything has always sucked. Fortunately, most things don't need that many examples of excellence to be redeemable.

Like a certain forum........

 

[StarryNightshade]

Are you sure that TV is actually as bad as you say it is; or are you looking at things with a pair of nostalgia goggles?

 

[Revoltingest]

Like a certain forum........

I heard that!

And for your northerly viewing pleasure....

 

[oldbadger]

Do you all have recorders? Can you set em up to catch everything that you like? Then you can fast-forward thru the adverts?
In Engladistan we only have about 100 free channels, but all that lot must total circa 10000 hours of telly to choose from.
You all probably get much more than that.

 

[RitalinOhD]

Huh? It's better than ever...even though Seinfeld,
The Wire, Breaking Bad & Deadwood have expired.
We still have:
Downton Abbey
The Simpsons, starring Groundskeeper Willie
The Bridge
Orange Is The New Black
Ray Donovan
Modern Family
The Walking Dead


The secret is to watch the stuff you like,
but skip what you hate.

Deadwood is one of the best shows ever created. Really wish it had gone more than 3 seasons.

 

[Thief]

It has happened with the History Channel and SyFy. I remember when the History Channel showed actual history rather then reality shows. We used to have epic Sci Fi space operas like Battlestar Galactica and Babylon 5. Now we have crappy horror movies from SyFy. Just what the hell happened? Did the network executives decide Americans attention spans wouldn't handle epic space operas?

Love then scary movies.....and the science fiction....and you are right!

Some of those SyFy flicks are sooooooooooo stupid!

And I am soooooooooo offended!

Can't even find a good ninja flick anymore.

and seriously.....I'm thinking about dumping all but basic internet.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm having a great time with the Simpsons marathon on FXX.'
Every episode ever made over 12 days!

 

[Shuttlecraft]

I gather Under the Dome has run to a second series.
Call me picky but I stopped watching halfway through the first because it degenerated into a boring unbelievable soap

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I gather Under the Dome has run to a second series.
Call me picky but I stopped watching halfway through the first because it degenerated into a boring unbelievable soap

The Simpsons' version was far superior.

 

[Shuttlecraft]

Doctor Who has gone downhill too in recent years mostly because Smith and Tennant came across as shallow hyper overgrown schoolboys.
New Doc Capaldi seems a bit more mature so let's hope he can lift the show out of its childish "comic book" image.
Better still, the BBC should scrap it and pour the cash into a remake of the classic Blakes Seven series.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I gather Under the Dome has run to a second series.
Call me picky but I stopped watching halfway through the first because it degenerated into a boring unbelievable soap

Also, Hank was a lot more entertaining in Breaking Bad.

 

[psychoslice]

TV is only a very small part of my life so it doesn't worry me what is on.

 

[ChristineES]

Heck, we don't need to watch TV anymore. We have DVDs, You tube, streaming shows, etc. We can be more selective. I don't watch much more outside of Star Trek reruns, M*A*S*H reruns, The Waltons reruns, and reruns of Magnum PI. Once in a while I will watch old reruns of Mork and Mindy, WKRP in Cincinatti, Barney Miller, and a couple of others but not all the time. I don't even watch TV everday. I prefer a good book and some music.