Un-Generalizing The TV

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I’ll make mental notes the next time I go to the gym. IIRC most people watch the local news, CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews; the guys watch sports. I watched “Say Yes to the Dress” on the TV next to me once.
 
Crescentinus said:
I do enjoy Ah! My Goddess, Gundam AGE, Inuyasha, Man vs. Food Nation and probably My Girlfriend is a Gumiho. :eek:
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awww i loved my girlfriend is a gumiho! Now every time I see rain with sun I imagine Mi Ho crying lol. I watch way too many kdramas though.
 
Inego_de_Loyola said:
Nope, but his last name is a naughty word now. I can only think of how humorous a thread on flood control structures would be.
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Actually, talking about “dikes” is okay; referring to Dick van D y k e is not. Actually, I’m surprised that the censorbot let his first name through.

Back on topic, most of what I watch on actual TV is news, sports (NFL and NASCAR), AFV, and Law and Order reruns (especially SVU). Outside of Lent, I probably watch as much older TV from Netflix on my streamer.
 
The 90s…ER jumps to mind first. Followed by Friends, Freaks and Geeks, My So Called Life…sports.

Now, a lot of cooking shows on the Food Network and the Cooking Channel. A few locally produced shows on PBS, people from Pittsburgh will know who is Rick Sebak. Undercover Boss, Blue Bloods, Top Chef, the Taste, No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain, Rizzoli & Isles, Leverage (but it just got cancelled)…and of course, EWTN.
 
Hmmm… I don’t think I’ve seen much that’s actually from the 90’s, apart from some older kids’ anime and some stuff on PBS. Nowadays I don’t watch actual TV, but I like Mythbusters and science-themed documentaries. Most of what I watch is anime or western cartoons like The Last Airbender.

I expect TV follows Sturgeon’s law- most of it is awful, and some of it is awesome. 😉
 
Big Bang Theory
Most anything on HGTV
Bones
NCIS
Antiques Roadshow
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
 
Lost_Wanderer said:
Once again it is Lent and once again, people have taken it as a chance to generalize popular media. As much as I appreciate the whole notion of abstinence, I’m tired of letting so many careless remarks about television shows slide.

This is similar to another a thread I made about getting sick of people bashing television. The difference now though is I want to focus on breaking up the big evil box that television shows seem to be. I think it’s time people should realize that TV watching need not be a mindless, surfing producer of couch potatoes.

What happened to the idea that people are quite preferential with what they watch according to who they are? Don’t people acquire a certain taste for certain television shows? For me, I am fascinated by documentaries, movies, and animated works. The only time I’ve had to tune into news and politics is when I needed a laugh (or an idea for work :o). What about everyone else? Have you ever tried to differentiate your preferences from that of others?

You should. It will show that television media is not that much different from your local library in terms of content.

With that said, here are the rules:
  1. List down the kind of television shows you are always fond of watching.
  2. For the purpose of making it challenging, go first with shows starting from the 90s and are not religious. (Last thread had too many people just sticking to EWTN so I want more outside of that preference.)
Come on folks, there’s got to be something you enjoy watching on TV. (No sardonic remarks please.)
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I like Gold Rush Alaska, Bearing Sea Gold, Psych, Doctor Who, The O’Reailly Factor(I don’t know if news shows are allowed), Hannity, The Five, Red Eye(although this is really late at night and I wish I had the energy to stay up and watch it, lol), and Ghost Adventures. I also don’t mind ONce Upon a Time and a little of The Walking Dead.

I also use to watch a lot of Pawn Stars and Storage Wars but I annoyed with the former’s sob story about having to make a profit and making the object a tough sell, blah, blah, blah. The latter, I couldn’t keep up with the broadcasting schedule because it seems that they always took breaks.
 
This morning I happened to be up at 5 am in my time zone and I watched CNN carry the Pope’s Angelus live on TV. It was beautiful.
 
stanncie said:
awww i loved my girlfriend is a gumiho! Now every time I see rain with sun I imagine Mi Ho crying lol. I watch way too many kdramas though.
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I do watch some Korean dramas as well. :3
I find Mi Ho to be quite cute. 🙂
 
Crescentinus said:
I do watch some Korean dramas as well. :3
I find Mi Ho to be quite cute. 🙂
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I notice you have added spoony to your religion tag. I wonder if you mean to say that you (or worse the church) are foolish, silly, or excessively sentimental, or if there is some other definition of spoony I’m not aware of.
 
Inego_de_Loyola said:
I notice you have added spoony to your religion tag. I wonder if you mean to say that you (or worse the church) are foolish, silly, or excessively sentimental, or if there is some other definition of spoony I’m not aware of.
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I’m talking about myself. :eek:
I am quite a sentimental type of guy. :3
 
The only shows I watch are educational, religious and:

Hawaii 5-0
Elementary
Blue Bloods
 
Crescentinus said:
I do watch some Korean dramas as well. :3
I find Mi Ho to be quite cute. 🙂
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Heh, there’s plenty of men that watch kdramas just that some wont’ admit it haha.
I find Shin Min Ah beautiful as well, I believe she is also a model.

I do recommend kdramas because they tend to be very safe and they are super addicting 👍. You can watch hundreds of them for free online with english subtitles.

I once spent 4 months straight watching only kdramas and korean variety shows (when my obsession first started) and then one day I decided to watch a regular American show and the difference was striking lol!

I don watch some American shows that were mentioned such as Blue Bloods, Elementary and Person of Interest.
 
stanncie said:
I do recommend kdramas because they tend to be very safe and they are super addicting 👍. You can watch hundreds of them for free online with english subtitles.
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Wow, lots of girls at my school seem to be into kdramas, too. They say Korea is a conservative country, and they seem to like the atmosphere of the shows compared to American TV. Some of them are even trying to learn Korean. 🙂
 
Yes Kamaduck, I’ve attempted to learn korean as well :eek:. It’s quite difficult but i’ve managed to learn certain words at least.

Kdramas are generally super sweet when compared to American tv shows, and the melodramas omg you will cry like a baby!. Alothough I must warn you as I said before they are super addicting and you might end up having no life lol

If you are interested I can PM some recommendations to you.
 
stanncie said:
Heh, there’s plenty of men that watch kdramas just that some wont’ admit it haha.
I find Shin Min Ah beautiful as well, I believe she is also a model.

I do recommend kdramas because they tend to be very safe and they are super addicting 👍. You can watch hundreds of them for free online with english subtitles.

I once spent 4 months straight watching only kdramas and korean variety shows (when my obsession first started) and then one day I decided to watch a regular American show and the difference was striking lol!

I don watch some American shows that were mentioned such as Blue Bloods, Elementary and Person of Interest.
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Hmm, I had never heard of Korean dramas before. I’ll have to look into them. I can’t find much good on regular television anymore.
 
Lost_Wanderer said:
Pff, this thread is actually turning out as well as I expected. I suggest any lurker with a beef with television should really take a nice, long read at the responses.

There’s a cable TV at work and it really amuses me to see the kind of different things different people watch on it. It makes it hard to believe so many sweeping statements people make on here (especially during Lent).

Here’s a rough illustration:

Gays and Gals - America’s Next Top Model, Jane by Design, Project Runway
Bros - Inside the NBA, CNN Sports, America’s Most Shocking
Nerds - Highly formal science documentaries. (Sheldon Cooper would be proud. :rolleyes:)
Pet Lovers - Dog Whisperer, My Cat From Hell, Pets 101
Foodies - Man VS Food (That show is torture! stomach growls DX), Cake Boss
Geeks - Bug Wars, Mythbusters, River Monsters
Me - Animax segments on AXN, classic flicks on Disney Channel, and any other good movie on HBO, Star Movies etc.
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One show to add to your gays and gals category is: Friends.😉
 
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