What's on TV?

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I took a count of offerings on satellite over the last few days, taking a count 3 times a day, morning, afternoon and prime time, of shows in several categories. I then averaged the results for each category. If you are paying for 900 satellite stations this is what you are bringing into your home and offering your family during any given hour:
13 violent/crime dramas
of these, 6 are feature explicit sexual violence
12 drama/comedy featuring occult/satanic/paranormal
of these, 6 are aimed directly at minors (Buffy, Harry Potter etc)
23 programs with explicit sexual content including graphic simulations of sex acts and explicit verbalization
of these(23), 9 are about or aimed at teens
of these (23), 7 have homosexual themes (only 2 on the new Logo network, the others on the “regular” channels)
(I did not include PPV, or the 590s which are adult sex channels in this count)
9 shows with religious content
there are also 3 programs on non-religious channels with religious themes, but these are negative portrayals
4 talk shows featuring abnormal relationships and behavior

I excluded news, sports, foreign language, and PPV as well as the “adult” channels, and the local channels 600-700, also did not count duplicate offerings in the same hour (multiple showings of one movie were counted only once)
we pay over 100 for satellite per month, which includes MLB and other sports packages, but I sure resent paying for junk just so I can get a package that includes EWTN and old movies.
 
It’s the numbers like the ones you posted (not to mention the cost; I save $40.00 a month on cable now) that moved me to dump my digital cable. I did watch EWTN and the Westerns channel, but there was very little that I cared to watch. It seems like so many shows that were once plentiful on TV, like all those fun 1970s detective shows (“Hawaii Five-O”, “Mannix”, etc.,) Now it’s primarily the “original programming” of run-of-the-mill cable stations, which are so lacking in quality. Thankfully, many of my favorite shows are coming out on DVD, without censored content in order to make room for more commercials. Now I can watch “Columbo”, “Quincy, M.E.” and also my favorite (usually classic 1940s-1960s) movies. Who needs cable? I get better news off the internet and pay a lot less.
 
When we moved here to the Bay Area, DH insisted we get cable, though we’d done without it for years. I agree, there are 81 channels of nothing worthwhile on my TV. DH watches only NASCAR and Ponderosa and Gunsmoke re-runs. I like Andy Griffeth (spelling?) and Law & Order re-runs. Since this is about the sum total of what we watch, I guess the $14.99 we pay a month is okay. :whacky:
 
if it were up to me there would be no satellite because there would be no TV, DH has been gone for 3 weeks and i have watched maybe 3 times, Fr Groeschell, Show Boat and 4th of July concert. Most days I check the weather channel, flip thru the guide, find nothing on, turn it off and never think about it for the rest of the day. The peaceful silence - no sports event in the background - is sheer bliss.
 
TV is just junk lately - I find myself tuning into the generic music channels at the end of the cable listing. You can pick from classic, country, rock, new age, seasonal sounds you name it - There’s no video stream, just music. It does seem kind of silly I guess, when I could just turn on the radio, but these channels are broken down into the genre and sometimes the decade of the music. Wonder if satellite has this?
 
I only have expanded basic cable, so I don’t get nearly that many channels, and no “adult” channels (blech, wouldn’t want them), but I sure wish the cable companies would have a “pick and choose” option – if they’re going to give you 40 channels, then let you pick the exact 40 you want from their lineup, rather than having to buy a package. There are plenty of channels I get that I never watch at all (like the Golf Channel, for example), and others I don’t get, that I would like to watch.

And my pet peeve is that EWTN has to share a channel with an evangelical network – I never get to see EWTN in prime time at all. 😦

I don’t mind the occasional noise of the television – as a single person, I get all the peaceful silence I need, as long as I stay indoors. 🙂

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We have extended basic cable and at $40 a month its overpriced, but I cant deal with just local channel content.

For me to invest in Sat’ Cable such as Dish, etc… they would have to entice me with:

No screwing around with content editing… thats what a V Chip is for… People who decide what I should or shouldnt see are dangerous to me. I recently seen Serpico on cable… the fact that someone thinks I shouldnt see a boob in a bathtub but that extreme violence is okay…annoys me… not knocking the violence, I just dont accept the current standards that violence is ok while sexuality is not…thats for ME to decide.

and why are there COMMERCIALS on CABLE? I am PAYING for this content…its not broadcast televsion. :mad:

No more taking movies that were shot in widescreen and giving me “fool screen” junk “Formatted to Fit your tv Screen” means simply, you are losing movie content.

and I also want newer movies that I dont have to wait as long as one full year from their release to home video before I can even enjoy them on cable! When they debut n dvd… I expect them to debut on cable…

Until those demands are met, (even though basic doesnt meet these either) I will NOT pay more than what I am paying now.
 
I read a quote in the paper the other day that went something like this: “One has only to watch TV to discern the depravity of our nation.” I sometimes wonder if they are giving viewers what they think we want, or if there are that many people out there that really want to see all that junk on TV.

Sherilo
 
I wouldn’t know what’s on TV, as I barely watch anything now.

Eamon
 
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