We got rid of our cable almost a year ago. We realized we got all our news from NPR and the internet, and, since getting Netflix, almost all available tube time is spent watching movies.
But when the Nielsen people came calling I said Sure! I’ll tell ya what shows I watch. They’re sending me a diary for next week.
The only thing I’ve missed since losing the cable is The Daily Show, so I’ll be putting that in every day. Besides that, my time slots are your time slots
Rules of Play
1)first person to fill a time slot gets it. I already told them we only have one TV
2)you have to look up what time/day/channel it’s on in my viewing area. Our zip is 27707 and “our” cable company is Time Warner
3)I reserve the right to reject any show for any whim or reason, but especially those that seem to conflict with The Straight Dope’s mission statement.
4)Spats over which shows should be rejected under rule 4 encouraged
ARG! That’s so not fair! House used to be at 8, across Veronica Mars (UPN, which is that show I’d recommend) only now it’s moving to the new CW, after Gilmore Girls at 9 and they moved House to be across from it!
Guess it’s not gonna make that whole 3rd season after all.
Bite your tongue, Achren. I don’t wanna live in a world without Veronica Mars.
Choose Veronica, carlotta! (Tuesdays at 9:00 on UPN, Channel 12 for you, although I don’t know what channel the new CW network will be on, of course.)Gregory House doesn’t need your Nielsen points!
The Shield. Its between seasons, and it will be at least October until season 6, but old episodes come on late. Spike has started playing it as well. The Shield. FX Network. Spike TV For Men.
Do you get the anime channel? How about the CBC? The Passionate Eye (Mondays, 10-11 PM EDT on CBC Newsworld) ought to be good for skewing the statistics.