The thread about “networks that have slipped the most” has some great comments and opinions on that topic.
This is to let off steam about stuff on TV that you don’t care to watch, don’t watch, and couldn’t care less if they took off TV and never brought it back.
A starter list I could endorse:
Wrestling
Poker
NASCAR
Fashion shows
American Idol
David Caruso
Billy Mays (that screaming huckster for weird cleaning products)
FOX News
Ann Coulter
Nancy Grace
Televangelists
Damn, if I’m not feeling lighter after that.
If I have ofended you with items I would abolish, you’ll just have to watch that much closer and/or get some friends to watch.
Every single one of those god-awful “What Not to Wear”-style shows where they tear someone apart for not being stylish and trendy and attractive and then give them what amounts to a pittance of money to “re-build” their wardrobe or whatever.
I respond very angrily to “if it weren’t for our help, you’d still be a total loser”-themed “entertainment.”
For my tastes/interests, football (college and NFL) is all that’s really needed, and I wouldn’t really cry if they quit carrying the Olympics. I’m okay with golf and tennis, but rarely watch either.
With no offense to you and Chefguy and other food preparation specialists, I could do with a lot fewer cooking shows. Mainly Rachael Ray. Maybe they could kill two birds with one stone (if they are trying to please me) and replace Rachael with Martha Stewart. She’s just too funny to do away with altogether.
I made a little discovery about children’s programming recently. It sounds completely different than other shows. People don’t speak in normal voices – it’s either squeaky, doofy, cutesy, or otherwise weird. And the sound effects are over the top. There are far too many sproings, slide whistles, and cymbals. And the sounds are woven together into a tapestry of constant assault on the ears. It never lets up for more than half a second or so.
I’m almost with you on that. What I can do without is all the rip-off “Cooking Challenge” shows. Leave Iron Chef(both versions) and The Next Food Network Star and dump the rest. Rachael used to be my sweetheart, but her voice has gotten so rough I can’t stand it anymore. If she isn’t going to be cooking nude, I’m done with her.
Football can vanish for all I care, so long as I get Dodger Baseball every day.
Food Network used to be great; now it’s nothing but silly competitions, like “who can make a meat-based replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa the fastest?” Apparently they did this to attract guys, who like competition. Fail.
I wish my dish network would let me shut off the endless religious channels. Then scanning through yesterday there was "hair secrets of the stars’ then "diet secrets of the stars’ etc . Perhaps we can all get “air brushing of the stars”.
The shopping channels must go.
Ghost and angel programs must be eliminated.
Ann Colter should have a cage match against Nancy Grace. I would watch that.
Yup, but it wasn’t always so.