# Well, isn't that special! My dear husband has volunteered us... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140 "2001-07-03T23:08:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hanofer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Hanofer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanofer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/1 "2001-07-03T23:08:40Z")
…to be Nielsen drones for a week later this month. So, what would you all like me to watch? ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/2 "2001-07-03T23:26:20Z")
I dunno. It might be fun to really mess with their heads, though, and keep the TV tuned to The Weather Channel or the All-Surgery All the Time Channel all week. ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/3 "2001-07-03T23:30:54Z")
Please watch **Junk Yard Wars**. Also, if you have the time, **Sex in the City** and **The Howard Stern Show** , provided you have the time. I don’t know if that only applies to the main networks like ABC, NBC, Fox, etc. But if it doesn’t… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hanofer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Hanofer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanofer)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/4 "2001-07-04T00:19:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wishbone \* > \*\*I don’t know if that only applies to the main networks like ABC, NBC, Fox, etc. But if it doesn’t… 🙂 \*\* I think they also have Nielsens for cable. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/5 "2001-07-04T00:22:12Z")
Watch “That’s My Bush!” on Comedy Central. That show cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/6 "2001-07-04T01:30:00Z")
HobbesHoneys… Oh wait. That’s “The Invisible Man” and “Farscape”, Friday nights on Sci-Fi. ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/7 "2001-07-04T01:40:48Z")
I second **Junkyard Wars** on **T** he **L** earning **C** hannel. I believe it airs Monday from 8:00PM to 9:00PM EST. I also like **The Daily Show** with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. It airs Monday through Friday at 11:00PM EST. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/8 "2001-07-04T01:50:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tevya \* > \*\*I second **Junkyard Wars** on **T** he **L** earning **C** hannel. I believe it airs Monday from 8:00PM to 9:00PM EST. > > \*\* They have a 4th of July special on Wednesday night…the Long Brothers (U.S.) vs. the Megalomaniacs (U.K.)…building a car crusher. Sha-weeeet 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/9 "2001-07-04T01:53:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cher3 \* > \*\*I dunno. It might be fun to really mess with their heads, though, and keep the TV tuned to The Weather Channel or the All-Surgery All the Time Channel all week. \*\* mrs beagledave and I were a Nielson family a few months back. You keep a diary in a little booklet…so it’s basically the honor system, not what your t.v. is tuned to. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/10 "2001-07-04T05:14:13Z")
Another vote for Farscape. Please. Pretty please? ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/11 "2001-07-04T05:17:44Z")
I, too, say Farscape. And the Invisible Man. Friday, I’m in love…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hanofer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Hanofer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanofer)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/12 "2001-07-04T05:29:33Z")
I already watch Farscape, so that’s doable. **beagledave** : Do you have to watch in real time? I timeshift a lot, 'cause the only chance I have to watch anything is on weekends. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/13 "2001-07-04T11:25:38Z")
I’d love to be a Nielsen family. “Why is your journal blank for this week?” “Because we didn’t watch any TV.” I watch football during the fall, and pop in the occasional movie on VHS. But other than that, the TV sits around and gathers a lot of dust. In the summer, I’d rather be outdoors; in the winter, I’d hate for TV to take away from my posting time. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/14 "2001-07-04T12:20:56Z")
The 3am farm report and any infomercial in which Ron Popiel is hawking his latest “invention”. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/15 "2001-07-04T14:38:06Z")
Ah, I haven’t been a ratings family since I was a teenager. I felt guilty the night I went skiing (I didn’t want ratings to drop on my favourite shows!) so I filled the shows I would have watched in anyway. I would say to catch **Buffy** and **Angel** , but its just reruns now. I don’t watch much tv, so everything else could get cancelled without breaking my heart. **beagledave** , I heard that they went from the diary system to a device on your tv. No? ---
**Author:** ![1kBR\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/dc4da7/32.png) [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/16 "2001-07-04T14:46:01Z")
please do NOT watch any of that justice/police crap on Discovery Channel. Geez, ya go to Germany for a few years and when ya come back, all the cool science and nature programs are gone, replaced by Justice Files and some dumb crap about life in Las Vegas. What’s up with THAT, YO!!! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/17 "2001-07-04T14:47:34Z")
A couple of years ago, I got a notice in the mail. Along with a dollar. I respond well to free money. I think I had to call them and say, “Sure, I’ll do it,” before they sent the book itself. My mom was a bit jealous. Though not like the time I got exit-polled in 1996. _g_ I already had vacation plans, though, so I asked should I even bother, since I’d only be home for two days out of the week, and the woman said yes. I guess that makes sense. Lots of people go on vacation during the summer. I didn’t think to fill it with all sorts of insane stuff. I guess I could have, but I felt I should be honest. These are the Neilsen Gods I’d have been tempting, after all. Not a good idea! 🙂 But they must think I watch WAY less TV than I do. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/18 "2001-07-04T14:53:25Z")
**JUNKYARD WARS!!!** You \*\*\*MUST \*\*\*watch it, and watch it again when they replay it in the middle of the night. Go ahead and watch robotica while you’re at it. And if it counts for reruns as well, make sure you watch Macgyver on WGN and CHiPs on TBS. And watch **Seven Days** on UPN! ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/19 "2001-07-04T15:13:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lolagranola \* > \*\* > **beagledave** , I heard that they went from the diary system to a device on your tv. No? > > \*\* Well we did our Nielson shtick in March…so unless it’s changed since then… They first call you up to see if you’re willing to do it…and to ask (if you have cable) who your local cable provider is. The journal they send you corresponds to shows that your cable service provides. ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140/20 "2001-07-04T15:29:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by tevya \* > > \*\*I second **Junkyard Wars** on **T** he **L** earning **C** hannel. I believe it airs Monday from 8:00PM to 9:00PM EST. > > > > \*\* > > They have a 4th of July special on Wednesday night…the Long Brothers (U.S.) vs. the Megalomaniacs (U.K.)…building a car crusher. Sha-weeeet 🙂 \*\* Oh yeah! I saw the previews for that. Do you remember what time it is on tonight? Hanofer, if you have the stomach for it could you also squeeze in **Emergency: Life in the ER** – also on **T** he **L** earning **C** hannel? I’m not sure when it comes on (although it seems to be on pretty often). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-isnt-that-special-my-dear-husband-has-volunteered-us/71140.md?page=2)