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10-29-2012, 07:00 AM
well there are some great tv shows out there maybe more than ever as cable chanels can show drugs, sex, use profanity more than before. for MEN the options are limited, especally on non cable chanels. but then those consumers are not paying for product just watching advertising.
i think when the average male cable tv subscriber looks at what he pays for and what he watches it is unfair. by that i mean tv is largely set up for women and gays. hetero men can easily download or use netflix to watch the male oriented shows they want. many guys just play video games and use netflix or hula for movies. so it is hard for straight guys to justify the expense of cable tv when content oriented to them is either lacking and or available through other means like hula or netflix.
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10-29-2012, 12:35 PM
15 years ago, when I was a young kid, my family only had antenna--so we got like 12 channels or so max. Maybe I'm distorting my memory, but I generally remember I could reliably flip through the channels quickly and find something I wanted to watch. With cable TV now, there's like 200 channels to chose from, but 90% of the time I can't find anything worth watching anymore. Everything is so micro-targeted now on TV... but in a bad way.
It's like the worst of both worlds. Back in the antenna days, they had to make things mainstream appealing because there weren't many options. They had to only let quality stuff out of the limited TV channels. A little sports, a little bit of sitcoms like Fresh Prince, a little bit of news, but only the most interesting stuff. Now, it's how do we maintain 24 hour, pure sports coverage on the dozen sports channels? How do we fill 24 hours of garbage on the Oprah Network? They're forced to put up crap to fill the void.
Internet entertainment is going the opposite direction. How can we be succinct and timely, and actively match you to your interests.
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12-09-2014, 05:24 AM
Every once in a while there is a tv show worth watching. Otherwise tv is absolute garbage and it's no surprise that it's ratings are declining. Sadly though I don't think the rating declines are because people think it's a waste of time but because Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube are adequate substitutes for imbibing garbage media.
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12-09-2014, 07:21 AM
If a la carte pricing became the norm there would be massive unemployment in Hollywood.
The thousands of channels we have are propped up by their cable network "packages". Most people would only watch 2-3 channels at most.
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12-09-2014, 07:45 AM
Completely agree with most of the analysis above, well said. I have weaned myself off of the majority of television. I follow about 3 shows (all that can be enjoyed throughout Netflix with no garbage commercials) and I will watch reruns of Seinfeld and Married With Children. That's it. I prefer the television off at all other times so I can focus on reading.
I've noticed a huge increase in the amount of free time I have and it's been able to help me become a more prolific reader. I have devoured 13 books in the last 3 months, mostly history pieces. I feel like I've learned more in the last 3 months than I have throughout a whole year in college.
I refuse to sit through the mind rot that is modern television. Garbage, retarded commercials, stupid sitcoms that force blue pill "values" down your throat, and trashy reality television will have no part in the Pitts household.
I hope to one day be able to completely get rid of my cable.
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12-09-2014, 07:49 AM
I do not even have TV subscription, only internet.
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12-09-2014, 10:47 AM
That's not the point. I wanted to see that dude go head to head with an animal like that. To see how he mentally prepared for it. I know tv sucks but just like how most people got some suspense out of seeing it, thats what I want. So excuse me for being slightly disappointed.
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12-09-2014, 05:48 PM
"The more channels you have, the less there is to watch"
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12-22-2014, 04:47 PM
My only interests are;
1: South Park
2: American Dad
3: Random films
All of these are shown late. The majority of shows are aimed at families, women and morons.
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01-10-2015, 09:01 PM
You know why there are no commericals for Ferraris on TV?
Because people with Ferraris don't watch TV.
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01-10-2015, 09:38 PM
Who watches network TV anymore?
The idea of having to watch a certain program at a certain hour is so old-school that it almost borders on insane. Kind of like when families used to sit around the radio in the early 1900s in order to listen to the broadcast of a radio show. Makes no sense.
The internet has totally and irrevocably destroyed the network TV model. It is only now that these fools in TV land have figured it out.