I don't watch too many TV shows regularly these days. In fact I could probably count on one hand the shows I regularly watch: LOST, Battlestar Galactica, The Office and Dr. Who. Yeah, that's probably it. And no, I don't have 4 fingers on my hand either, I just couldn't think of a 5th show I watch regularly. Oh, I guess you could throw the awesomely geek-filled Chuck in there, if it ever gets renewed and starts up again.
And not even counting the recent writer's strike, I realized the biggest problem I have with TV now. It's so scattershot. Used to be that you didn't need a watch to tell time; you'd just turn on the TV and based on the show that's on, you'd know exactly what time it was. Things didn't move around time slots nearly as often as they do these days. They also all started up around the same time in September and all had their season finales around the same time too, with the summer months dedicated to endless reruns. Yes, I'm getting crotchety in my old age I guess, but I liked it that way. Now you've got season finales happening every other week. Time slots jumping all over the place.
Not to mention that if we get 13 episodes of LOST uninterrupted, we consider it the greatest gift ever. How sad is that? How come Japan can crank out literally hundreds of episodes of some of their most popular anime series (that have insanely higher ratings than any US show I'd gather), with nary a rerun. Heck they barely have a hiatus for finales. Is it too much to ask for the networks to get their act together and try to have series launches and finales timed together? It used to be a big event as the last few weeks of the season kicked into high gear. Now it's a show by show basis. At this point, I suggest networks just completely do away with time slots and instead just release everything at once on a DVR-type deal, so everyone can watch whatever they want, whenever they want.
Anyone out there agree with me or am I just completely losing brain cells in my old age?
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3 Responses to “Must Fix TV”
So agree with ya Andrew. I can't wait for the day when you just pay as you go. So if you want to watch the newest The Office on sat night at 10pm, you just pay a small flat fee and watch it. Stop confusing the hell out of us will ya!!!!
You know, I think that day is coming, too.
I do remember when you could tell the time by the TV show. Nowadays it's just "guess what's on tonight!" So isn't LOST over? Or was that just the season finale I saw not too long ago?
And about that fifth finger -- may I suggest Heroes take that place?
@Kyle - Yep. Forget paying for cable and all that. Just do an iTunes type 99 cents per episode thing and let me watch what I want when I want!
@Mark - LOST is over the for the season, not forever. Sheesh. You really have poor viewing comprehension if you thought that was the end. Heh. And I've heard good and bad things about Heroes. (First season's great, second not so good) So it's on my maybe list.