TELEVISION: DRUG OF A NATION
Jul. 19th, 2010 10:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Assuming we're talking about current US television here, the honest answer is, of course, "At least 95% of every show on television."
If we're talking the last 15-20 years, the answer would be: "At least 95% of every show on television in the last 15-20 years".
But then I don't watch much TV in the first place, which means I haven't seen a lot of the more popular shows. Also, I live in Hong Kong, which means anything that's in its first season now hasn't made it over here yet (Glee comes to mind).
But generally speaking, most TV shows don't do a thing for me. There are exceptions, of course, and I won't go into them here. But overall, I'd rather be watching movies, the news, cartoons or professional wrestling (and even the latter isn't what it used to be).
As for why people like them, I think it's just a matter of taste combined with a sense of community. People like what they like, and they like being able to talk about what they like with other fans, and in many cases it gives them something to talk about with people they might not otherwise have anything to talk about (office colleagues, for example).
So you won't be getting a "People watch Desperate Housewives/Ugly Betty/The Vampire Diaries/Any Given "Reality" Show because they're corporate-brainwashed morons" post from me. Besides, the coolest, hippest and smartest people I have think Friends is hilarious and Nickelback are pretty good, so I've learned to be tolerant of other people's entertainment preferences.
Also, I think Gilligan's Island is one of the greatest TV shows ever made, so it's not like I can talk.
TV party tonight,
This is dF
Assuming we're talking about current US television here, the honest answer is, of course, "At least 95% of every show on television."
If we're talking the last 15-20 years, the answer would be: "At least 95% of every show on television in the last 15-20 years".
But then I don't watch much TV in the first place, which means I haven't seen a lot of the more popular shows. Also, I live in Hong Kong, which means anything that's in its first season now hasn't made it over here yet (Glee comes to mind).
But generally speaking, most TV shows don't do a thing for me. There are exceptions, of course, and I won't go into them here. But overall, I'd rather be watching movies, the news, cartoons or professional wrestling (and even the latter isn't what it used to be).
As for why people like them, I think it's just a matter of taste combined with a sense of community. People like what they like, and they like being able to talk about what they like with other fans, and in many cases it gives them something to talk about with people they might not otherwise have anything to talk about (office colleagues, for example).
So you won't be getting a "People watch Desperate Housewives/Ugly Betty/The Vampire Diaries/Any Given "Reality" Show because they're corporate-brainwashed morons" post from me. Besides, the coolest, hippest and smartest people I have think Friends is hilarious and Nickelback are pretty good, so I've learned to be tolerant of other people's entertainment preferences.
Also, I think Gilligan's Island is one of the greatest TV shows ever made, so it's not like I can talk.
TV party tonight,
This is dF
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on 2010-07-19 05:18 am (UTC)