Unreality TV

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I can't even begin to properly describe my deep, unending loathing for all things "reality show".

I don't get it. Clearly, TV producers have absolutely no creativity anymore. they should all be fired and replaced by...you know, I don't really care, it doesn't really matter. Drunken wombats could do a better job of coming up with original programming than the fucktards that are in place now.

Who in the fucking hell watches things like a TV show to determine the country's greatest dog-groomer? This isn't "reality". These shows are all just a bunch of rivalries forged by petty bickering and provocation by the producers pandering to the lowest common denominator in order to garner ratings- which, unfortunately, it seems they get as evidenced by the fact that these shows continue for multiple seasons, and every network is flooded with them.

And don't even get me started on American Idol. Why won't that show go the hell away? Why on earth should anyone win their musical contract on a game show that amounts to a an overly-glorified, seemingly-unending round of karaoke? They all sounds just like every other act on top 40 radio. Why do we need more cookie-cutter "music"? Why do we need the endless merchandising...all of the branded products that have spawned from this show, and all the obsession it creates- two years ago, I wanted to kill most of my department at work because they were all obsessed with who won every week and wouldn't stop talking about the really girly Indian guy whose sister was also on the show and whose name I can't remember and can't be bothered to google. It was all they talked about.

This is just one of the reasons that I've all but given up on watching TV (and really, the only thing I'm waching these days is Lost, videotaped by Gavin...I haven't even caught House in a couple of months. Other than that, whatever she has on is largely background noise for me, every now and then an episode of one of the various Law & Orders or Psych- which is really pretty amusing- will catch my attention, but that's it.) The fact that I can't even see the commercials for upcoming shows without my stomach being turned by the utter stupidity- on just about every network that ever comes up- is pathetic. I'm not expecting to like everything on TV, or even a lot of it, but really, happening to be in the same room when commercials are on...it shouldn't be a punishment for horrific crimes I never committed.

'Scuse me, I need to go re-order my multiple Netflix queues....

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[fuego.livejournal.com]

We have cable TV largely because there are things that Gavin watches that are on cable- and she's home a lot more than I am (she asks that I make it very clear that she doesn't watch reality TV) and because we have cable internet- I know, it's possible to have cable internet without the TV, but- around here anyway- the cost makes it a little silly not to have both. I've already gone through the three DSL providers in the area in the time I've been living in Maryland, and have had so many problems that the problems that I've had with Comcast are minor in comparison- and hey, when I have had ongoing problems, Comcast even gave me free months of service, which Verizon, Cavalier and Earthlink never did.

[ravenshrinkery.livejournal.com]

Time Warner knocks like $5/month off both TV and Internet service, but that's about it. Of course, if you threaten to switch to another service they'll do almost anything to keep you in. I'm quite sick of their constant phone and door-to-door operations, especially because they are generally not done by people that actually work for TWC.