Lack of Entertainment
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008This may be a case of the grass is always greener, but these last few months seem to be lacking greatly in the way of good entertainment, television wise anyway. I know there’s off peak, on peak, ratings and holiday seasons and the usual summer rerun period, but I can’t help but think that this past year has lacked a bit of the goodness of more recent years. I can’t think of anything off the top of my head, and I’m sure I’m watching just as many show’s as I was before, but something is missing. I just don’t know what.
When I compare what was I was watchinga couple of years ago to what I’m watching now the titles nine times out of ten are the same that they were before but maybe there’s just less of them. The writer’s strike was the root of the problem I think, but that was last ratings year (pre U.S summer), but it still appears to have a knock on effect now, with some series starting late, or having reduced length seasons.
I’m watching a mix of:
- Comedies (The Office, The I.T Crowd and Peep Show)
- Docucomedies (Top Gear UK & AU, Mythbusters)
- Drama/comedies (Californication and House)
- Police Shows (Law And Order, Criminal Intent, Special Victims Unit, NCIS and Life); and of course
- Cartoons (Family Guy, Simpsons, American Dad, Futurama Movies and South park)
When you tally that altogether, on a full week there’s probably the better part of a 16 hours worth of TV watching there! Maybe I should be thankful the seasons appear to be showing so slowly and off schedule. It’s funny, I don’t actually consider that I was terribly much TV, I’ll usually watch 30-45 mins when we get home and have dinner and thats about it, but I’m just as bad as any other couch slob when it comes to watching other shows.
Maybe I’m getting old?
I haven’t started watching the f**kin Golden Girls though…
