Editor: David Tanny
Home, Latest News, 2008 Archives, E-Mail
How Did The Strike Affect Me! (Feb 13, 2008)Believe it or not, I actually watched more prime-time TV since they started putting on more game shows as I was already watching nothing but the Fox Sunday night cartoon lineup. I was watching Saturday Night Live, but that 90-min block got reassigned to listening to podcasts, Internet or Satellite radio like most of my prime-time activities are when football and baseball are not on. I'm even making my own podcasts and recordings.I liked TV back in the 60s and 70s, but today, with most of TV aimed at women 18-49, the strike had a negligible effect on my life as I was already watching very few shows. I usually watch 4SD and cable when there's football and baseball on, else, there's classic reruns on TV Land and Nick at Nite, plus Comedy Central, Adult Swim, and Star Trek reruns on XHDTV, plus some old variety and game show clips on YouTube. I wish I could get ME TV from a station in Chicago down here, or Cox would put GSN on analog cable. Why can't the WGA and the broadcast networks just bring back the classic style TV shows that appealled to everybody like it did back then? I'd like to see more vintage reruns on the local TV stations instead of the courtroom dramas that's on 6, 51, and other stations that forgot how to entertain us. Forget Judge Judy. Bring back reruns of Mission: Impossible, or is it just that: impossible? I haven't been "Lost" or "Desperate" since the writers' strike began. I was hoping that it would last indefinitely as it would force the networks to program stuff I could watch like game shows, varieties, sports like Friday Night FIGHTS, and amateur variety shows. Even Soccer from Mexico is more entertaining than anything written by the current slate of WGA writers. Welcome back, WGA. Now go back to being ignored while I continue to enjoy real entertainment elsewhere.
|