They Don’t Make Em Like They Use To
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The other day I was chillin in Best Buy, checking out the weekly sales like I usually do and bumped into a $17.99 special on all “King of Queens” TV DVD’s. Now I’ve always been a fan of the show and it always seems to be on during the day, but you tell me that I can get 25 episodes for $17.99 and I’m there.
Not only there but sold, in the bag, and straight to the DVD player.
I was watching my newly purchased “King of Queens, Season One” DVD and it dawned on me. Like a brick hitting a young child.
They just don’t make ‘em like they use to. I mean this used to be comedy. Shows like “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Sienfield,” and “King of Queens” rocked the TV waves.
Now we’re left with the season premier of “The Hills” tonight and our weekly dose of “American Idol” and “Dancing with the Stars.”
Call me a hater but I can’t stand reality TV. It just doesn’t work for me. I actually enjoy a show that expresses some creative talent and hard work. Take an actual sitcom for example. Now that’s hard work.
Reality TV? Don’t even think about it. I’m not even a fan of shows like “American Idol” where talentless producers design shows that hire jerk-off show hosts, that relate to washed up judges, that judge the so-called “talented.”
Isn’t it about time we left the standard reality TV soap opera plot line and hired some real actors to create comedy again?
I certainly think so. What do you think? Do you feel me or not?
Well, I don’t really care because a new season of “The Office” is only months away now!
12:41 pm
It’s only going to get worse. Actors are expensive while reality contestants are cheap.
A year or so ago, NBC announced it was going to turn its woeful network around by producing less scripted shows and more reality shows. Which is just another way of saying, “we’re going to get better by making more crap.”
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8:40 am
I really do not have a problem with it. TV is dying as most of the creative minds are moving to the internet. Self-publishing has become so cheap that the days of major studios controlling what people get to see on prime time are ending. Instead of 4-5 major TV stations, there are now hundreds of premium websites, each with their own unique content (be it written, video, art, comics, etc).
Apple TV is also going to change hoe people watch TV as in the near future, other than sports and news, nothing will need to be watched on cable.
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