Members quartermainefan Posted May 26, 2012 Members Share Posted May 26, 2012 I guess I have the most unpopular opinion of all on this site, if the number of replies in a given topic is a barometer of popularity: all reality TV sucks, each time a person watches it he probably loses a fraction of an IQ point. This doesn't apply to contest reality like The Voice or American Idol. There the only thing in danger is your taste if you listen to their judges when they lie and try to tell you the people singing on the show are actually any good. American Idol hasn't had a truly worthwhile winner probably since Carrie Underwood. Chat shows are a waste of time. Once there was Phil Donahue and he would bring on a variety of guests from the entertainment and political worlds. Oprah one upped him and removed the intellect and instead made it about empathy and emotion. Ok, still good. Today 4 billion talk shows air all covering the same ground. There is nothing Katie Couric has to say that I need to know and that Anderson Cooper probably didn't say yesterday when he covered the same topic. The ladies of the View and that gaggle of gabbers on the CBS imitation are not qualified to offer their opinions on anything. When a host of a TV show says straight up she does not know if the world is round, then that is someone who has no business hosting a TV show. What she says can infect impressionable children. Passing gas on camera as you claim torturing dogs is a cultural thing should get you fired, not an extension of your contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted May 26, 2012 Members Share Posted May 26, 2012 I mostly agree. However, I believe the contest reality shows are just as crap and ever more agonizing to sit through since at least with fake reality you can laugh at people being ridiculous. Second, I hate 99% of chat shows, but I will always love and watch every new episode of Graham Norton. He's a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted May 26, 2012 Members Share Posted May 26, 2012 I'm addicted to the Bob Newhart Show thanks to ME TV. It's better than just about any show of the 60's and 70's second only to the Dick Van Dyke show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted May 29, 2012 Members Share Posted May 29, 2012 Mad Men UO (specific to last night's episode): I was not at all surprised to see Joan prostitute herself for the firm to snag the Jaguar account. If anything, this is completely in character for her - a woman who has always relied on her between the sheets prowess to get what she wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ClassicSoapsFan Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 I love Let's Make a Deal and am a Wayne Brady fan. I think people are too harsh on shows that replace soap operas. While I liked GL, I felt that the show needed to end when Weston/Conboy were on the show maybe before that. I love Family Guy. I know certain episodes are not as good as pervious seasons (the hurricane episode and the domestic abuse episode were the worst I have ever seen) but I think it's still a good solid show. Though I like American Dad slightly better. I don't get what the big deal is about the following shows: MadMen, Glee, True Blood, Dexter (after season 4). I think Glee is overrated. I did watch a few episodes of it from season 1 and find it ok but don't see why it's such a big hit. MadMen is overrated to me and think Breaking Bad is better. True Blood to me is only popular because of the Twilight craze. Why is Dexter still on the air? They should have ended it at the end of season 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ClassicSoapsFan Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 Also in watching the episodes on The 90's Are All That. I find that Lila on Hey Arnold was the worst character ever!!! Also Arnold's voice in the later seasons was very uneven (I know he was recast twice since the beginning.) I still loved the show even despite those faults and think the second movie should have been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted June 8, 2012 Members Share Posted June 8, 2012 I never understood what was so terrible about Mackenzie Astin or Pippa on the Facts of Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cct Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Astin didn't bother me. Pippa was shoehorned in. Actually liked Pamela Seagall's (sp?) character when they first left Eastland and moved into Edna's Edibles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted June 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 19, 2012 I really think it would be interesting for TV to have a teenage and/or college age girl/guy who have never had a boyfriend/girlfriend before, just to show that not everyone winds up dating at that age, as there are people who have this experience in real life (I, um, fall into this category myself). I know it might seem boring for some or like it limits the character, but there are people who don't start dating until college, or even their mid 20s, especially if they're shy or reserved (and it would only give them a higher rooting factor if they keep having unrequited crushes, making the first relationship even more special). This can also include even going on a first date, as sometimes it takes that long to get to that stage, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted June 26, 2012 Members Share Posted June 26, 2012 I didn't even find out about Sonja's pushy ass being responsible for the scourge that was Ray J until well after that show left the air, but it sure explained a lot about why Dee was barely on, how Moesha ended up getting a pregnancy scare, or how Ray J ended up ruining the family dynamic that they worked so hard to establish over the first three seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 Do not like Pretty Litte Liars. Maybe because I read some of the books before the show was ever on air. Those books were some of the most shallow, uninteresting crap I've read. I also don't like glorifying innapropriate relationships between adults and teens as if it's something that 's okay. We used to make fun of girl's who who flirt with teachers when I was in hs. We also used to make fun of those 20 soemthing year old men who were dating teens instead of women their own age. Now it's suddenly romantic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mathewson Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 I don't watch a lot of television since I've outrgown it and am always so busy, but I love Pretty Little Liars and Gossip Girl. I'm pretty shallow myself so there you go. Never got the appeal of Full House, Step by Step, Family Matters, or Buffy. And speaking of Buffy, I could never stand Alyson Hannigan or Charisma Carpenter. Especially not Alyson. How I Met Your Mother is a good concept, but she, Neil Patrick Harris, and other actors ruin that show. I liked SMG's early years on Buffy, but I haven't liked her at all since then either. I loved Libby on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. And Josh because he was hot. I was just like Libby in high school, and I'm still kinda like her sometimes! I'm surprised people here thought Clarissa was good. I hated it even when I was a kid. The only thing I ever liked Josie Bissett in was "Dare to Love", which was a tv movie from 1995. I think she was so dull in Melrose Place and everything else I've seen her in. I have no idea why so many people like Dawson's Creek. Everything about that show was so awful, especially James van der Beck and Katie Holmes, ugh! I actually kinda love American Dreams. I like some Lifetime movies, but not most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 Yeah Sheryl Lee Ralph left the show bc she didn't like the direction the show was going and I'm betting Yvette Wilson (RIP) begged to go over to The Parkers. Thank god they didn't get another season like they were expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted July 8, 2012 Members Share Posted July 8, 2012 I shudder to think of how worse Ray J's showkilling would've gotten if they'd had gotten that extra season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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