On Feb 11 2012 3:32 PM, Clave wrote:
> "VegasJerry" <
jer...@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:gebi09x...@app-01.ezprovider.com...
> > On Feb 10 2012 6:16 PM, Clave wrote:
>
> <...broadcast network shows...>
>
> >> I've never seen one either. But it's been years since I've seen an
> >> episode
> >> of *any* broadcast network series.
> >
> > Not many of us around, Jim. A question, if I may:
> >
> > I'm just curious as to why you don't watch them.
>
> Better alternatives, mostly. TiVo, NetFlix (discs and streaming), VuDu,
> Hulu and a great deal on basic cable/15 Mb internet.
Me too, save for Hulu. Seems they dont do HD. And netFlix has to be HD or
BlueRay.
> I've been pretty fed up with a lot of cable series too -- turns out BBC
> America's been chopping well over 15 minutes of content from their Dr. Who
> episodes to make room for commercials (they run a full 60 minutes without
> commercials in the UK).
>
> That's as good an argument for torrenting as I've ever seen.
Holy shit! I gotta quit golf, racquetball and stay in more. I didn't know
what torrent meant. My kid & wife have COX, but not the TV part. Somehow
he uses an x-box (or something) and gets movies and everything free (he's
a hacker and probably should get arrested and do the time the nice judge
tells him).
> I'm also sick of getting interested in a series only to have it cancelled
> before resolving major plot arcs -- Carnivale comes right to mind. Or
> putting a lot of time into a series only to have its ending be a
> frustratingly incomplete mess like Lost. Those poor bastards.
I never did find out who shot JR…..
> I'll wait until I know a series has established itself (like the Sopranos),
> then get the discs -- I don't spend a lot of time at the water cooler, so I
> don't have much need to be current with the latest shows.
>
> We watch science shows a lot, Discovery and History channels, some food
> shows, poker of course (getting Epic Poker on Velocity now -- I like that).
Yea, I generalized it all as, Reality Shows. Select your own interest. One
of my golf buddies drives part time for one of the producers when he flys
into Vegas. Huge money in all that stuff 'cause you and I will watch it.
Fiction is, so, well, fictional….
> There's just so little reason to go slumming in the broadcast channels
> unless you're looking for a specific sports event or local news.
Reminds me, I got to set up my DVR recorder for Pebble Beach Golf, today.
Which I can do from my iPhone (I got a little nerd in me). I start
watching about a hour after they start; then fast forward through
commercials. (Yet my I phone keep me up to the second on how Tiger and
Mickelson are doing).
Jerry 'n Vegas
> > I quit watching when
> > commercials increased to 18-minutes per hour (It's up to 22-minutes, now.
> > Watch two minutes of show - watch one minute of commercial); and writing
> > took a dump. The last series I ever watched was Sopranos. And that was
> > ordering the disks from Netflix so I could see the complete series (up to
> > the last year) without commercials.
> >
> > Seems, as far as fiction goes, the writers have run out of material.
> > Producers require at least two explosions, one car crash and three overt
> > sexual innuendos per half-hour (19-minutes).
> >
> > I do watch some Realities. Deadliest Catch and the like; otherwise, it's
> > movies and news. Just wondering how you compare; viewer-wise and motives.
> >
> >
> > Jerry (who watches golf) 'n Vegas
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