Some Things I Hate About TV

[Jeff in BigD]

-Everytime there's a show filmed in front of an audience & 2 characters kiss - the inevitable 2nd grade "WooooOOOOOoooo" that follows. I blame Saved By The Bell since this appears to be where this horrible trend started.


-Acting like a single person that hasn't had casual sex in over a week is a loser.


-Why are the dads almost always borderline embiciles? It seems like the only thing they know less about than marriage is parenting.


-Doing the "WooooOOOOooo" bit for the appearance of a regularly appearing character. It's one thing if it's a guest appearance, even by a former cast member. But for someone that's on every week, it gets old. I think it started with Happy Days.


-Interupting shows for a weather report about possible rain in a town that's 3 hours away.


-In the middle of commercials, they toss in a bumper making you think that the show is coming back on, but it's to "remind" you that the show is coming back on...after some more commercials.


-The mentality that skinny is good, skinnier is better. I'm not even talking about dramatic weight gain either. A perfect example is Matthew Perry on Friends. When he was going through his subtance problems & was basically looking like a skeleton, no one said anything. Now that he's kicked his addiction he, like most people, gained some weight. Well the studio execs threatened to suspend him until he lost weight. Wouldn't it make sense that his character would gain a little weight since he's older & now married to a chef?


-When you get a reminder to stay tuned for more of the show coming up after the commercials & the "more of the show" is the credits.

 

[shep]

And why does cable have commercials??
You are paying for it, shouldn't shows be commercial free..

 

[Jeff in BigD]

good point

 

[grinningghost]

The weather gripe reminded me of something really stupid our local news station is now doing. You know how CNN has that scroll thing on the bottom with temperatures for different cities? Well, our local news station puts a scroll with temps for local towns - mind you, we're all having the same weather - duh - the temp differences range from 1 to 3 degrees. It's like they're trying to be a big time news station - give me a break.

 

[Grog]

I hate it when the they have "Breaking News" and it's usually about a fire in a building that has been vacant for twenty years and is in the middle of nowhere. Then they have to have the obligatory interview with Betty Sue Puddlejumper who lives too far away to hear the sirens, or see the smoke, but whose Father's best friend's Sister's Dog walked past the building once, so she is just heartbroken to see this happen to such a landmark.....

 

[lisajl]

LOL Grog!


but whose Father's best friend's Sister's Dog walked past the building once, so she is just heartbroken to see this happen to such a landmark.....

That is funny...cause it's true!!!

 

[UncleKyle]

Amen Jeff, once again you are wise beyond your years

LOL Grog!

 

[Wishydoo]

And why does cable have commercials??

I've wondered about that too!

 

[dzneelvr]

What I hate about the current TV situation is the fact that now I can decide to "watch" the war for awhile (or not).

I found myself telling my DD #13 and DS #15 yesterday--"let's watch the war for awhile, I haven't seen it all day". and then I caught myself and couldn't believe I'd just said that.

Not sure what the alternative would be, but I see my kids' generation growing up with wars in a completely different way than I did. Now it's something they can tune on or tune off.

Hmmmmmmm.......

 

[CourtasanSatine]

how about having the last 10 minutes of your show ruined by a so-called special report

 

[apagano]

Then they have to have the obligatory interview with Betty Sue Puddlejumper

The best of these eyewitness interviews I ever saw was in New York. It was a very sad story about a baby who was abandoned in a dumpster behind an apartment building. They interviewed a tenant in the apartment building who said the following:

"You see stuff like this on the news all the time, but you never think it can happen in your own garbage!"

 

[Jeff in BigD]

Originally posted by apagano
"You see stuff like this on the news all the time, but you never think it can happen in your own garbage!"

I'll bet the camera person was like

 

[KimRaye]

Very good List, Jeff! The commercial 'bumpers' and, 'end of show' credits really bug me, too!

Now, if someone can explain to me why I watch the News for the weather and, inevitably, find myself 'busy' while they show it.....UGH!!

 

[grinningghost]

Another thing I hate - TV Land is famous for this: You're waiting for the ending credits to see who played a character and they go and split the screen so small you can't read them. Just so they can promote the next show on the other half of the screen. Let the darned credits role in full size please!