Barrybgb / Member

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TV Is Awful Nowadays....

I used to be a TV addict. Loved it. But lately, my growing concern/hatred for the CW has now grown to overall TV in general. Whereas I have written about how awful the CW is and that it's mostly the same thing over and over, the same can be said for a good deal of all TV. Basically, if you want to watch TV, you better love doctors, lawyers, and cops/detectives/private investigators/special agents/forensic investigators and, worst of all, reality. There is a lot of horrid trash on TV today, and the other is a lot of the same thing. I have never been one for the typical network dramas or procedurals. Never. Growing up, there were tons of shows. There was variety and creativity. They may not all of lasted, or were even good(a lot were), but they were there and the networks tried.

I hate hearing "hip" and "edgy". If I hear "edgy" or "demographic", I am going to scream!. I am down to only about 2 shows I regularly watch. Just 2 hours. A few short years ago it was probably 8-10 hours a week. I have never been one to watch what everybody else watches or is talking about, except for the cooler than cool stuff on the WB.Good dramas that don't include guns or bed pans are few and far between. Good comedies, be it traditional sitcoms, family sitcoms, or dramadies(Gilmore Girls, anyone?)seem to have vanished. And my beloved WB has been turned into the wretched CW, where pretty young people with problems rule. The only difference among those shows is that some are wealthy and some are not.

I am very bored with everyone trying to top each other with who is edgier and hipper and rolling out the same kind of shows. Anyone else?. Where has TV gone, and will it come back?.