TV Viewers in Sharp Decline as More People Awaken to the Idiocy of Television Programming

Natural News ^ | November 15, 2012 | J.D. Heyes

[Bon of Babble]

It began with traditional newspaper circulation about a decade ago, and now the phenomenon has spread to television: Like millions of Americans who shun the daily paper, many are voting with their remotes and are turning off network TV.

[Bon of Babble]

It’s about time!!

[Mr. K]

But we just got “Honey Boo Boo” on...

I was hoping for “Ow My Balls!” next!

And next years’ hollywood hit “ASS”

[eyeamok]

I did this almost 25 years ago and encourage everyone to do the same.

[Bon of Babble]

The sexual content and foul language the networks are getting away with is shocking — including programming aimed at children and young teens. It is truly perverse.

I’d rather listen to classic rock or conservative radio.

[dfwgator]

And next years’ hollywood hit “ASS”

"And there was a time in this country, a long time ago, when reading wasn't just for fags and neither was writing. People wrote books and movies, movies that had stories so you cared whose ass it was and why it was farting, and I believe that time can come again!"

[Doctor 2Brains]

“as more people awaken to the “fun” of computer games or Ipods or whatever (which aren’t much better)”

If you think people are catching onto the idiocy of TV, and getting smarter, I refer you to the events of last Tuesday.

[Leaning Right]

The increase in TV commercial time has a lot to do with this. As just one example, some 30 minute TV Land shows have been increased to 36 minutes in length. Yep, 6 additional minutes of commercials.

Penny wise perhaps, but pound foolish.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Other than sports events and the rare spectacular news day (e.g. Sandy) I never watch Obama’s media. Not even the local “news” matters It’s either cable or not at all. You can only insult people for so long, then the product’s been dumbed-down to where only fools participate. No wonder the primetime line-ups have sucked for decades. I can’t remember the last series of any sort I’ve watched. Ironically, last nite I was surfing and read classic episodes of The Honeymooners and laffed like crazy. Clean, simple yet hilarious plots and scripts. Ralph on The $99,000 Answer show, great stuff !

[kevkrom]

I still have 1 year left on a contract with DirecTV, thanks to some equipment upgrades we got a year ago, but when it expires, I'm seriously considering dropping the whole thing, and just go with some form of Roku or AppleTV type of solution, with streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and/or Hulu to get only what I want at considerably lower prices. And, if going with AppleTV, iTunes subscriptions to the few shows I care enough about to want to keep "current" on -- and I'm hard pressed to think of one off the top of my head outside of Doctor Who on BBC America, as well.

I may have to invest in an over-the-air antenna for live events (specifically, sports), unless there are reasonable streaming sources available for that within the next year.

[TruthWillWin]

I did this almost 25 years ago and encourage everyone to do the same.

Same here. Except for "24" the last TV show I watched was McGyver because my son liked it. He moved out of the house in 1992, except for 24 have not watched a TV program since. Only watch TV for the news (Fox), business (Fox Business) and sports. Will not watch any TV live, have a Dish DVR, use pause and ff the commercials.

[Enterprise]

I CAN’T stomach these shows. Just watching the commercials about them makes my skin crawl.

[sassy steel magnolia]

we have and use a DVR to record our shows. The joy of it is we can speed thru commercials. We also have roku, so we have access to netflix, hulu, etc.

the only news we watch is morning local Mon- Fri to get local info, sports and weather; we only watch FOX news. We also get our news over the internet from various sources. And, we have SIRIUS radio.

And, if the power goes out/gas is unavailable, we have books, games, puzzles to keep us occupied, along with house/yard work & chores, and even hobbies.

We don’t want/need any channel, even FOX, telling us how/what to think. We’re too stubborn, old and independent for that to happen! :)

[Right Brother]

Yep. I would like to see this headline “Democratic party in sharp decline as more people awaken to their own idiocy”.

[dfwgator]

Now I would watch “Monday Night Rehabilitation.”

[Gay State Conservative]

I watch the NFL on the networks,nothing else.I used to be a regular viewer of the evening news but that stopped 10-15 years ago.In the last 20 years the only “entertainment” shows I’ve watched have been Married With Children,Weakest Link and Millionaire.

[dfwgator]

I guess “The New Normal” now for NBC refers to their lower ratings.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I was hoping for “Ow My Balls!” next!

You seen any of the various incarnations of "Wipeout"? That's coming pretty damned close.

[Vaquero]

I watch a lot of tv

All the boring history and science stuff. ( not the history channel anymore. They Are too busy showin pickers and pawn stars to show history anymore)

[TruthWillWin]

Have heard the name “Honey Boo Boo” mentioned frequently recently. I honestly do not know who she ((?) is. See post #11