Yea,and they all drive Buicks!
Well then, it’s nice to be slightly below average.
Now that TV has (once again) lost the 18-49 demographic, what will they do?
Oh carp, this means re-runs of the Golden Girls will be increased.
Why?
Because 90% of all programming these days sucks, networks, otherwise.....I'd rather enjoy myself outside, working with my hands and mind on my hobbies.
Must you use age 50 and “deathwatch” in the same sentence??
Some of us are perilously close to that milestone....
Despite this demographic, the networks continue to produce programming designed for 13 year olds and the mind numbed. I can’t imagine too many of us baby boomers being interested in watching such schlock as American Idol or inane sit-coms about 20 year old nit wits. Programing like CSI...you fill in the city...are poor in comparison to TV cop shows of the 1950s and 60s and even more contemporary cop dramas like Hills Street Blues. If my only TV choices were the offerings of the 3 major networks, I would not even own a TV.
Yet, how much of the viewing is still catering to the MTV crowd? Many of the newer, more successful shows (”Idol” notwithstanding) are more sophisticated and clever: “The Shield,” “House,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “Law & Order,” “CSI,” “Dexter,” and the popular HBO mini-series, “Rome” and “The Tudors.” I think this is where TV has to head if it is to retain the viewers it has.
TV is so 20th Century.
The last time I watched network TV was about 1-2 months ago at my grandma's. She has the bunny ear antenna and went to sleep so I watched some dumb sitcom.
It was about 9PM and this show had some of the crudest sex jokes I ever heard on TV. Not funny at all, terrible writing and just seeking a shock factor. I caught ONE decent joke in the show but it had to be a mistake/ad-lib since there was no laugh track.
I'm in my 20s and don't mind well written dirty jokes for adults. But bad ones at 9PM when kids are still watching make my head spin.
It was the 1st time I watched network TV in years and I had my mouth gaping the whole time while watching this train-wreck. It's scary how far we've fallen since the classy well written shows of the 50s and 60s.
WGN has a retro night on Sunday nights. I watched an episode of Newhart and the Honeymooners last night and I laughed out loud many times. My only disappointment was that this episode of Newhart did not have the Darrells in it.