Viewers stay tuned but find 'nothing' on TV

The Washington Times ^ | 9-14-07 | Jennifer Harper

[Hazcat]

For all of us, Corner Gas ROCKS!

?? Never heard of it.

[Vroomfondel]

I got spoiled as a kid watching "The World At War" with Laurence Olivier

I hear ya. And just after I put all the DVDs on my Netflix queue, they moved from "short wait" to the "we don't know when we'll order some more of these" status. Grumble, grumble, grumble.

[Vroomfondel]

"Victory at Sea" was great too. Great sound tract.

Found a boxed set of those in the cheap DVD bin at Wal-Mart a while ago. Quite a deal.

[BurbankKarl]

There is a show called The Sarah Conner Chronicles coming out....the first episode was extremely well done, and since it has been picked up in Canada and Germany, I think it will last at least a while here.

Picks up on the Terminator movies and chronology. I thought it would be gimmicky, but really liked it.

[Hazcat]

I’m sorry but Seinfeld is without a doubt the most over rated piece of crap that has ever been on TV.

I must have sat through at least 10 excruciating minutes of that whiny, ME FIRST, leftist, %&$*! once and I could feel my brain shrinking.

[mysterio]

Speaking of such channels, what happened to the old-time documentary where you had a live narrator who took you to places and calmly and clearly told you the stories and facts, with an occasional diagram to help things along?

Same thing that happened to MTV. The History channel has already started running reality shows.

Just seems like the documentaries they do run are either about fictional space aliens or barbecue.

Oh, and future disasters. All ending with "it's not a matter of 'if'...."

[SnakeDoctor]

I like Two and a Half a lot. Sheen is hysterical.

The shows that surround it on CBS on Monday aren’t bad ... I don’t actually watch them during the fall and spring because 24 and Heroes are on ... but during the summer, they’ll suffice.

How I Met Your Mother (with Neil Patrick Harris), and Rules of Engagement (with David Putty from Seinfeld, and David Spade), are both pretty good. Old Christine (with Elaine from Seinfeld) isn’t terrible ... but its not great either.

I’m going to give the Kelsey Grammar/ Patricia Heaton show on Fox a shot.

Other than those ... its Seinfeld, 70’s Show, and Raymond reruns for me.

H

[Rollee]

HBO's John From Cincinnati was very good, but it was cancelled. I think because of its Christian undertones. Rome was excellent and it, too, was cancelled. The only good things left are design shows,sports, Fox and Animal Planet.

[Vicki]

So are the movies. Hollywood just spews out the same story lines.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

250 channels of TV and I only watch about 8 of them. Lucky I have satellite radio so I can listen to 1950’s music while doing something worthwhile.

[edcoil]

Have not seen it advertised, I have dish here in OC. Should I look on the SciFi channel or bravo?

[tarheelswamprat]

If there is TV you really want to watch, it’s so much better on DVDs.

Don't forget, for the ones you don't want to buy, there's NetFlix. It's awesome.

[BurbankKarl]

its a Fox show...now supposedly it is Jan 08....will probably air around the time 24 does.

[Badeye]

I knew a woman that worked on ‘The Love Boat’ for three seasons, minor but recurring part.

She finally woke up too, and got the hell out of there.