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Study says boomers don't like what's on TV
Associated Press ^
| 11-19-06
| DAVID BAUDER
Posted on 11/19/2006 8:53:37 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound
TV's not so bad. ....Gunsmoke is on every day on the TV Land channel.
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posted on
11/19/2006 8:55:43 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Snickering Hound; qam1
Isn't CBS the network for old people... like Baby Boomers!
;-)
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posted on
11/19/2006 8:55:44 PM PST
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Snickering Hound
Except for history, football and a couple others, it is drivel.
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posted on
11/19/2006 8:56:32 PM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys-Reagan and Bush)
To: Snickering Hound
It's not just the boomers.
I hear the hunter-killers aren't happy with what is on the tube either.
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posted on
11/19/2006 8:58:33 PM PST
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: Snickering Hound
Expect a crush of anti-boomer responses.
But, as a boomer, I can only say that most shows on TV are just plain silly for any age. I still find things on cable like news, Discovery and the History Channel. And love a lot of HBO programs.
But the networks offer next to nothing.
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posted on
11/19/2006 8:58:53 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(Never Forget / Giuliani 2008)
To: Incorrigible
No, CBS is for Gen-Xers whose brains are not well developed yet.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:00:15 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(Never Forget / Giuliani 2008)
To: yldstrk
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:00:26 PM PST
by
Terpfen
("Conservatives" who sat at home cost us the War on Terror, SCOTUS, and economic success.)
To: Mr. Mojo
James Arness as Matt Dillon was one of my childhood heroes.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:02:40 PM PST
by
quikdrw
(Life is tough....it's even tougher if you are stupid.)
To: Snickering Hound
"The Harris Interactive study found that half of baby boomers say they tune out commercials that are clearly aimed at young people."
I tune out all commercials unless they are innovative. I detest drug commercials from Viagra to Lunesta. I like the Volvo commercial with the little girl and the iShares commercial where everything disappears, but I am not in the market for either of those things. I no longer watch any sitcoms. They are all retarded. I do not watch Survivor, American Idol or that Dancing with the Stars thingy. I like 24. I like House. I usually have FOX news on in the background. If I can't take anymore of Shep, I turn on History Channel. I am 55.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:04:13 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: yldstrk
Except for history, football and a couple others, it is drivel. I agree.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:04:32 PM PST
by
A message
(We who care, Can Not Fail)
To: Terpfen
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:04:38 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: Terpfen
House is a great show. I see that jerk cop/DA guy coming down with something really bad only House can diagnose and won't do it for an extended period.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:04:41 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(<h2>SAY NO TO RUDY! I know how to spell, I just type like s#it.)
To: Snickering Hound
90% of everything is crap.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:04:45 PM PST
by
claudiustg
("We are entering an era where when the speaker instructs you what to do, you do it.")
To: Snickering Hound
It's been years since I've been able to converse with the water cooler crowd about anything on regular TV. I don't know that it has anything to do with my being a so-called baby boomer, most of regular TV is junk.
Now, you want to talk football, Discovery Channel or History Channel and I'm all over it.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:05:38 PM PST
by
Theresawithanh
(Every time I hear the word "exercise", I wash my mouth out with chocolate.)
To: Snickering Hound
With several hundred options on, I can't see how anyone can complain about TV, especially those who grew up with 3 networks, if they were lucky, in black & white.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:05:42 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(<h2>SAY NO TO RUDY! I know how to spell, I just type like s#it.)
To: quikdrw
Mine too.
Did you see him on The O'Reilly Factor a couple weeks back? Great interview; Arness is a conservative, not surprisingly.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:05:59 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: BunnySlippers
But the networks offer next to nothing.I agree. In most network TV, the kids are disrespectful to their parents, or parents are treated as boobs, there is no respect for tradition or authority, and kids seem to live lives completely apart from any adult intervention or supervision. High schoolers have problems I didn't hear about until I was out of college.
I can't believe I'm saying this. I guess I am officially an old fogey (or an angry boomer, which is getting way too close to being the same thing).
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:06:23 PM PST
by
radiohead
(Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking, guts you coward.)
To: Terpfen
Oooh...pardon me while I wipe the drool from my chin.
Yes, I do watch network tv for House.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:08:06 PM PST
by
radiohead
(Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking, guts you coward.)
To: radiohead
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:08:09 PM PST
by
samadams2000
(Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
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