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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: william clark

I was a Doctor Who fan when Tom Baker played the character. The last couple "evolutions" of the character, I haven't cared for. The new Dr. Who series is very impressive, IMHO. As you said, the
writing is good, and much better special effects.


121 posted on 11/19/2006 10:49:34 PM PST by dawn53
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To: Terpfen
I like Cuddy.


122 posted on 11/19/2006 10:49:47 PM PST by Eagle9
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To: Eagle9

Sounds like you enjoyed a few scenes in season 2...


123 posted on 11/19/2006 10:51:32 PM PST by Terpfen ("Conservatives" who sat at home cost us the War on Terror, SCOTUS, and economic success.)
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To: LukeL

I like TV Land too. History channel, Discovery, Food Channel and DIY are my favorites.


124 posted on 11/19/2006 10:54:20 PM PST by Vicki (Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents or anyone just passing through)
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To: Snickering Hound

The study is right. TV is garbage.


125 posted on 11/19/2006 10:54:46 PM PST by TigersEye (Ego chatters endlessly on. Mind speaks in great silence.)
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To: Terpfen
Sounds like you enjoyed a few scenes in season 2...

Yeah, saw every episode.

126 posted on 11/19/2006 10:57:25 PM PST by Eagle9
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To: Rastus

Venture Brothers on Adult Swim

Some FReepers like this show. We should probably let them know. :(


127 posted on 11/19/2006 11:16:39 PM PST by Killborn (Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
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To: Terpfen

"House" is one of the very few new shows I watch. There are a few others I can stand if I stumble into them, but other than "The Office", "My Name is Earl", and Fox's Sunday night cartoons, I'd rather pop in an old movie.


128 posted on 11/19/2006 11:28:55 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: Snickering Hound
My TV has been mostly OFF since mid-1999. My wife would like an HDTV. Why? Garbage isn't improved by watching in high definition. Perhaps when BluRay or HD-DVD standardizes, it might be worthwhile to watch the occasional movie. I have much better use for my time than wasting it on Hollywood or broadcast TV. I have zero interest in sports and that seems to be what the content producers want to push as a selling point for HDTV.

My computer monitor already possesses HD quality, so I can watch the next generation movies on the computer monitor until such time as it becomes worthwhile to invest in a big screen.

129 posted on 11/19/2006 11:30:52 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Rastus
That said, probably at least half of that wouldn't appeal to the average boomer.

Zero interest in anything on that list.

130 posted on 11/19/2006 11:32:34 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: delacoert
I'm 49 years old.

I'm not 49, but I am a '49er. My wife likes LOST and other stuff, like Law & Order and so on. I'm mostly a History Channel and ESPN buff, but I do watch the Cartoon Network, which is very youth oriented - surprise, surprise.

As the years go by, it's hard to keep up. Back in the 80's I loved to be hip, but now that's all nostalgia. I liked Cowboy Bebop when it came on CN's "Adult Swim", and I even learned to appreciate Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but now they are putting out some really repellent stuff. Last year or so I saw some wacky SciFi cartoon that heavily pushed a gay agenda. Heterosexuality was portrayed as a quirky aberration - I forget the details, but it was totally political.

Then just last week I saw some show that featured a giant robotic Jesus controlled by Pat Robertson, who looked a lot like Dubya. The heroes were a bunch of bizarre misfits, including a pair of "Siamese twins" and an "adult" baby. The robotic Jesus had some kind of showdown with the Jewish Messiah ( sort of a dimwit wrinkly giant,) with a rabbi making commentary. I forget the exact outcome, but the robot Jesus more or less prevailed, I guess, as the heroes were captured and were then regaled, while under restraint, with all the horrible things that were going to happen to them, in the form of Bible quotes read by Robertson's minions. This was a very long litany. The heroes had a plan for escape which involved fishing a piece of clam meat from one of their ears, but it fell on the floor. Then in crawls some kind of worm thing, to the rescue I suppose, and the baby says, "Oh look, my foreskin." ... Well, that was it for me! O Brave New World!

131 posted on 11/19/2006 11:33:23 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: Snickering Hound

this American, born in 1981, doesn't like what's on either. Besides why watch TV when there's plenty of FReeping to be done?


132 posted on 11/19/2006 11:34:56 PM PST by GOP_Raider (GO UTES!!)
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To: sageb1

I heard that Murdock of Fox soon will offer cable station viewing for free in the U.S. No more paying a monthly bill for all those TV channels. Apparently, this is already the case in Europe. The loss in money revenue is offset by consumers willing to buy the extras, pay-for-view, special sports programs, etc.


133 posted on 11/19/2006 11:35:28 PM PST by maxter
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To: Snickering Hound
Berkowitz believes that "people are just not in tune with TV because they can't relate to it anymore."

What? I thought I was "not in tune" because I like a plot and decent characters and I was getting tired of stuff that was little more than a series of gimmicks and cutesy jokes.

But I like Mythbusters. Even if the "plot" is just "how big of an explosion can we get?"

134 posted on 11/19/2006 11:38:34 PM PST by Victoria_R (Not a boomer...)
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To: Unmarked Package
The television executives need to do something different if they expect to pry some of that bountiful discretionary income out of my hands and into the coffers of their advertisers. However, the heirs to my estate hope they continue to ignore me and drive me away to alternative, non-commercial forms of entertainment. :-)

I watch new episodes of ER, but I hate the damn commercials. I have a DVR to record it off the air. When the commecials get too annoying, I find something better to do until the show is completely on the DVR. At that point I can skip right over the commercial garbage.

135 posted on 11/19/2006 11:39:30 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: BunnySlippers
No, CBS is for Gen-Xers whose brains are not well developed yet.



You are just plain crazy. Your previous post says expect anti-boomer posts and then your very next post you bash the X'ers. What a joke you are. Good to know you are not part of the X'ers. I thank God for that. In fact, I will take God on Thanksgiving day that you are an old fart who does not deserve to be part of the X'ers. Next time think before you write. You seem to be very hypocritical.
136 posted on 11/19/2006 11:40:19 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: gidget7
I used to watch ER, Medium, and a couple of sitcoms, but they kept throwing the homosexual sobstory line in them, so I quit watching.

ER backed off on the homo stuff this season. I was real close to just taking the TV out to the range for an interesting target.

137 posted on 11/19/2006 11:42:42 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: maxter

I can't even imagine. It's all about the money.


138 posted on 11/19/2006 11:43:11 PM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: GOP_Raider

WOW, a conservative Republican at age 25. There is hope for this great nation.


139 posted on 11/19/2006 11:51:16 PM PST by maxter
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To: Victoria_R
But I like Mythbusters. Even if the "plot" is just "how big of an explosion can we get?"

Mythbusters is fine...if Kari is part of the action.


140 posted on 11/19/2006 11:51:25 PM PST by Myrddin
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