[myknowledge]

Who can hijack your TV set at will?

Barack Hussein Obama.

[TurtleUp]

Not my TV. I have an off button, and the noisy box stays off except when I’m watching one of the very rare good shows that interests me - no cable, no “situation comedy”, and not much else either.

[sionnsar]

Obama Controls Your Television Set

No he doesn't. I keep the d*mned thing switched off.

[The Wizard]

but the great thing is we are still free thinkers, and it would take generations to stop that, and these assholes who are helping the bomb now, will desert him once he turns on them, which all meglomainiacs do eventually...

And besides

NO ONE WATCHES these shows that will do anything off the couch.

[The Wizard]

these folks are as self centered as the bomb, they ain’t going to do much.....they have to go fishing and shopping ans stuff...

[MagnoliaB]

You forgot to add: mmmmmmmmmm,mmmmmmmmmmm,mmmmmmmmmmm

[beefree]

NBC did this kind of thing last year with ‘green week’

[mikey_hates_everything]

Partial list of shows:

ABC
All My Children, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Brothers and Sisters, Castle, Cougar Town, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Flash Forward, General Hospital, Good Morning America, Grey’s Anatomy, Hank, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Modern Family, One Life To Live, Private Practice, The Forgotten, The Middle, The View, Ugly Betty

CBS
Cold Case, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Gary Unmarried, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs

FOX
America’s Most Wanted, Bones, Brothers, COPS, So You Think You Can Dance, Til Death

NBC
30 Rock, Access Hollywood, Community, Days of Our Lives, Heroes, Parks and Recreation, The Biggest Loser, The Office, Today Show

If it doesn’t involve getting something for nothing with almost all of the people who watch these shows, forget about it...good luck getting them off the couch with a message from a TV show.

[Always Right]

SNL was pushing health care last night.

[keats5]

After reading the five volunteerism points to be emphasized in the memo I see that my personal favorite is missing: advancing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There’s not even a mention of the more benign “faith based works.”

I wonder why the Obama administration left that one out?

[Tallguy]

I haven’t watched network TV in years.

[Vendome]

Okay, so now that I look at this some more it appears I don't even watch the shows where this will be boredcast. However, if they expand it to other shows, you can bet I will surely turn the TV off. That includes FOX.

Network shows that will feature volunteerism in some way during the week of Oct 19th include:

ABC
All My Children, America's Funniest Home Videos, Brothers and Sisters, Castle, Cougar Town, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Flash Forward, General Hospital, Good Morning America, Grey's Anatomy, Hank, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Modern Family, One Life To Live, Private Practice, The Forgotten, The Middle, The View, Ugly Betty

CBS
Cold Case, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Gary Unmarried, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs

FOX
America's Most Wanted, Bones, Brothers, COPS, So You Think You Can Dance, Til Death

NBC
30 Rock, Access Hollywood, Community, Days of Our Lives, Heroes, Parks and Recreation, The Biggest Loser, The Office, Today Show