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Old 01-07-2008, 02:55 PM   #1
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Yeah, what they really meant was they will resume picketing the studios. Kind of pointless protesting outside an empty building.
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Old 01-08-2008, 05:09 PM   #2
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Oh yea...he was on last night...I thought he did great without the writers!! ("a daily show" - not so much)
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Old 01-08-2008, 05:37 PM   #3
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Yeah, it was mostly filled with awkward pauses and desperate jokes.

It will get old fast.
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Old 05-19-2008, 10:56 PM   #4
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I can tell you that I spend virtually no time watching tv anymore -
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Old 05-19-2008, 10:58 PM   #5
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It watches me.
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Old 05-20-2008, 08:14 AM   #6
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I switched to Netflix when the strike happened. I don't have cable, but I'm all caught up on the Wire and Entourage on DVD and am making my way through Battlestar Galactica.

Not counting Saturday morning PBS DIY shows, I think I watch 2 hours of network tv a week, down from 5 last year.

I've been concerned about the switch to digital tv and the money involved in that, but maybe it will be the thing that kills my tv habit for good.
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Old 05-20-2008, 01:18 PM   #7
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I switched to Netflix when the strike happened. I don't have cable, but I'm all caught up on the Wire and Entourage on DVD and am making my way through Battlestar Galactica.

Not counting Saturday morning PBS DIY shows, I think I watch 2 hours of network tv a week, down from 5 last year.

I've been concerned about the switch to digital tv and the money involved in that, but maybe it will be the thing that kills my tv habit for good.
I can't think of much that I watch that requires writers. I watch mostly pbs, discovery, National Geographic, travel, and the news. But that is when I am at work. At home I don't watch it much. I am more of an NPR junkie.
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Old 05-20-2008, 02:10 PM   #8
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I am more of an NPR junkie.
Ok. Now, I wouldn't have guessed that. It just shows to go you.
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Old 05-20-2008, 11:15 AM   #9
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Don't forget that a lot of the strong shows that would normally have been on during sweeps had to be pushed back half a season. When the Heroes season finale is eventually on, people will be watching, bet on it. It takes more than a couple months of show changes to permanently wean people.
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Old 05-20-2008, 11:17 AM   #10
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Old 05-20-2008, 04:01 PM   #11
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Old 05-22-2008, 11:58 AM   #12
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What I don't understand is that, why despite the strike being over, and Hannah Montana on hiatus, why doesn't Nickelodeon show new episodes of Avatar in the United States?? And the networks and cable wonder why TV viewing is down.
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Old 05-22-2008, 01:34 PM   #13
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...You say that like Avatar is an import. It isn't.
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Old 05-22-2008, 02:06 PM   #14
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What's with all the killing people off at the end of the season? And was anyone watching Bones? Whoa!
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Old 05-22-2008, 11:02 PM   #15
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I happened to see the list of the top 20 TV shows according to viewership, I guess it was for the week, or month, or something like that.
Anyway, I hadn't seen any of them in several months, and only three of them, ever.
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