Why I hate TV
Wednesday, January 4, 2006 5:48 PM
A couple days ago I wrote somewhere on here that the only industry I could think of that didn't give a shit about their customers was strip clubs. But after watching last night's PSU-FSU game and the first half of tonight's TX-USC game I realize that I was wrong - the TV networks feel the same way about us. I used to watch a lot of TV, especially sitcoms, until laugh tracks and excessive commercials ruined them for me. I haven't watched a sitcom since Cheers went off the air. Lately my TV viewing has been pretty much limited to football. (And if I needed any reminder of why I never watch the news, last night's fiasco over the WV mining story was enough - all they care about is being first, accuracy be damned.) But between commercials and constant reviews of plays and an overly-long half-time rock concert featuring people nobody ever heard of and didn't care about (whatever happened to the schools' bands performing at half time, didn't they earn the trip too?), last night's game lasted over 5 hours and was the longest and possibly most boring game in PSU history. I stopped watching baseball years ago because it was so slow, now football has become just as bad. I doubt if I'll bother watching tonight's second half. But what puzzles me is why do big companies keep purchasing commercials on TV when nobody watches them? You'd think highly paid execs would have figured that out by now, I'm sure they never watch either. But maybe I'll watch some NFL playoffs, they don't last as long. I hope. End of vent.
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