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| Bear5 |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 7:45:45 PM
Like all of the Reality Shows on TV? Or, the other shows on cable?
I would much rather read, play the piano, or be outside then watch TV. I will scan all through the cable/Dish/Direct TV/ channels and find nothing I enjoy watching. So, I'll put it on the weather channel or RFD.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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| Old Spirit |
Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 09:47:41 AM
We have cable and I watch mainly Hallmark Channel. In the summer I will admit I was baseball, yea MN Twins!! On HGTV Decorating Cents as they do a room for $500 or less, gives some ideas even though my budget is 0. Tiva Christy and Dr. Quinn on the gospel channel for those rainy days or just want a break. HATE reality TV!!!
Rae
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| NatureNymph |
Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 07:28:24 AM
We got rid of our tv last September. We have a a tv/VCR/DVD player in a spare room but that's really only for the kids on rainy days. If dh and I want to watch a movie we watch it on the computer. And any programs we want to watch we can find on the internet, HGTV has lots of shows on their site and many other networks have webisodes as well. It's great because there's no commercials and it's kind of like on demand.
My favs are LOST, 24, Survivor and Amazing Race... television is escapism but so are romance novels and the like. Moderation is my mantra.
When Christmas came around my nine yr old told me she didn't know what to ask for because she wasn't seeing the commercials all the time.
I think finally getting rid of it was the best thing ever. My kids listen to audio books regularly. They are always running outside, colouring, reading, writing their own stories... all these things have just blossomed since we got rid of the tv.
"Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion." Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
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| Tammyb |
Posted - Jul 01 2009 : 4:54:56 PM
It may be time for our tv to find a new place .... in the garage.
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jul 01 2009 : 3:08:47 PM
Marly- I watch Texas Country Reporter!!! HA!!! I forgot to add I am a big fan of Iron Chef but honestly, besides LOST, I could do without TV, just not Sawyer...***SIGH***...
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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| lilwing |
Posted - Jul 01 2009 : 3:00:22 PM
We don't watch any of the main stuff on tv. We'll watch Travel Channel, Food Network, History, HGTV, and a channel called Create ..I really like that one. I'd watch RFD if I had it here!
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| Miss2Missus |
Posted - Jul 01 2009 : 1:22:42 PM
Hmm, I really don't watch tv anymore. But even so, i still hate reality tv. I don't watch tv more than MAYBE two hours a week yet all i ever hear about is some stupid new reality show. Anymore if i watch tv i like to keep it to nature shows and such.
Karen ^_^
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| Lynner |
Posted - Jul 01 2009 : 05:17:59 AM
Personally, I only watch the weather and Biggest Loser when it is running. I love seeing the contestants be successful for a better life. Other than that, there just is#324;t anything worth wasting time on. During the summer months, with the extra daylight, it is better to be outside if at all possible. And this Fall/Winter my husband and I are figuring out lighting for our hoop houses so that we can be in them in the evening. If for no other reason, just enjoying them. We have friends who have a plant room with little white Christmas lights they turn on at night in the winter. We plan to hang them in our hoop houses this Fall. You would be amazed at how relaxing that can be. A better way to veg out! 
Sheri
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| Annab |
Posted - Jul 01 2009 : 03:21:04 AM
And with this digital converter thing, we still only get 3 channels.
VERY pathetic!
Can't justify satelite and we are too far out for cable.
We indulge in cable when on vacation. It's Animal Planet, Discovery, and some of the old t.v. programs or cartoons (back when both were really GOOD!).
Too bad some independent satellite company can't come along
and allow customers to choose ALL their channels and base prices off that---We aren't football addicts and don't need 25 sports channels or 100 movie channels CRAZY!
I think this digital conversion was all a big scam. COme to find out OH now the converter box MAY not be enohgh....you need this special kind of antenna
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 7:07:36 PM
After reading all the post, I have to admit I also watch, sometimes, Texas Country Reporter. If the Hallmark channel has a good movie, I'll watch it. But, like Anna, I love to read at least two hours before I fall asleep.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| JessieMae |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 4:21:34 PM
I'll admit that I'm a recovering T.V. addict. When I was watching 5 or 6 hours of T.V. a day, I kind of realized I had a problem. It was harder than you think to quit, too. Now I limit myself. I allow myself 5 hours of T.V. time a week. I was thinking 1 hour a day when I made the plan, but I allow myself to "bank" hours. I watch "Deadliest Catch" on Discovery and "Chuck," "The Office," and "30 Rock" on NBC. I usually blow the rest of my quota on football games in the fall.
Jessie Mae
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| thethriftycountrywoman |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 09:02:57 AM
I like to watch baseball. Sometimes I'll watch a movie on Turner Classic Movies. Sometimes the History Channel. Has anyone noticed how politically biased they've become. I was watching the biography of Lincoln and Gore Vidal started ranting about Bush! What does Bush have to do with Lincoln? I should think there's enough interesting things about Abe that they didn't have to waste time on that! |
| Diane B Carter |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 08:52:37 AM
We have an antenta only and get 9 channels. I do like The Mentalist and CSI and if I'm home I'll watch All My Children. Other than that I don't care much. My husband likes to control the remote and he usually falls asleep after about 10 minutes no matter what he watches. Neither one of us like reality t.v.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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| doglady |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 08:45:35 AM
I'll take an old John Wayne movie any day! Most of the time I would just rather sit and quilt. It's much more relaxing and family likes to talk to me and watch at the same time. Now, if I could only get my sons to help - I'll not hold my breath on that one.
Tina
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 08:45:12 AM
LOST is my addiction. I admit I like the Real Housewives- the NJ one but that is because with all the seriousness and stress in my life, it is nice to watch people be so unrealistic and I find it humorous. I usually don't make it through a whole show, maybe about 20 minutes and I fast forward through the one gal I don't like. Other than that, PBS cartoons, some Spongebob and I do like the Barefoot Contessa on Food Network.
Heather
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| 4HMom |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 08:39:16 AM
I can't believe I forgot about the Food Network...if I'm up late enough (which isn't that often) I DO like Iron Chef America. It's fun to watch what they come up with and so FAST! I also enjoy Good Eats...lots of good science and I love how he explains the HOW and WHY of things.
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| Amie C. |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 08:30:27 AM
We don't have cable. We get the major networks, plus PBS. Although now that we have to use digital TV, the reception is excruciating.
I barely turn the TV on in the summertime. Too busy with everything outside, plus it's all reruns. But in the wintertime...whoo, boy. I watch all kinds of junk. Shows I actually like would be: The Office, 30 Rock, Life, Fringe, and NCIS. And on PBS, the random documentary or mystery (Sherlock Holmes will always be my favorite).
I have a confession to make also...I'm addicted to America's Next Top Model. Yes, I know it's horrible and vacuous and promotes unrealistic body images and has Tyra Banks in it. But there's just something about it that sucks me in. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what those fashion judges are seeing when they say, "this one is pretty, but THIS one is a MODEL." |
| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 08:09:19 AM
Oney, don't waste your money on satellite. We have it because the hubbs LOVES him some tv. He loves all those hideous shows that I would be embarrassed to tell you. I would get rid of the direct tv in a heartbeat if it wasn't for him. It galls me to spend almost $70 a month and there is nothing on. The history channel used to be good, but they do a ton of reruns now and even put movies on there, like that's history. Literally, some nights we watch reruns from the 60's because there is NOTHING WORTH WATCHING ON. Can you tell it really annoys me, lol, sorry, I will get off my soapbox, lol,.................
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
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| Alee |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 07:29:33 AM
I don't watch a whole lot of TV> I let Nora watch a little of the PBS kids shows in the morning- like Sesame Street and Wonder Readers. She really interacts with them and she practices counting and color distinction and letter recognition. But after that? TV OFF! Doug watches "Trash TV" no really- it's horrible. These shows on VH1 are an embarassment to human nature. He watches because he finds it amusing but it makes me sad to think there are people out there that watch it in seriousness.
I do like NCIS, CSI-Nevada, and Grey's Anatomy. Other than that I am pretty much a leave-it type of mentality in the take it or leave it scenario. :D
Alee
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| Tidy Aprons |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 07:04:14 AM
We don't have cable or satellite tv...we only get NBC, CBS, ABC, and once in a great while if the wind blows in the right direction PBS. Now, on those channels there is nothing family-friendly. Talk about don't see TV! We've been thinking about getting DISH network or something so we can have things like the history channel, HGTV, TV Land ---at least something we can view as a family and not be embarrassed or have to explain!!
~Oney~
"There's something a little holy in taking care of the places we inhabit, in summoning sheen. And there's a power in watching over our spaces, the rooms we move within, the sets where our life stories unfold." ~Lori Hall Steele |
| greyghost |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 06:36:53 AM
I'd get rid of cable in a heartbeat if I could - but DH likes to have it on the three nights a month he actually watches anything. *sigh* I waste my time on the computer - usually bouncing from news site to news site. Sad, isn't it?
If I do watch TV, I like Scrubs. It cracks me up - but I could also get the seasons on DVD for the same $50 we pay a month for cable. |
| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 06:23:02 AM
Jonni, HGTV used to have some shows on it I looked forward to seeing, but I hardly watch it anymore because they took all of them off, it seems they are looking for a more sophisticated audience I guess, *sigh*.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
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| vermont v |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 06:21:05 AM
I really like the Food network. I love the food competition shows and get some good ideas from many of the programs. It has challenged me out of cooking the same ol same ol.I usually don't watch TV until I'm ready fo evening chair time and I am reading along with watching although I'm not the one in charge of the remote if you know what I mean. |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 06:19:16 AM
Oh Teresa Sue! I was going to say the same thing about HGTV. We JUST got cable in March, and I was so excited and then I thought, "what the heck?" "Who are all these lame-o people with $500K budgets to buy a house?" And more importantly,"how does this relate to me?"
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| Contrary Wife |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 06:14:01 AM
Hahahahahahahahah, oh Jonni, too funny, yeppers, that Simon Baker is pretty easy on the eyes, lol.I like that show too, and I like NCIS. I despise reality shows. I used to like HGTV when it used to have more garden stuff, but now it's so boring with all the rich little yuppies doing up their "rundown" $500,000 "shacks", Oh, please. Spare me, man they should spend a winter with me, huddled around the wood stove trying to stay warm. I like some of the cooking shows like Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, the host of that is kinda funky, but I like seeing all the regular places he goes, also like Paula Deen if she sticks to southern cooking. I also like Tyler Florence, he has some killer recipes. I also love Texas Country Reporter!!! Other than that, tv doesnt' give me much hope for humanity, lol. If I have a good book, I'd take that anytime tho.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 05:47:03 AM
Reality shows...bite. I'm not at ALL a fan--in fact, sometimes I think it's down-right insulting to my intelligence (sorry to girls who do like them)...
I do watch the FoodNetwork quite a bit, but not all the shows on it, I love Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and Paula Deen, and some other "science of food" show, and I watch the History and Discovery Channels and Animal Planet. We watch the Daily Show and The Colbert Report on late night (we forego our local news anymore--too depressing!) We do watch PBS quite a bit (Victory Garden, History Detectives, Nova, etc..), and yes, I have to have my Law & Order dose every night or so :) The newest show I love, though, is the Mentalist. Smart, quirky and funny, but that boy that plays the Mentalist? Simon Baker? Woweee chawowee...he could stand around watching paint dry and I'd tune in!!!
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