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Originally Posted by MrB
I hate American cop/law/fat/dancing/singing shows.
I just hate TV. ABC and especially SBS are now not much better.
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This is close to the truth IMO. What I really can't hate is the portrayed amount of medical and inflicted gore, gratuitous violence and killing , particularly in American programs like movies, CSI: Wherever and Law & Order: SVU - with Channel 9 is the worst. They are all rated "M", and many of them I think should actually be rated MA15+ or even R. Frankly these programs are actually sick, whose viewing are attributing to the current Society. Furthermore the proliferation of handgun and the (implied guilty of the viewer) treatment and the lot of "Black America." Regardless if it is justified or not has nothing to do with Australian Society.
One of the biggest issues is how the U.S. studios saturate the local market. In fact, the most popular U.S. programmes are purchased by the commercial stations, then as sweeteners to the deal are the second-rate, solitary season series - essentially using foreign bunnies to recoup the losses in making them. Almost half the crap local foreign programming makes up the weekly schedule - costing nothing to the commercial station - except the electricity costs for the transmitters. Worst is the local industry is starting to use similar ploys. This is also the reason why government should be insisting on greater locally made content for the commercial license.
Yet the fault here really lies with the viewers for putting up with the perpetual programming.
In the end, as stated by many throughout this thread, and don't watch the television at all. In my view you are better to watching the heavens on your own - and best of all its both commercial free and real.
If you must watch something, get your 8c a day's worth and view the ABC. Overall it offers much better variety with no hidden agenda in the commercial stations - whose sole motives is really to get you to buy something.
Too right. I also do hate commercial television... 
Andrew
"What I hate is when you order pizza. I tell them to cut the pizza in four, because I don't think I could eat eight"
"What d'ya hate?" (heckler)
"...I could hate you easy!!!"
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