I hate television.

[Zaps]

It's so stupid, it hurts. If I'm ever unfortunate enough to see or hear even a tiny bit of it my braincells begin to commit suicide out of desperation. No wonder most of the population are drooling morons with the intellectual curiosity of dead jellyfish. I weep for our halfwitted future.

[mick pinner]

don't watch it.

[Zaps]

Originally Posted by mick pinner

don't watch it.

I don't, but it seems as if everybody else does, so it can be difficult to avoid sometimes.

[Rod66 (Rod)]

So you don't watch the Simpsons then....

[okiscopey (Mike)]

Yes, I hate it as well, which is why I won't be watching these programs tonight:

6:05 Time Team ABC1

7:30 Are We Alone in the Universe? SBS1

8:30 Grand Designs ABC1

10:00 Fellini: "I am a Born Liar" SBS1

My loss I suppose.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

I can honestly say I don't miss TV at all. When I moved to my new home there was no TV, no mobile phone ( just if I hold the phone in the air at the top of the driveway and use hands free ), and no broadband internet (that nearly killed me using dialup until I got satellite). But boy I've got great dark skies when there's no cloud blocking it.

I spent a week at my sisters place over Easter, house sitting, and I could only watch about an hour of TV. I just couldn't do anymore. It must have been a bad period for ABC and SBS

[lacad01 (Adam)]

I must admit I don't miss it when I've gone bush. But by the same token there are some good things to watch, just have to filter it accordingly

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

Not quite as anti as Zaps, but seldom watch it either. Stopped sitting in front of the goggle box years ago, content went too far down the hill for me. Must admit I do watch things like Are we alone etc. when I get a heads up but only on the ABC or SBS. My considered opinion is that if J.L. Baird could have seen what it would become, he would have been a plumber instead.

Bill

[Clarry (Clayton)]

I understand your dissolution Zaps, but maybe your just watching the wrong programs. As okiscopey mentioned, Grand Designs in on tonight, great show. If I miss Foyle's War on Saturday nights then my week is incomplete. Just be more selective in what you watch. Everything in moderation.

[DavidU (Dave)]

These days I would be lucky to see about 1 hour of TV per week.
That Big Brother really finished my interest with it.

[Nesti (Mark)]

Television's a brilliant invention. I mean think of it; a device which feeds the masses their daily dosage of emotion, perpetuating some sort of pseudo-lucid detached awareness to reality, so draining that they become well behaved slaves. It's vitally important for Monaco's elite ya-know!!!

***ducks under the table awaiting the fall-out***

[mick pinner]

it seems to be the in thing at the moment (oh l don't watch tv), tv does not rule you and you do not have to watch it.
pick and choose the interesting shows and disregard the rest, tv only exist then when you want it to.

[GrahamL]

chefs (reality tv) ..,comedy ( disguised but still reality tv), celebs (reality tv), police ..dramas ?.. sorry .. reality tv ... way cheap and easy to replace thats about it for the networks.. did I miss one?.

abc /sbs

Shameless and quite a few late nighters are just great .. but sadly the other halfs remote choices drift towards the above offerings first to often.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Stopped watching it in 2001, after the attacks in New York. In fact, I don't even own a television. As Roger Waters so eloquently put it, over 20 years ago, "I've got 200 channels of sh1t to choose from."

I miss the shows from my youth, such as Beyond 2000 and It's A Knockout, but that's about it.

It's depressing and mind-numbing.

Regards,
Humayun

[Rokketboy (Jared)]

I just download the few shows I really enjoy of the net. Other than that I use the Tv to watch the odd bit of sport I enjoy thats about it. My wife makes up for me in the idiot box department.

[matt]

I bought myself a TiVo unit specifically for this reason.

Now, with a small amount of effort on my part, I can cherry pick the very small amount of free-to-air TV which I consider worth watching.

It's excellent, actually. I end up with a few hours quality viewing each week...

Yes...there is enough good stuff on free-to-air to make it bearable. Just

[Robh (Rob)]

You'd think for the amount we pay for it, we'd get better quality stuff!
Wait a minute ... maybe it's better than the nothing we pay for it!
Or just a second ... maybe it's as good as what we pay for it!
I'll get back to you ...

Regards, Rob.

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by okiscopey

Yes, I hate it as well, which is why I won't be watching these programs tonight:

6:05 Time Team ABC1

7:30 Are We Alone in the Universe? SBS1

8:30 Grand Designs ABC1

10:00 Fellini: "I am a Born Liar" SBS1

My loss I suppose.

Ah,

Thanks for the alert, will watch them all

Seriously, what is all the fuss? It is the same with books, which we have had for many generations. Who would give them up?

Some good, some not, fringe rubbish, and gold.

Any media at all will wind up being the same. Take radio. Alan Jones et al at one end, ABC FM at the other. :thum bsup:

That's my potted polemic.

[Gallifreyboy]

Come on guys, this thread isn't doing much for the wider communities impression of people who like astronomy. TV is the medium of popular culture, it doesn't exist (or persist) unless its popular. Admittedly John Logie Baird might turn in his grave to see television sprout the mind numbing reality TV industry. It probably is one step up entertainment wise from the days of the colisseum and christians versus lions variety shows (last 3 series of big brother perhaps debatable on that point). Long live popular culture (except Rap....don't understand it and can't stand it)

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Bring back Matlock Police and Solo 1