I was skimming Wil Wheaton's blog and I came across this entry about how much TV really sucks.
I've always thought that TV sucks, but I will agree with him that it seems to be getting demonstrably worse each year that goes by. I've got three shows I watch with religious fervor:
- The Simpsons
- Mythbusters
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
I'll also pick up Will & Grace reruns if they're on, but that's it. I find TV repulsive, condescending, and demeaning. The feeling I get when I watch TV is that the producers of TV shows assume that I have a consistent drooling problem, I'm unable to use words with more than one syllable, I really believe every dumb stereotype known to man, and I enjoy seeing every bad idea from 20 years ago rehashed and reheated.
Or to put it more succintly:
Why is television called a medium?
Because it is neither rare, nor well-done.
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