Honey Boo Boo

[Basil]

but sometimes, I just want to watch some mindless fun. I think we all need that escape sometimes.

That's why I spend so much time here!

Ouch!

 

[Guest]

but sometimes, I just want to watch some mindless fun. I think we all need that escape sometimes.

That's why I spend so much time here!

Ouch!

Yeah, the top guy looks like a real Joker.

 

[AngliaGT]

Tom,

I was just noticing,while looking through the
evening TV listings,that there's NOTHING on anymore that is
worth watching.Every time a good show comes along - "Burn-
Notice","Touch","The Finder",etc,seems that they're never on
anymore,or pre-empted by a sports show,etc.
We cut back to basic cable,as the cost was getting
out-of-hand.They give us junk that we never watch,but can't get
Discovery,History,etc.,but we do get a Spanish channel (or three).

- Doug

FCC Chairman Newton Minow, at the May 9, 1961 annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters:

He excoriates the industry for its "procession of game shows, violence, audience participation shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, Western bad men, Western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons, and, endlessly, commercials, many screaming, cajoling, and offending, and, most of all, boredom ..."

But take a look at the network (ABC, NBC, CBS) Sunday-Monday evening fall lineup. What a difference from today. You could watch everything with your parents and your children, and not be embarrassed.