I have satellite TV
with hundreds of channels to watch, but the vast majority of the time, as far
as I am concerned, nothing is worth watching!
Each season – or even
mid-season – another ridiculous “reality” show is put on the air. Reality? What reality?
Most of the shows are staged. The
“players” do what the producer says to do, because the audience loves it.
I will admit that
I enjoy a few of the talent shows, “American Idol,” “So You Think You Can
Dance,” and “Dancing with the Stars.” I
do NOT enjoy the early episodes when they are rooting out the worst of the
worst. I enjoy hearing good music and
watching great dancing, but I could easily do without their life stories
inserted throughout the program.
I actually have a
life, my own life. I don’t need to watch
someone else living their life. Families
who scream at and hit one another. Do
people actually find this entertaining? Watching
someone build a fish tank? Sorry, I
enjoy watching fish in a tank, but watching them build it? Boring!
I have never seen “Jersey
Shore” or the various “Housewives of…” programs. Then there is “Swamp People” who float around
killing alligators. Now THAT is a
beautiful thing to see! “Ice Truckers?” People drive around on extremely dangerous
roads nearly getting killed. Of course,
you know they will not be killed, because that would remove a “cast” member.
How
about “Miami Ink?” I have never seen the
show, but watching people get tattoos?
Really? “Ax Men” is another one I’ll
be sure to miss. From the trailers, it
appears there are a bunch of guys, loggers I guess, who argue with one another. “Sister Wives,” a man with his harem of
wives? This is 2012, isn’t it? “Ghost Adventures” is an interesting
one (she says while laughing). My
husband actually watches that one sometimes, so I sat down with him once. A group of “ghost hunters” go into a
supposedly haunted house, occasionally jumping or screaming out from a sound or
touch that the viewer cannot see or hear.
Unfortunately,
kids watch these shows. They get the
impression that their own lives are boring, sometimes leading them into doing
stupid things so they too can have an “exciting” life. Do we really want our children to believe
these shows are real?
I don’t
watch much TV, but when I do watch, I enjoy nature programs, learning from
history shows, but not much else. I’ll
take a good book anytime, and I’ll continue living my own real life.
