why on earth?!

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  • a_mandolin_
    a_mandolin_ Posts: 336 Member
    Why are there so many singing and dancing shows and why do people watch them?

    Why is every single drama on TV about solving crimes - and all of the new dramas are about solving crimes?
    i love your profile pic!!!!!!!!!

    ty :D Gotta love buff Meatwad, and Officer Meatwad.

    Plus, you can only redo raping genetically engineered dogs, ****ships and attic dwelling spider onions in so many ways, so it can't be too crappy or overplayed!
  • Melroxsox
    Melroxsox Posts: 1,040 Member
    Why are there so many singing and dancing shows and why do people watch them?

    Why is every single drama on TV about solving crimes - and all of the new dramas are about solving crimes?
    i love your profile pic!!!!!!!!!

    ty :D Gotta love buff Meatwad, and Officer Meatwad.

    Plus, you can only redo raping genetically engineered dogs, ****ships and attic dwelling spider onions in so many ways, so it can't be too crappy or overplayed!
    im soooo friend requesting you!!
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    I somehow got sucked into watching storage wars. I like seeing what they find in the storage rooms.
    I tend to record them and forward past all the BS drama and bidding crap. so I end up watching a total of 5 minutes of the shows. :smile:
    I've heard it's all fake though and they plant the good stuff in those rooms. Who knows. I'm not going to quit my day job and get into the junk selling business.
    but maybe you could make a show about it?! lol

    That's probably the only way those people are making money! :smile:
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    I prefer shows like Arrow, modern family, big bang theory, revolution, and sci fy, but the reality crap makes me sick.

    Me too.
    Storage wars is the only reality type show I've ever watched. And that's mostly to see what they find. The hyped up drama is getting very tiresome though.
  • Guines9
    Guines9 Posts: 137
    DON'T WATCH TV OR HAVE CABLE. NEVER MISS THEM EITHER. I HAVE MORE TIME ON MY HANDS THAN EVER AND I LIVE AND SLEEP MUCH BETTER, THANK YOU!
  • Melroxsox
    Melroxsox Posts: 1,040 Member
    DON'T WATCH TV OR HAVE CABLE. NEVER MISS THEM EITHER. I HAVE MORE TIME ON MY HANDS THAN EVER AND I LIVE AND SLEEP MUCH BETTER, THANK YOU!
    im seriously considering doing this....
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    DON'T WATCH TV OR HAVE CABLE. NEVER MISS THEM EITHER. I HAVE MORE TIME ON MY HANDS THAN EVER AND I LIVE AND SLEEP MUCH BETTER, THANK YOU!
    im seriously considering doing this....
    Me, too. I have Amazon Prime and Netflix. I'm considering getting Hulu Plus and leaving cable behind. There are still a few shows I enjoy watching and I don't want to give them up. But I can watch them for much cheaper.
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    I have Hulu/Western Digital and a Mediacenter in the living room. No cable bill here and I LOVE it.
  • daz061
    daz061 Posts: 13
    IT EXIST TO KEEP US DISTRACTED FROM THE REAL GOINGS ON AROUND THE WORLD!
  • mdcjmom
    mdcjmom Posts: 597 Member
    Cause people think white trash folks are entertaining....
  • _Wits_
    _Wits_ Posts: 1,286 Member
    Ha...because 90% of my life is spent working, tending to my family, and being responsible. That other 10% is laughing at the ridiculousness that is reality tv, with a glass of Jameson. :wink:

    I love American Pickers...Pawn Stars....the one with the family that hunts wild hog...
  • ravengirl1611
    ravengirl1611 Posts: 285 Member
    as I said to my mom once when she asked why I watched certain shows that were just stupid (I think it was Survior at the time) my response was

    I watch tv to be entertained - when I want education I'll watch a documentary

    and the reason producers keep putting out these crappy reality shows is because people keep watching them.
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    I don't watch "reality" TV. It makes me think that the movie "Idocrasy" is a premonition. VERY scary.
  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
    Plus, you can only redo raping genetically engineered dogs, ****ships and attic dwelling spider onions in so many ways, so it can't be too crappy or overplayed!

    If I ever get any mail addressed to 'Willie Nelson', I'm abandoning my house.

    As for reality tv, my husband hates it all. Every time he sees a commercial for it, he flies into a complete rage and goes on about how crappy it is. I'm like, "Dude, you watch wrestling. People in glass houses and whatnot."
  • WifeyCarion
    WifeyCarion Posts: 91 Member
    I LOVE Duck Dynasty :heart: However, I hate most other "reality" tv shows
  • hiker359
    hiker359 Posts: 577 Member
    Reminds me of an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise

    Forgetable Character: You don't watch movies?
    Lox: We did, a long time ago. Then we discovered that our own lives were much more interesting.

    Sadly, we haven't reached that point in our evolution yet.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    Why are there so many singing and dancing shows and why do people watch them?

    Why is every single drama on TV about solving crimes - and all of the new dramas are about solving crimes?
    i love your profile pic!!!!!!!!!

    ty :D Gotta love buff Meatwad, and Officer Meatwad.

    Plus, you can only redo raping genetically engineered dogs, ****ships and attic dwelling spider onions in so many ways, so it can't be too crappy or overplayed!

    best tv character of all time?

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  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    What about what's happened to TLC? I remember some really interesting, educational stuff on there. Now it's Reality Nation. Ugh. Or The History Channel and even A&E!

    (Apologies in advance for being incredibly insensitive.)

    I remember seeing a promo for the show about the conjoined twins on TLC, and thinking, "Well, at least it's not some freakshow like Honey BooBoo."

    Then I realized... a show about teenagers living as normal a life as possible with an abnormality is what I'd expect from The Learning Channel, and a redneck "beauty" queen is a freakshow.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    What about what's happened to TLC? I remember some really interesting, educational stuff on there. Now it's Reality Nation. Ugh. Or The History Channel and even A&E!

    (Apologies in advance for being incredibly insensitive.)

    I remember seeing a promo for the show about the conjoined twins on TLC, and thinking, "Well, at least it's not some freakshow like Honey BooBoo."

    Then I realized... a show about teenagers living as normal a life as possible with an abnormality is what I'd expect from The Learning Channel, and a redneck "beauty" queen is a freakshow.

    They do still have a few gems. But fewer and fewer.

    I haven't watched that show. The previews make me sad.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    and who watches this garbage? lol someone must because networks keep coming up with more and more of these shows......gah!

    people that are making excuses as to why they arent working out.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    and who watches this garbage? lol someone must because networks keep coming up with more and more of these shows......gah!

    people that are making excuses as to why they arent working out.

    You've met my husband, then? :laugh:
  • Melroxsox
    Melroxsox Posts: 1,040 Member
    I don't watch "reality" TV. It makes me think that the movie "Idocrasy" is a premonition. VERY scary.
    exactly!
  • Melroxsox
    Melroxsox Posts: 1,040 Member
    and who watches this garbage? lol someone must because networks keep coming up with more and more of these shows......gah!

    people that are making excuses as to why they arent working out.

    You've met my husband, then? :laugh:
    lol id much rather go for a walk than sit in front of a show thats making me dumber by the second....
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
    I don't have cable, but I do like to watch those shows now and again. Pawn Stars is good, American Pickers, because I like to see the neat stuff they come across. Plus, you can learn a little bit if you pay attention.
  • Jellyphant
    Jellyphant Posts: 1,400 Member
    Someone told me on an episode of Jersey Shore, they talking about taking 'cologne baths' or something, and one guy said he once went 3 weeks or something crazy without showering. That's when I remembered why I never watch reality TV.
  • clydethecat
    clydethecat Posts: 1,087 Member
    i love repo games! those guys are hilarious...
  • digitalbill
    digitalbill Posts: 1,410 Member
    Theonly reality show I can stand to watch is "Overhaulin'"

    I have actually gotten a little weapy eyed a few times.
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    are there so many fake towing, shipping, pawning, and parking "reality" shows on tv???!! and who watches this garbage? lol someone must because networks keep coming up with more and more of these shows......gah!

    I'd watch any of those shows over Housewives Of (insert town name)
  • amber1533
    amber1533 Posts: 117 Member
    I am not a fan, but my parents lap it up, those seem to be the only reality shows they watch (storage wars and Pawn stars) other than the History Channel or Nova etc.
  • It makes me think that the movie "Idocrasy" is a premonition.
    "Idocrasy"?

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