You flip the channel, sticking to network television, and you land on what used to be good news programming (20/20) now reduced to the level of tabloid tv.
Okay, let’s try the cable channels. MTV, Music Television, what? Not music? But yet another reality TV. CNN: Will the United States go to war or not? Sports: Re-run of last week’s game, okay that might be entertaining. The other channels that are left after you weed out the 12 shopping networks (great, my wife will prolly run the credit card bill through the roof) you are left with just a few nostalgic channels, movie channels (sex, sex, sex, and more sex) or just turning the thing off.
Long gone are the days when you could turn on the tv and be entertained. All In The Family, Happy Days, M*A*S*H, all these shows dealt with the human condition but lacked one thing, reality. You knew it was a show and had a laugh. Now someone has come up with the idea of airing a family’s life as a sitcom. Not very appealing if you ask me. I highly recommend picking up a good book and switching off the tube. Read the classics. Discover the talents of a new writer. You will be surprised at how much time will pass by with your nose in a good book.
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HC Kessler