There is always some "scientific" study that says how many hours people spend in front of the TV. I usually laugh at the irony the TV news story about watching too much TV and remove it from memory seconds later.
The fall schedule for TV is doing something very special for me this year. It's going to help me leave the house and socialize with people.
How is TV able to do it? By scattering my interests so far apart that I may want to have conversations with other people in real life to fill the dead space.
Due to the fact that there are hundreds of cable channels, I'll stick with broadcast TV for the shows that I want to see.
Monday: How I Met Your Mother. That is it. On the first night of the new season, I'll find something to do with my time until Hawaii Five-O comes on. If I don't like the first episode, the rest of my night is free. 90210 and Gossip Girl were amusing for a while, but I missed so many episodes it's not worth trying to catch up again. I wish CBS had left The Big Bang Theory back at 8:30 on Mondays. That was a good solid hour of laughs.
Tuesday: Maybe NCIS. I'll definitely flip through channels during the show. It runs the risk of losing me at a commercial break if I find something else.
Wednesday: Nothing. I may go ahead and place a standing dinner reservation at a restaurant. I'm sure that time would be better spent in a gym, also.
Thursday: The Big Bang Theory on CBS. Then flip to the second half of the Vampire Diaries on CW and wait for Nikita to come on. I fear Nikita will end up like The Dollhouse being that they are all part of the same genre. I also watched more than enough episodes of Le Femme Nikita on USA. I'm not sure how long my attention span will be. Did Simon Baker ever catch Red John on the Mentalist? Just checking.
Friday: I like Human Target on Fox, but this is the last season of Smallville. Picking Friday was bad enough, but putting them head to head is an instant fail. Smallville wins for what it's worth, but it's Friday! I'll be able to watch it when I'm not already out somewhere.
I have a feeling that this will be the season where I become the kind of person that says "Eh, I don't watch TV that much."
*image from MSN.com
2010 Fall TV Schedule
2 comments:
I couldn't agree with you more. And with the minimum cable selection I won't be tempted to watch cable shows. Let's get out and meet people! It's a lot more interesting.
Have a great day!
Wayne
Gotta make sure I don't go so far in the other direction and become the guy that is always at the end of the bar when you walk in.
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