Here's what wrong with TV

[Fritzo]

This is absolutely true:

Right now, MTV is showing Ridiculousness instead of playing music, and I'm watching the Sandy Relief concert on the Cooking Channel.

 

[mmntech]

MTV became totally irrelevant on February 14th, 2005. The day YouTube was founded. Guess who's streaming the concert online.

 

[Fritzo]

But I'm watching the biggest concert of the year on the Cooking Channel. WTF???

 

[darkxshade]

But I'm watching the biggest concert of the year on the Cooking Channel. WTF???

Sandy was a storm that was stewing before it became a hurricane.

 

[DesiPower]

Restaurant impossible...

 

[IronWing]

MTV became totally irrelevant on February 14th, 2005. The day YouTube was founded. Guess who's streaming the concert online.

MTV became completely irrelevant the day The Real World first aired (1992). MTV started down the path of doom with the airing of The Young Ones in 1985, only four years after its debut. Then they went through the phase of having a bunch of rappers sitting on a couch and flashing gang signs at the camera for hours at a time, sort of Spastic TV. It's like MTV just hated playing videos.

 

[midwestfisherman]

MTV became totally irrelevant on February 14th, 2005. The day YouTube was founded. Guess who's streaming the concert online.

Watching the concert on YT.

 

[OnePingOnly]

Restaurant impossible...

LOL. I actually enjoy that show. :sneaky:

 

[zanejohnson]

got rid of cable tv a while ago, i can actually stream more channels than i got with basic cable... and it was kind of nice to get my ass in gear and get the shit i needed to get my htpc back up to speed..

 

[bigrash]

MTV became totally irrelevant on February 14th, 2005. The day YouTube was founded. Guess who's streaming the concert online.

Lol MTV became irrelevant way before 2005.

 

[Chiropteran]

Wasn't TLC once "the learning channel"?

Now it's stupid wedding shows and honey booboo. It's like it's turned into the unlearning channel.

 

[waggy]

MTV became completely irrelevant the day The Real World first aired (1992). MTV started down the path of doom with the airing of The Young Ones in 1985, only four years after its debut. Then they went through the phase of having a bunch of rappers sitting on a couch and flashing gang signs at the camera for hours at a time, sort of Spastic TV. It's like MTV just hated playing videos.

/this

 

[Fritzo]

got rid of cable tv a while ago, i can actually stream more channels than i got with basic cable... and it was kind of nice to get my ass in gear and get the shit i needed to get my htpc back up to speed..

I tried that and found it frustrating that there was no central "guide" for streaming. If you wanted to see what is on, you had to go to a bunch of different websites.

Is there a service that shows what shows are showing on all the major network websites? Sounds difficult but that would be incredibly useful.

 

[dank69]

Restaurant impossible...

Cooking channel, not food network.

 

[purbeast0]

what's wrong with tv is that people don't know how to change the channel when they find something they don't like, and instead come to an internet forum to rage about what they don't like.

 

[unokitty]

"I invite each of you to sit down in front of your own television set when your station goes on the air and stay there... Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.

You will see a procession of game 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. True, you'll see a few things you will enjoy. But they will be very, very few. And if you think I exaggerate, I only ask you to try it."

Newton N. Minow 9 May 61

TV Sucks

Uno

 

[dank69]

"I invite each of you to sit down in front of your own television set when your station goes on the air and stay there... Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.

You will see a procession of game 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. True, you'll see a few things you will enjoy. But they will be very, very few. And if you think I exaggerate, I only ask you to try it."

Newton N. Minow 9 May 61

TV Sucks

Uno

I watched 2 hours of the NASA story last night on PBS. It was glorious.

 

[purbeast0]

I watched 2 hours of the NASA story last night on PBS. It was glorious.

yea, tv hasn't changed at all since 1961...

 

[Arcadio]

The reason why MTV doesn't play music videos anymore.

 

[dank69]

yea, tv hasn't changed at all since 1961...

I was specifically rebutting this:

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TV Sucks

Uno

 

[Muse]

"I invite each of you to sit down in front of your own television set when your station goes on the air and stay there... Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.

You will see a procession of game 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. True, you'll see a few things you will enjoy. But they will be very, very few. And if you think I exaggerate, I only ask you to try it."

Newton N. Minow 9 May 61

TV Sucks

Uno

To be sure, TV has improved immensely since then. Try watching some of the shows from back then, you'll see what I mean. However, I'm watching less.

 

[Fritzo]

what's wrong with tv is that people don't know how to change the channel when they find something they don't like, and instead come to an internet forum to rage about what they don't like.

Did you read the post? It's not about changing the channel, it's about the music channel showing funny videos, and the cooking channel showing music.

 

[KidNiki1]

I was specifically rebutting this:

if you read ALL of the speech he linked, the man giving the speech, Minow, was actually looking for more of exactly what you liked... shows on TV in the public interest.


FULL speech (bold is my emphasis)

"When television is good, nothing — not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers — nothing is better.
But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your own television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day, without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.
You will see a procession of game 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. True, you'll see a few things you will enjoy. But they will be very, very few. And if you think I exaggerate, I only ask you to try it."


Minow often remarks that the two words best remembered from the speech are "vast wasteland," but the two words he wishes would be remembered are "public interest."

 

[endlessmike]

This is absolutely true:

Right now, MTV is showing Ridiculousness instead of playing music, and I'm watching the Sandy Relief concert on the Cooking Channel.

It's not that shocking when you consider that Arts & Entertainment shows yokels buying junk from storage lockers, the History Channel shows a bunch of slobs working in a pawn shop, and the Learning Channel shows a talking pig fueled by Red Bull and Mountain Dew.

Given that, it's shocking that Cooking Channel is nothing but a continuous loop of D-listers talking about their favorite way to microwave a Hot Pocket.

 

[dank69]

if you read ALL of the speech he linked, the man giving the speech, Minow, was actually looking for more of exactly what you liked... shows on TV in the public interest.


FULL speech (bold is my emphasis)

"When television is good, nothing — not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers — nothing is better.
But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your own television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day, without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.
You will see a procession of game 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. True, you'll see a few things you will enjoy. But they will be very, very few. And if you think I exaggerate, I only ask you to try it."


Minow often remarks that the two words best remembered from the speech are "vast wasteland," but the two words he wishes would be remembered are "public interest."

I don't really care about all that, I was specifically rebutting this:

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TV Sucks

Uno