Holy cow.
Yeah, I don’t know what I expected, but it was worse than I thought.
I tuned in for a few minutes to “Renovate My Family” on Fox, the rip-off of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”
Oh, my.
This was just what you’d think Fox would produce. They picked the trashiest appearing family they could find — people who were obviously in the Fox demographic — then added buxom blonde triplets as carpenters.
Their human drama element is the son, who was paralyzed from a snowboarding accident. And yet, this family is still trashy and doesn’t seem to have a scintilla of the loving bond that you see on ABC’s families. Granted, I only watched for a short time, but I didn’t feel at all happy for them, nor did I find them “worthy” of the gift. Every one of them had a sneer on their face, none of them were even slightly sympathetic.
Yeah, it’s a Fox thing.
P.S. What the hell is the deal with Dr. Phil McGraw? This show is hosted by another nobody, his son Jay. Can I just point out that Dr. Phil is on my list of people that I just can’t stand. Here’s a snotty, fat man telling other people that they should lose weight. Yeah. Nice.
Anyway. Does it seem to you that television is over? I mean there is almost nothing that I am in the least bit interested in watching anymore. Am I just getting old or is TV a complete waste of time? This season, I can think of only 2 shows that I will watch regularly: West Wing and Judging Amy, both of which have gone downhill significantly recently. I might tune in sometimes to Will & Grace and The Simpsons, but just when Tivo catches them.
And yet, I’m paying $60 per month for 200 channels. Oy.
What’s worse is we’re paying money to TiVO this crap as well.
Here’s a few shows you should consider giving a chance to-
Harvey Birdman- Atty. at Law (cartoon network)
The Sheild- FX (best show on t.v.- period)
Family Guy- New episodes to run on FOX (give it a chance, you’ll thank me later for it’s really smart humor)
Good Eats- Food Network (best cooking show on t.v.)
Scrubs- I’m sure you’ve seen it, I’d just be suprised if you don’t like it.
Things I Hate About You- Bravo. For that matter, just about anything on Bravo is worth watching.
…and I’m not sure why, but I can still watch ‘Cops’ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Am I dumber for having watched it? Yes. But I like it none-the-less.
By the way, never make the mistake of watching ‘Animal Cops’ on Animal Planet. You see these nimrods mistreating helpless and beautiful animals and you are at great risk of throwing a large rock through your t.v. set in anger. That’s costly.
I had my cable TV (all 200 channels) disconnected a few months ago because it wasn’t worth the 50 bucks a month. I kept the cable internet access and find I don’t miss the TV at all. It really is too expensive for what you get. TV news is abysmal. I can scour the internet for 25 news sources in less time than it takes for network news to tell me one story that probably isn’t even news. Later.