Oh shed no tears TV...

There have been some very popular TV shows over the years that I just haven't gotten into.  I dont watch a lot of network now, mainly cable channels (Discovery, Nat Geo, History, History International, Military, BBCAmerica), but I used to watch as much network TV as anyone.  Until network TV become nothing but repetative, dumbed down, mind-numbing tripe.  Now the shows on this list dont necessarily meet that description above....although some do.

24

This one always had an interesting idea behind it I thought, but I never really got around to watching it.  And then, as it progressed to became the wet dream of every terrorist-torturing, ass-kicking, big-explosion, lotsa-gunfire, throw-in-your-own-Hollywood-action-film-cliche-here, Bush-loving, redneck 'Murican out there, I was glad that I never got into it.  I would have felt ashamed to watch such propagande passing as entertainment.  Course, they did have a black president on here before we did in real life.



Buffy, The Vampire Slayer

Unlike most of the other shows on here, I think at some point in time I WILL actually watch this series.  I've just heard too much good stuff about it from too many people who share my tastes.  But when it aired, I just never got around to watching it.  Not a single epsiode as a matter of fact.  Yeah, I really oughtta to something about that.

Friends

Oh God, how I hated this show.  I was a twenty (and thirty) something myself when this was on, and what I did NOT need in my life was watching 6 people that were more attractive than I, who lived in the exciting city of New York and not the boring town of Waynesboro have more exciting and interesting and fun adventures than I did.  And then be all whiny and agnsty about their lives.  I never saw a single epsiode when it originally aired, and only saw a repeat in, I think, 2007, when I was in Toronto and it was raining so i couldn't go out, and my traveling companion watched two episodes of it.  I have no idea which ones they were.  I've successfully blotted this fluff out of my mind.

Lost

This one, before it started I wanted to watch it cause it looked so interesting, but I kept forgetting.  And then, when I heard the complaints of how strange and weird it got as it went on, well, I'm not now very sorry that I didn't get into.  And its another one that I've never seen a single episode of.

Seinfeld

Unlike perhaps every other person in American, I never thought this show looked funny or entertaining.  When it was airing, I only caught one episode: the one where they got lost in the parking garage.  And while that one did make me chuckle, it did not get me interested in the show in general.  In reruns, the only other one I've seen is the Master Of Your Own Domain epsiode, and yeah, that one also make me chuckle.  But, not enough to go back and watch any other episodes.

So, having not seen these, I'll just stick with my documentaries, and my Doctor Who, and my nature shows, and my Hoarders, and leave the network TV shows to those who wish to watch them. I shall pass, thank you very much.

POLT

PS
These statements and opinions are solely the responsibility of the author of this post and not necessarily representative of either critical or popular response to these shows.  So if one of these shows, is, in your opinion, "The Best Show On TV, EVAH!", that's fine.  But really, we all know how rare it is that I'm wrong and that you're right.  Carry on.