Saturday, April 26, 2008
Remember when a TV season had regular times??
I have noticed that watching TV is getting harder and harder these days. Trying to follow a show is no longer easy. Remember when a show had a season that went from the fall thru the spring? The show came on every Tuesday night at 8PM. that generally did not change except in case of a big thing preempting the show.
Now a season can have just a few shows that sputter on and off all during the year. They will show 3 or 4 episodes then go to reruns, change the day and time, and have later in the week reruns. In order to watch the show you have to keep very close track of the TV Guide channel which is a hard thing to do because of the way it is designed.
All this erodes the number of viewers that watch a particular show. It makes watching TV a chore.
So what can a person do to help this problem?
One thing I do is buy DVD’s of favorite shows. There are no commercials and no garbage that takes up the bottom half of the screen. The picture and sound also work better too!
Another thing is to watch the shows on the internet. Most of the networks have a website that you can watch recent episodes or download them. That way you can stop some of the confusion!
If you have some other ideas, leave a comment!