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April 26, 2006
Turning off the Tube
This week (now that it's half over) is TV-Turnoff Week. The news not only came too late for me to even ponder the white dot, but I hadn't heard of a specific week dedicated to this before. No doubt it's better to read a book, than, say, watch this. I probably do watch too much useless fluff on the tube, but it's hard for me to imagine never watching TV again. To be fair, I admit that my TV doesn't have cable, which makes it far likelier that I'll land on Public Television. PBS has taught me quite a bit over the years: how to count in Spanish, the history of baseball, the history of jazz...not to mention this addicting series. Giving up PBS as part of TV-Turnoff week seems counter-intuitive. Instead of avoiding television, why not campaign to make TV better, more educational? There have already been steps in that direction, including LazyTown.
So, as a compromise, how about quality TV in moderation week? I'm sure most of us could agree on that, especially since there's a new house series starting Monday on PBS.
Posted by Alyssa Danigelis at April 26, 2006 4:24 PM | Category: arts + entertainment |
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Moderation doesn't sell (and I can't remember the last time I sat down to watch a TV show...)
TV is boring, long live the internet as an entertainment source!
TV is dead.
Long live YouTube.
Hey, turning off the tube is easy for us. The satellite company is so greedy and rude for money that if your payment is a bit late, it is shut off. So, we've let it be shut off.
Fortunately, I have my DVD of "Larry the Cable Guy" which is much better entertainment than CNN these days.
I don't watch TV and try to make sense of conversations around me when people talk about Desperate Housewives, Lost, American Idol and The Apprentice. TV feels very dated-
It would be interesting if you ran something on turning off your Desktop Distractions as I recently podcasted interviews asking salespeople how many screens, phones, instand messaging, they had going at once on their desktop.
Here's what they said: www.tele-smart.com/blog