Television

[caddyman]

What has happened to the telly over the past few months? There has rarely been anything worth watching other than the odd movie here and there, but right now I can only think of three programmes to watch, which are currently running. Having looked at what I am missing on say, Sky, I realise that I am, in fact, not missing anything. That leaves us with three programmes across maybe a hundred channels if we factor in digital.

Of those three, one is currently only a repeat and is getting watched simply because I missed the initial run. (There is a number of other programmes out there currently in transmission that I do like, but having already seen them, I am not counting the repeats). So that leaves me with two programmes on their first run: Without a Trace and CSI: Miami. Neither of them earth shattering programmes and even I’m not entirely sure why I watch the second on the list – there is a vain hope that David Caruso will get his come-uppance, I guess and the opportunity to lust after Emily Procter, but not a great deal more.

With the exception of Doctor Who, which will not reappear until the Christmas special and thereafter not until around Easter next year, there is not a single, regular UK produced programme I want to watch¹. The remainder of the shows are exclusively American and apart from variant cop shows, only LOST and House broadcast on terrestrial telly. Of those, House is on repeat and LOST shows every sign of being made up on the spot with random plot developments being thrown in without regard to the overall structure. I have all of season 2 on my PC, but haven’t felt the need to watch past episode 9 yet and that was four months ago. Still, that Evangeline Lily, eh?

That leaves me with the Stargates and Battlestar Galactica. The former is still fun, but increasingly formulaic and the second not due until October and following a cliff-hanger that makes you wonder precisely where they can take the show. Since I do not have Sky, each of these last three come from the torrents so even if there is a programme I want to watch, it’s probably not being shown on terrestrial TV.

What’s a couch potato to do?

¹Though I remain hopeful for both Robin Hood and Torchwood when they air on Auntie later in the year. There are still occasional one-offs like Sharpe and Hornblower worth the effort.

Comments

[sack-boy.livejournal.com]

Play WoW with Elle?

*runs away and hides*

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

Wot hepstar said !

[ellefurtle.livejournal.com]

Yes! not seen you draw yet :)

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I think most if not all of the piccies I ever posted were linked to my now defunct ntl webspace and will therefore just be dead links. I could go back and re-link everything to my photobucket account, but it all seems like too much work for an archive people rarely visit.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I have the 1st season of Deadwood available if you want it?

Oo ta. I missed that and once I'd realised that it had a good rep, I decided it was too much hassle to find the torrents and all.

[davidt3001.livejournal.com]

There was a very good Deadwood joke on Family Guy: two cowboys sitting on a fence looking at Playboy centre spreads. "Anythin' yet?" Nope, nuthin..."

[snorkel-maiden.livejournal.com]

I can get you Season 2 of BSG if you're interested? We watched them without a break in the middle so I can't even remember, now, what the cliffhanger was!

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I have it all on my PC - I meant I have to wait until October before I can start torrenting Season 3!

I can remind you what the cliffhanger was, if you like! ;-)

[snorkel-maiden.livejournal.com]

I reminded myself on Wikipedia. Oh yes! That was quite exciting :)

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

Obviously both you and I need to get back to drawing, then. I am surprised Ms Furtle has never seen your stuff, as you were so good at it many years ago. I remember one with Marie Osmond's face morphed onto someone else's torso...

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I remember one with Marie Osmond's face morphed onto someone else's torso...

In good old Soviet style, that happenstance has been airbrushed out of the official histories...

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think I'd be more inclined to keep the more "legit" life drawings, comic strips and paintings I've done over the years. Still, my artwork has really never been more than pedestrian.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

She's seen a couple of old pictures - I have a Louise Brooks on the wall, one of the few I've evber bothered framing - but I haven't done anything recently.