The joy of not watching TV

This year I've "canceled" Survivor and Amazing Race, because I've been nothing but bored all year with them. (Alas, I only "canceled" them last week.) I've also been bored with Survivor last season too, and AR had The Kids Season (nuff said). It is kind of nice to get 2 hours of life back instead of just waiting for the show to end.

I'm pretty bored with 24 and The O.C. this season most of the time, but not quite enough to quit them...yet. But most of the time I find myself not even LOOKING at the TV screen when I "watch" any more. It's really sad.

I call it "cancelling" a show. I watched NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Law & Order, ER, 24, The O.C., The Simpsons, and Desperate Housewives, to name a handful, from the very first episodes. But after a season or a few (I lasted about 8 years on The Simpsons, maybe 5 years on NYPD, ER, and L&O, about 3 on X-Files, one for 24, 2 for The O.C., and 1.5 for DH) I just decided I had enough or didn't care anymore, and gave up on them. The shows had sunk into boring formula. In every case, it was liberating, and I have no regrets, no matter how long they went on, or how popular they got.

I've only gone back on one show: The West Wing. I LOVED this show. After about 2 seasons, it started fading, and by the start of last season (S6), with John Wells having had a year to ruin it, I gave up. About a month later a close friend who'd stuck it out told me it really had improved. I gave it another try, and have stuck with it since (and am very glad I did!)

I stopped watching Smallville, and it feels freakin' awesome.

I'm done with The Apprentice, Law and Order:CI, L&O, ER and Commander in Chief

I gave up on Commander in Chief, Medium,Apprentice, LO:SVU, and LO:CI. I've given up on Lost in spirit since sometime in season 1 but I stick around cause my friend likes it.

That leaves 24, Sopranos, Alias, One Tree Hill, L&O, OC, Las Vegas, Desperate Housewives, West Wing, The L Word(season has ended now), Nip/Tuck(between seasons), and 4400(between seasons) that I still watch.

If you don't pick up all the past seasons of 24 on DVD, Jack Bauer will break into your house and cut your right eye out.

Just sayin'.

And CherrySlurpees: you could do the same thing with a steak, but it wouldn't be nearly as enjoyable.

Is it possible to 'quit watching' a show that's no longer on the schedule?

This past Thursday's episode of THE LOOP was the season finale.

I think I'm going to quit watching KNIGHT RIDER. :)

People are still watching ER?

I watched a rerun of The Loop last week and thought it was surprisingly good.

I've given up on all but Housewives and Grey's Anatomy. I'd still watch Lost if I was home on Wednesday Nights, but, I'm not. I've recorded a few eps, but, never got around to watching 'em. I guess I don't miss that show as much as I thought I would.

I'm definately prefering music over TV these days.