The Five: Random television thoughts

ABC had 2 short seasons of The Critic.

5.

I wish that prime time TV had mature, adult animated programs done maybe with cheated animation but with intelligent writing. They gotta make it so pretty and then no substance. Basically I wish we have prime time US Anime like Japan offers. I sure do wish that.

1). I think it depends on where the forecaster is. Here in West Michigan, the forecasters don't bat an eye. I imagine they go crazy farther down south.

2) I hardly ever watch Conan, so no opinion here.

3) I think reality shows are still popular because people, for whatever reason, enjoy watch Regular Joes like themselves do whatever it takes for a shot at fame. People like to imagine themselves in that person's position and think as to what they would do differently.

4) I think TBS tried it to be different and when they found that it didn't really make a difference, they changed it.

5) #1 reason would be money. Like a poster above noted, it's more expensive to create an animated show than a live action. It could also be a thing where the networks have tried and failed and figured that they would let Fox have that arena all to themselves.

#5 ABC tried it with Clerks. And I can't remember who it was who had Game Over, the CGI one of a family of video games characters

Father of the Pride was a fantastic show. I was shocked when it got cancelled. Very funny, very clever, and a great cast. I loved how much S&R allowed the show to poke fun at them, they were really good sports about it IMO. Anyone else watch it?

Conan does something else that just gives me the oogies. Every now and then, he'll be talking to some celebrity (and this usually happens when it's a female) and in the middle of a laugh or something he'll stick his finger in his ear and wiggle it around. I've watched this and there has been a few times that right after doing that he shakes the celeb's hands. Ew. ew.. ew.

#4

IIRC the reason TBS was off 5 minutes way back when was because they ran little news segments on the hour. Made sense when Ted thought CNN and 24hour news would change the world.

(it did, just not for the better)

On #2: How about any time Leno says "did you hear about this?" or "did you see this?"

About #1 - I totally agree! I do not like summer!! At almost 100 degrees, bright, blinding sunshine every damn day, the humidity so high that you are soaked if you walk outside for even a minute, I could SO do without that!! But fall, beautiful sky, beautiful breezes, beautiful leaves, wonderful! Grab a sleeve and sit outside for hours, never breaking a sweat, that would be perfect all year round weather. But even with that, our local forecasters do seem to apologize if we need to even think about turning on the heater!
#2 - Conan annoys me, therefore I don't watch him.
#3 - Reality television - the only one I am watching at the moment is Little People, Big World on TLC. Good parents, good kids, beautiful farm in Oregon, it is a slice of life about the Roloff family, and I really enjoy peeking into their lives. But the rest, nope, I don't watch it!!