TV program rant
 

Poker tourneys? C'mon. What could be more boring?

Think about it. A group of people sitting around playing cards?
Why is that even on TV? :mad:


What shows do you think shouldn't be on?


KT

Any kind of "reality" shows or my personal favorite POS wheel of fortune. OMG, how dumb do ya have to be? the puzzle reads: As American as apple pi_ And the contestant asks, "Can I have a G, Pat?"
nuff said

I'd replace the poker with top level pool tourneys...

+1

I can't fathom it. Whats next?

"And now, some quality video of a guy raking leaves. Just look at him go!"

World series of poker final table plays this week. Tuesday, I think. First place is around $8,000,000. All of the nine contestants left are winning over a mil each. Got my DVR set up.

There is much worse crap on TV. Wife made sit through a reality show called "wife swap?" where two disfunctional families trade mom/wives. This is why my wife has her own tv and dvr. I can't watch "home makeover" 5 days a week either. It seems if a network gets an audience for a show, they run the show every day of the week.

Reality shows were the cause of me pretty much giving up on television. And the election commercials didn't help much. Now it is the ocassional DVD.

At least when my wife watches reality TV I don't get suckered into them so I can spend more time in the garage :D

I watch them... You can't learn much from the edited content, but I guess you have to be in to the game...

What ever happened to real poker?
I cannot get into this Texas Hold'em deal...

I'll tell you what's more boring. A guy I worked with used to watch this. Every Monday morning he would sit in my office and give me a detailed rundown of what took place on this show. As he and I were the "earlybirds", we were in about 2 hours before anyone else and he used most of that time with the poker recap. I swear, I had to struggle to stay awake. It was brutal.

Fishing is right up there in the boring TV department. Golf can be too.

What's with all the CSI like shows these days?

Golf is boring too, but something about having Golf on the TV relaxes me. Like . . . . if you're watching Golf on TV, you must not be very busy.

Wow! Poker show recap? Yeah, that's worse. :D


KT

I watch a few poker tournaments on TV every now and then. Final tables are cool to watch.

If you want to be disgusted by television, my I recommend sitting through an episode of "The Hills" on MTV.

Try it.

TV is a vast waste land!! The fact some Kid's are watching it is disturbing.

Gogar Golf is boring too, but something about having Golf on the TV relaxes me. Like . . . . if you're watching Golf on TV, you must not be very busy.

I agree!! I don't even golf, but it really mellows me out.

The crap on TV is a very sad commentary on what the public is asking for.

My kid's don't even like it. They rode the horse till after dark last night.

Speed chanel sucks most of the time. (Not A NASCAR Fan)

We watch Discovery and History chanel 95% of the time or no TV.

that about sums it up for me. i refer to "texas hold 'em" as gin rummy poker.

the reason why....

i canceled my cable 19 years ago

on network tv, the reality shows are terrible. nothing but PBS or dvds for me

The late George Carlin summed it up best:

"Watching golf on TV is about as exciting as watching flies f*ck".

There is this amazing device called an on/off switch............