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Update on TV cutbacks

Well, after pondering things for a little over a week (and taking all your comments under advisement), I deleted several Season Passes from my TiVo boxes tonight. I said last Tuesday that the following shows were all likely to be axed: Without a Trace Law & Order Threshold Cold Case Nip/Tuck And they have all, in fact, been deleted for good. But I didn't stop there. In addition, I also nixed the following: The Simpsons American Dad Curb Your Enthusiasm Invasion Joey I'm also surprisingly close to giving the boot to the original "CSI," but I'm having trouble letting go. I suspect that this has something to do with the fact that the show takes place in the town where I live (even if it's actually filmed in California). I don't have to worry about HBO's "Extras" anymore, either, because its season is finished. I did, however, delete a couple of episodes that I hadn't gotten around to watching yet. Of course, by early next year I won't be watching "Arrested Development" anymore, either. Not really my choice, though. With several fewer hours of TV to watch every week, I should find plenty of time to read a recently loaned copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera. It promises to be more intellectually stimulating than any of the shows I'm dropping, anyway. Especially "Joey." Thanks to everyone who made suggestions.

3 comments so far...

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PusBoy said...
You know, I think I've made the decision to finally give up on the Simpsons and American Dad, too. I realize the Simpsons have been on for damn near 20 years, but it really, really seems like they're just recycling the same storylines over and over and over. Last night's "Lisa thinks Homer is a bad dad and doesn't love her" episode may have been the final nail in that coffin for me. American Dad just doesn't do it for me. Sometimes, I laugh out loud, but most of the time, it's "Ehhh...." Family Guy still has it, though. The Transformers references get me every time.
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FuzzyDan said...
Jen and I are actually warming up to American Dad. We still enjoy The Simpsons but wish Fox would remove The War at Home and put King Of the Hill (still one of the funniest shows on television)in its spot. That way we have two straight hours of animation goodness.
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no true bill said...
The only thing I like about "American Dad" is Roger, but his character is so secondary that it seems pointless to watch every week just for his 2 or 3 wisecracks per show.

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