Comments on: Living a FOX-less life http://bashinginminds.com/2009/12/30/living-a-fox-less-life/ Geekstuff, for the discriminating geek Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=431 By: CKK http://bashinginminds.com/2009/12/30/living-a-fox-less-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6621 CKK Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:22:25 +0000 http://bashinginminds.com/?p=4358#comment-6621 I've been FOX-free since their willfully-shabby treatment of Firefly, and I was bitter about FOX in general since about the time they cancelled Brisco County Jr. after one season. Now that the local affiliate doesn't air Stargate SG-1 reruns (and I have all the DVDs anyway), we usually take the channel out of the TV programming, along with all the shopping channels and other dreck. Makes channel-surfing a lot faster. The only thing FOX has now that's even halfway worth watching is House, and that seems to turn up over on USA after a while. And after watching a few dozen, I mostly watch to see Hugh Laurie do an American accent and see who the guest-patient of the week is. I've been FOX-free since their willfully-shabby treatment of Firefly, and I was bitter about FOX in general since about the time they cancelled Brisco County Jr. after one season. Now that the local affiliate doesn't air Stargate SG-1 reruns (and I have all the DVDs anyway), we usually take the channel out of the TV programming, along with all the shopping channels and other dreck. Makes channel-surfing a lot faster.

The only thing FOX has now that's even halfway worth watching is House, and that seems to turn up over on USA after a while. And after watching a few dozen, I mostly watch to see Hugh Laurie do an American accent and see who the guest-patient of the week is.

]]> By: DAve HEnking, RN, STG3SW, DDLM http://bashinginminds.com/2009/12/30/living-a-fox-less-life/comment-page-1/#comment-6593 DAve HEnking, RN, STG3SW, DDLM Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:25:40 +0000 http://bashinginminds.com/?p=4358#comment-6593 SO, you're saying that reality shows would also be affected? Shows like 'Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire'? I fail to see the downside to this, really. 'SImpsons' is past its prime: 'Family GUy' and its ilk never HAD a prime, '24' is glorified torture porn, and reality shows are one step below 'I Love Lucy' in terms of willful stupidity (although 'Lucy' had some genuinely funny moments) No, I can't really say that I'd miss Fox all that much. Now, if only they could do the same with 'Nancy Grace', the airwaves might move from 'pants-on-head retarded' to 'trainable' SO, you're saying that reality shows would also be affected? Shows like 'Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire'?

I fail to see the downside to this, really. 'SImpsons' is past its prime: 'Family GUy' and its ilk never HAD a prime, '24' is glorified torture porn, and reality shows are one step below 'I Love Lucy' in terms of willful stupidity (although 'Lucy' had some genuinely funny moments)

No, I can't really say that I'd miss Fox all that much. Now, if only they could do the same with 'Nancy Grace', the airwaves might move from 'pants-on-head retarded' to 'trainable'

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