Zoned TV:
The household seems to have totally dropped out of interest in serveral TV shows that we used to be highly interested in. HEROES, for instance, got to the ‘oh, jeeze, this is ridiculous’ level in bizarre plots. The reality shows endlessly cranked The Formula, and we got tired of that. I dropped off of CRIMINAL MINDS, NUMBERS and GHOST WHISPERER because (to me) the characters got too silly, and the writing was getting terrible.
Meredith is addicted to the Disney channel. Connie can’t go on without THE VIEW and OPRAH, with side reruns of CROSSING JORDAN, MURDER SHE WROTE and MATLOCK. ER is something we all watch, but if I can, I buzz through it with a fast forward button a lot. I find that I’m tiring of the overworked formulas there (how many people has Neela Rasgotra had or almost had relationships with? I’ve lost count) fast.
All of this was occasioned by the failure of the hard drive in the main living room TiVo box. Connie and Mere had stuff set up quickly on the new one for season passes, but not me for me. *sigh*