I don't frequently watch TV. Its not because i think its bad for you or i could be more productive. But as a general rule, i find books more imaginative and entertaining. Not to mention less commercials. I most often watch tv when i watch sports. Football and basketball. These are beautiful ways to waste hours away. However, i only follow one NFL team and two NCAA teams, any more would be overkill for me. I dont even always watch my teams. I dont regularly watch shows. But thanks to netflix, I can. The shows are all chronologic and just waiting to be watched, with no commercials. My new favorite shows are weeds, blue mountain state, and archer.
TV is a great form of entertainment. Movies are more so. Thats why my favorite tv channel is probably FX, which has the movies. Advertisers these days abuse TV to the extremes. 100 minute long movies suddenly becomes 135 minute movies. Not to mention football games, every timeout, every quarter, every call, every touchdown there is a commercial. the Superbowl alone makes me despise commercials. Advertisers spend an entire year trying to come up with funny or catchy commercials for the superbowl. This is the abuse to the max. I'm not sure what inane means, but given the context I assume useless. TV isn't useless. Huddling around the radio to listen to a basketball game or to hear a presidental speech doesnt have the same appeal as watching it on tv. As a tangent, TV isn't useless because it helps bond people and make relationships. Such as, friends or families watching a tv series, the guys getting together to watch a game, or the young democrats watching an obama speech. TV is popular and it is that way for a reason.
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