Ramble On » Television http://www.dcooley.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:14:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Television Writer Strike and DVD Rentals http://www.dcooley.com/television-writer-strike-and-dvd-rentals/ http://www.dcooley.com/television-writer-strike-and-dvd-rentals/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:59:35 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/television-writer-strike-and-dvd-rentals/

I wonder how much the Television Writers Strike has impacted the DVD Rental market. I know we have kept the people at Netflix going double time compared to previously when there was at least a little bit of good television to watch.

I guess the same holds true for Internet video. I wonder if YouTube traffic has increased significantly over the last several weeks?

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Now here we go, let’s just do the next election with a new TV Show called Political Idol. All 100 candidates that have announced plans to run can try out. We keep Simon Cowell for fun and add 4 more judges, a conservative, a liberal, and 2 more random judges.

Each week candidates can perform anything they want, a poem, a dance, a song, or anything else they want.

Then we call in our votes and narrow it down. With a little over 500 days left before the next election, it’s the perfect time.

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I saw an advertisement recently for a new DVD of Looney Tunes. These were the best cartoons of my childhood and we also had some great TV shows to watch, Gilligans Island, Hogan Heroes, The Brady Bunch and Andy Griffith just to name a few.

It is so different now for my kids, there are entire channels devoted to the kids. The major channels that I am familiar with are the Cartoon Network and Disney Channel. Disney has a revolving door of shows and stars it has created over time and they just kept creating more.

American Dragon: Jake Long
Cory In the House
Hannah Montana
High School Musical
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
That’s So Raven
The Emperor’s New School
The Replacements
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Phineas and Ferb

But I still miss my old favorites like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.

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According to Lycos the following list is the Top 10 Television shows. I watch more TV since installing a DVR, simply because I can record and watch it when I have time instead of trying to fit into the Networks schedule. Only #8 & #9 are on my recorded list. I guess I am still a non mainstream viewer.

Grey's Anatomy - Season Two1. Grey’s Anatomy
2. CSI
3. Desperate Housewives
4. Dancing with the Stars
5. CSI: Miami
6. Lost
7. CSI: New York
8. Criminal Minds
9. Without a Trace
10. Ugly Betty

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I am not up to date on the Mark Foley story, but, I am sick of hearing his name already. Why does the MSM continue to focus on everything that is negative in this world?

Google is on a roll. More like a massive snowball rolling downhill, they have released so many excellent systems over the last 6 months it is amazing. And they have gone back and updated a lot of the older systems. Just look at the list:

  • Google Reader
  • Google Groups
  • Google Personalized Home Page
  • Google Gadgets
  • Google Base
  • Google Maps API v2
  • Google Calendar API
  • Google Web Toolkit
  • Google AJAX Search API
  • Google Checkout API
  • Google Gadgets for Your Page

Microsoft who ? The other big movers seem to be in the video market these days. YouTube continues to be extremely popular, and that is why the rumors were bound to start about Google buying YouTube.

And lets not forget all that social software business and sites like MySpace.

Ok, forget about the Net. Is there anything good on TV, well, yes and no. Seems like we have a million choices with only a handful of shows we may want to watch. Once again, thanks to technology I can trust my DVR to capture just what I want and forget about the rest.

Of course, soon I may be able to afford to drive around again with Gas prices teetering at the $2.00 mark. Now isn’t that funny, in just over a year, we go from thinking $2 is outrageous on gas to thinking it’s a steal. Tell me we can’t be programmed!

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I received an email from my sister, uh, older sister with a list of things that make you realize you have grown up, or at least old.

2 things on this list really stood out to me.

  • You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
  • You watch the Weather Channel.

Now here is the real dilemma, I have heard songs I recognize playing in the background of the Weather Channel while I was watching it, or maybe a I should say listening to it. My computer desk faces away from the TV, so when I am on the computer I can not watch the TV, however, I do listen to it a lot. I know more actors and television personalities by their voices more than I do their faces.

If I ever get to switch to HDTV, I will have to rearrange my whole family room so I can see what is going on.

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