Comments on: Sadie Watson Extraneous Thought #90 Television http://www.romancenovel.tv/2008/01/03/sadie-watson-extraneous-thought-90-television/ Musings about romance novels, authors and anything romance Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:32:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Buffie http://www.romancenovel.tv/2008/01/03/sadie-watson-extraneous-thought-90-television/comment-page-1/#comment-960 Buffie Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:01:58 +0000 http://www.romancenovel.tv/wordpress/2008/01/03/sadie-watson-extraneous-thought-90-television/#comment-960 I shudder at the thought of no writers in this world. Where would our imaginations be?? Would we even have any? But I have to confess that I am a reality junkie. I love reality shows. Over the New Years weekend I even got hooked on a reality show in Australia and ended up watching the entire marathon (which was 2 days long). Sad, I know. But it's my addiction. Along with green tea lattes from Starbucks - yum! I shudder at the thought of no writers in this world. Where would our imaginations be?? Would we even have any? But I have to confess that I am a reality junkie. I love reality shows. Over the New Years weekend I even got hooked on a reality show in Australia and ended up watching the entire marathon (which was 2 days long). Sad, I know. But it’s my addiction. Along with green tea lattes from Starbucks – yum!

]]> By: Marisa http://www.romancenovel.tv/2008/01/03/sadie-watson-extraneous-thought-90-television/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Marisa Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:01:33 +0000 http://www.romancenovel.tv/wordpress/2008/01/03/sadie-watson-extraneous-thought-90-television/#comment-959 Sadie, I'm right there with you! What would the world be like with out writers? It's unthinkable. The television landscape will be barren this season. It's amazing to me that shows like Journeyman are canceled while the show The Girls Next Door continue. Some of the new shows this season include: Celebrity Love Cruise - the Love Boat with Celebrities (I use the term loosely) I'd rather be boiled in oil than watch this. Manswers- I'd rather clean my oven with a toothpick than watch this show. My Dad is Better than your Dad - oops, I think I have some laundry to do. But for some reason the one show that SHOCKS me is PARKING WARS - A&E, the network that has given us the fabulous MAD MEN, is offering up this dreck - they describe it as:(from A&E's press release) They tuck tickets under our windshields and clamp yellow boots to our car wheels. They are called every name in the book. Some try to run from them. Others try to run them over. They are the people we love to hate, but never before have they been so fascinating. A&E's new real-life series PARKING WARS, premiering Tuesday, January 8 at 10:00pm ET/PT, is a behind the scenes ride with the men and women of the Philadelphia Parking Authority as they manage the chaos that is every driver's greatest nightmare.... parking! Ok, I imagine this show will be like watching paint dry. Turn off your TV's now, wait for the writers to come back - Or- paint your walls and watch the paint dry. A world with out writers, yes unthinkable. I'm grateful the authors of the books I love will continue to write - and that's how I'll be spending my time - reading. Sadie, I’m right there with you! What would the world be like with out writers? It’s unthinkable. The television landscape will be barren this season. It’s amazing to me that shows like Journeyman are canceled while the show The Girls Next Door continue.

Some of the new shows this season include:
Celebrity Love Cruise – the Love Boat with Celebrities (I use the term loosely) I’d rather be boiled in oil than watch this.

Manswers- I’d rather clean my oven with a toothpick than watch this show.

My Dad is Better than your Dad – oops, I think I have some laundry to do.

But for some reason the one show that SHOCKS me is PARKING WARS – A&E, the network that has given us the fabulous MAD MEN, is offering up this dreck – they describe it as:(from A&E’s press release) They tuck tickets under our windshields and clamp yellow boots to our car wheels. They are called every name in the book. Some try to run from them. Others try to run them over. They are the people we love to hate, but never before have they been so fascinating. A&E’s new real-life series PARKING WARS, premiering Tuesday, January 8 at 10:00pm ET/PT, is a behind the scenes ride with the men and women of the Philadelphia Parking Authority as they manage the chaos that is every driver’s greatest nightmare…. parking!
Ok, I imagine this show will be like watching paint dry. Turn off your TV’s now, wait for the writers to come back – Or- paint your walls and watch the paint dry.

A world with out writers, yes unthinkable. I’m grateful the authors of the books I love will continue to write – and that’s how I’ll be spending my time – reading.

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