DTVuser2009

Tim58hsv

Get up a little earlier (4:00am) and ThisTV has the original Outer Limits too plus The Patty Duke show. They recently added an hour of Bat Masterson at 10:00am and that's a pretty good western.

Your lucky to have both Retro and ThisTV. That there's some good free tv!

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bicker

Well, I think I'm perhaps a good indicator of the reason. If I've seen it before, I have no interest in seeing it again, even for series from this year, so go back twenty or forty years, and I have less-than-zero interest in watching. (Yes, less-than-zero: Sitting through a television program older then my nieces and nephews would be tantamount to torture. ) While there are folks like you, out there, there are also folks like me, out there, and in the end, what you see offered is a reflection of how many of each of us there are, and how much each of us are "worth" to the folks who pay the bills for getting the programming presented.

I suspect that the shows that you do see have more of a modern sensibility, and therefore hold attraction for more folks than the programs that you don't see.

DTVuser2009

I really never could get into reality TV or those stupid shows with language and sex in every line. with the exception of Two and a Half Men, and even then i have to hold back the disgust at every sex joke.

The older shows were great, entertaining (isn't that the point of TV? to entertain, get away from reality? to divert from life's crap and watch something that makes life more fun?) and clean. no vulgar words, no v-chip required, and there's a lot more people that you'd want to admit that would love to see at least a DVD release. BTW these shows STARTED TV, and sadly what's on today or at least the great majority of today's shows, about 90% reality scripted crap, is going to END TV.

That's the fact and sad one at that. Hollywood has run out of ideas for new shows worth a crap so they succumb to reality shows, basically doing 'roving camera' and to me the only 'reality' show is the News or weather. at least that's 100% live and real not scripted junk. i mean Survivor and Idol is done to death. time for a new one.

DTVuser2009

I really never could get into reality TV or those stupid shows with language and sex in every line. with the exception of Two and a Half Men, and even then i have to hold back the disgust at every sex joke.

The older shows were great, entertaining (isn't that the point of TV? to entertain, get away from reality? to divert from life's crap and watch something that makes life more fun?) and clean. no vulgar words, no v-chip required, and there's a lot more people that you'd want to admit that would love to see at least a DVD release. BTW these shows STARTED TV, and sadly what's on today or at least the great majority of today's shows, about 90% reality scripted crap, is going to END TV.

That's the fact and sad one at that. Hollywood has run out of ideas for new shows worth a crap so they succumb to reality shows, basically doing 'roving camera' and to me the only 'reality' show is the News or weather. at least that's 100% live and real not scripted junk. i mean Survivor and Idol is done to death. time for a new one.

bicker

You may find older shows entertaining and newer shows not entertaining, but if that was a very common perspective you'd see a radically different profile of shows actually presented. If there were enough people to make a DVD release sufficiently profitable, then you probably would see such a release; in cases where there is no DVD release, or other means by which the content is made available for viewing, then you can logically conclude that interest in that show is pretty limited.

You must be using the word "fact" in a manner inconsistent with how it has ever been used before. While not "fact", I do recognize your negative feelings toward new shows, though. And I do sympathize with folks who don't find entertaining what most of the rest of us find entertaining. It has to be disappointing and frustrating. Indeed, my wife and I somewhat consciously work to expand our perspective, so that we can remain interested and entertained by what is most relevant in our society. The result is, overall, far higher satisfaction with the choices available than if we indulged only niche interests.

staticMHZ

No RTN in my market. Only THIS. NBC affiliate is going back to VHF so I hope and pray I don't lose them.

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cowboyup4christ

RTN show Mchales Navy at 12:00 Noon, and I guess is you sit in front of reality shows long enough then you become numb to the dribble coming out of their mouths TV LAnd has been ruined by this junk, my dog wont even watch it anymore.

DTVuser2009

Retro plays more classics than TV Land, and it shows some great B&W shows, but they leave out a lot of shows to include 1980s-1990s shows. i do like Knight Rider, Magnum P.I., and Dragnet, and they do show Leave it to Beaver, Black Sheep, and McHale's navy, but that's the limit on the classics. they still leave out Lassie, Dennis (those two haven't aired in ages, had to use *ick* Youtube to view Dennis The Menace) and many other great shows in favor of more recent TV.

Now don't get me wrong, i can watch new shows, i like Two and a Half Men, Everybody Loves Raymond, and my 1990s playlist includes Frasier and many others, but you cannot get me to watch 'reality' TV. it would've been neat if it was a one time or two thing, but now it's become played to death.

The only thing close to a 'reality' show i watch is 'Total Drama Island' on Cartoon Network (at mom's). that only because it plays fun on how stupid reality TV really is.

Reality Television has existed for ages. there's tone of real tv shows. 14 News, CBS News, News Hour with Jim Leher. of course you got entertaining reality TV with cash prizes, too. try Wheel of Fortune. or Price is Right. those are all entertaining reality shows. they have real people, winning real money, in real contests. no stupid themes like today's reality shows, which are hardly real.

The problem i have isn't with the shows themselves, but the fact they pollute so-called 'classic TV' networks. Classic to me means old shows from the 1950s-on. but reality TV is on EVERY CHANNEL!!! i have no problem with those who enjoy them, but keep them on their own channel. Classic TV is NOT 1990s TV and up.

DTVuser2009

btw while i adore RTN the only catch is it's only watchable in perfectly sunny, calm weather. and high winds in excess of 50mph + trees is a no no and sadly is our winter, too. about one or two days i get lucky to see The Beaver or 1/2 of a Knight Rider and possibly black sheep or magnum. but that's it.