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18May5 Shows I Got Real Tired Of

Some people can watch a series from the first episode to the very last.  Almost like a cult, except without all the fun.  But for most of us, we get into a show and then fade into the background, like an ugly girl at her prom.

So here are 5 Shows I Was Really Into, But Then Lost Complete Interest In:

#5 GREYS ANATOMY
I loved this show when for like the first few seasons, but for some reason I just lost complete interest in the stories.  It was right after they booted Isiah Washington.  I didn’t stop watching out of protest, I just stopped watching because I didn’t care anymore.  You can have your Izzys and McDreamies, but they’re not for me.  I also don’t like how almost every guy is a “Mc-Something.” I’m just a McLeod.  Although, I’d like to take on the moniker “McBlogger” or “McEmo” or something really bold and just flagrantly wrong and sacreligious like “McJesus.” I’d like to think it’d be rather funny if you heard someone say “I can’t believe how dreamy McJesus is, not in a religous way, but in a shallow, I only value people on their outeOP,r appearance way”.  But anyways, Greys is no longer on my radar.

#4 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
The first season was more addicting than a roll of Spree candies.  After that though, it was just so off the wall that I couldn’t bear to watch it any more.  I have to admit, I don’t really like many of the women on the show, and chances are if you don’t like the main characters, it may not be the best show for you.  It would be like saying “I hate the Brat Pack, but lets rent Breakfast Club.”  Or “I hate dining with overweight people, so lets go to IHOP.”  I guess I was in to how it was a kind of Taboo show that stopped being Taboo.  Honestly, does anyone still watch this show?

#3 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
I honestly don’t know why I stopped watching this show.  I really liked it, except for Ted, who is a jerk.  But for some reason I didn’t watch this season.  This could be a show I dive back into over the summer.  I gotta admit that I was sick of the whole “Who is the mother thing.”   But it was pretty funny, especially Barney and super especially for being a CBS comedy!  I actually regret not watching this season.  Maybe that will be my summer resolution, to revisit this show, or to watch a Lord of The Rings Movie, which I’ve always refused to watch.

#2 MY NAME IS EARL
This is another show that I really liked, but then stopped watching this year.  Very odd, especially because I’m a huge Jason Lee fan.  Not sure what lost me.  I guess it was just the lack of more underlying plots.  That’s the one thing I wish that Earl and 30 Rock had more of.  I like sub stories, you know, the ones that you know about when you watch the series and not just random episodes.  I do remember though, in the last season I watched, I just didn’t think they were as cleverly written as in the past, and I’m beginning to emerge as a “well written comedy snob” (Sorry, CW).  Who knows, maybe I’ll rejoin the bandwagon and watch again, maybe I won’t.  Guess I’ll just leave you in suspense with that one!

#1 SOUTH PARK
I was a freshman in college when South Park first hit.  I was addicted to it, we all were, even Wendy, the Snapple Lady had to be watching.  The first 3 season were magic.  But then I thought the whole thing got real old real quick.  The whole notion of watching something because its so “cutting edge and vile” seems to lose its charm after a few years.  Now its part of the twisted social fabric of this place we call America.  South Park is kind of like that filthy joke telling buddy of yours.  The first few years you knew him, he cracked you up, but now you’re embarrassed to take him out to Dennys.  That made absolutely no sense.

Well that’s it.  What shows have fallen off your TV maps?

25FebABC To Go Ad-Demand


TVSquad had an article today about how ABC is going to let their local channels put many of their “hit” shows On-Demand.  The catch however, is that users won’t be able to fast forward through ads in the program.  This way they appease fans, who want to be able to watch shows they missed, without having to go into the seedy world of torrents and rar files, while still generating money off anyone silly enought to have a desire of watching Steve Guttenberg doing the hustle.

At first I was real ticked off by this.  I’m a DVR snob.  I’m proud to admit that me and my DVR pared down the E! Red Carpet coverage from 2 hours to about 10 minutes.  (Ironically, I’m very ashamed of myself for even tuning in)  So ABC doing this made me feel like they were taking away the only semblance of control that I have left in the world.  The DVR and what extra value meal I order are the final frontier of decision making left for a married guy with a kid.  I think women in communist countries get more choices than I do.

However, I fully support the move.  First of all, with seasons passes, if you miss a show, you should be punished.  Forgot to hit the record button?  Then you gotta endure 30 seconds of the Caveman in the airport for Geico.  Fair trade.  I wish the music industry would adopt something like that.  I’ll gladly listen to that old guy tell me how good Smuckers Jams are in exchange for a Michael Buble single.

So hopefully this a trend that many of the other networks follow.  Just remember, watching American car companies trying to convince you that their cars are not inferior to foreign makers is worth trading for J.J. Abrams trying to stretch Lost out by consistently adding more characters and unanswered questions!