Assignment 5: For the Love and Hate of Television: Thomas Stokes

Why do you watch TV? Why do you not? What shows do you love or hate? I don't really watch TV anymore. I don't really watch TV because its very mindless. Yes, sometimes there are occasions where TV watching can be enjoyable, but those occasions are ones where its like there is a TV special or season premier or something special like that. Those occasions are more like watching movies or having a party though. Id much rather watch a movie than watch TV. Another major reason why I've stopped watching TV is because of commercials and re-runs. Commercials take away from the overall enjoyment of watching TV because they barrage you with product information for things you don't even care about, all the while you just want to get back to your show. Its like a painful, miserable, 4 and a half minute break from your show where you listen to yourself complain about things rather than enjoy what your watching, which is the exact point of television. As far as shows go, I can't stand all the stupid reality shows or any of the over done, thoroughly overused cartoon templates (you know, two friends with similar levels of intelligence and a couple of other characters doing the same things over and over (see: Phineas and Ferb, or Spongebob)). As far as shows I like go, I don't think there are really any I can think of. I just kind of watch YouTube videos or Twitch livestreams of games.