For the Love and Hate of Television- Raiffa S.

Internet Killed Television.

Also known as the CTFxC, a daily vlog channel on YouTube following the life of Charles Trippy. This is not the main focus of my post but his web series (if you wish to call it that) brings up an interesting idea: that television is becoming less and less prominent in our society and the internet is now taking up the spotlight.

Personally I don’t watch TV much anymore. The constant inundation of tacky commercials and overly scripted sitcoms is no longer entertaining. And why would you sit through 20 minutes of commercials when you can watch the same thing online with no commercials at your leisure? With Netflix and other streaming websites (both legal and illegal), the internet is basically doing Television’s job but better.

And (I guess this is more geared toward the Disney Channel style sitcoms but,) some TV shows are just so fake and unrealistic it’s unbearable I mean, c’mon, Dog with a Blog? Did you just get a rhyming dictionary and pick the first 2 words under an entry? God I hope that show was cancelled (no offense to anyone who likes that show but really?). With new content creators on YouTube and elsewhere there are literally no boundaries, no rules, no company telling you “You have to do this” or “That’s too risky, we won’t make money”. There’s so much free flowing creativity and ingenuity so you’re never stuck channel surfing for something interesting to watch. And maybe I’ve got a bit of bias and this isn’t really answering the prompt but sometimes the TV industry and popular media is just really… *efuifbegubveui* and kind of behind the curve. I’m sure there’s some things I can say about representation and other issues that TV doesn’t bother touching but I’m not going to cause wow opinions. 

So, no I don’t watch “TV” but I watch TV series (currently Agents of Shield and Legend of Korra since those are returning for new seasons right now), Television isn’t the best form of entertainment but it isn’t the worst, and people should appreciate Nobel Prize winners more cause wow can you do that???.