Comments on: Wow. TV just died a little for me. http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87 Rants. Videos. Pictures. Commentary. You know, blog stuff. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:21:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: chlsea http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87&cpage=1#comment-5884 chlsea Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:39:02 +0000 http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87#comment-5884 Amazing. Love it. Amazing. Love it.

]]> By: ryanopaz http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87&cpage=1#comment-5849 ryanopaz Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:53:21 +0000 http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87#comment-5849 We left the US about 4 yrs ago. I've been back twice and both times, I never have time to watch enough TV to judge, but I will say that we watch plenty of US based TV, all via the internet, all with clarity and w/o commercials. And almost all from HBO and SHO. Combine this with Video/Podcasts and I wonder why people still watch the networks. Maybe for sports, but why else? Maybe mainstream will wake up and they'll realize where the good stuff is. We left the US about 4 yrs ago. I’ve been back twice and both times, I never have time to watch enough TV to judge, but I will say that we watch plenty of US based TV, all via the internet, all with clarity and w/o commercials. And almost all from HBO and SHO.

Combine this with Video/Podcasts and I wonder why people still watch the networks. Maybe for sports, but why else?

Maybe mainstream will wake up and they’ll realize where the good stuff is.

]]> By: derjazzmeister http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87&cpage=1#comment-5847 derjazzmeister Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:15:49 +0000 http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87#comment-5847 THAT was awesome. Thank you for making my day. THAT was awesome. Thank you for making my day.

]]> By: merrybrown http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87&cpage=1#comment-5846 merrybrown Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:06:05 +0000 http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87#comment-5846 I agree. These days I find myself spending less and less time watching TV. I watch more and more podcasts -because face it there is more "there" there. There are podcasts in much larger numbers and better variety. Podcasts entertain me, they don't bore me, probably becuase I can watch exactly what I want, when I want and down to the type of show I want to watch. (Yeah I have a DVR, but still.) They don't (mostly) have so many commercials that 1/2 an hour of TV = about 20 minutes of actual programming. There are lots of reasons not to watch TV, and I am using every one of them. I agree. These days I find myself spending less and less time watching TV. I watch more and more podcasts -because face it there is more “there” there. There are podcasts in much larger numbers and better variety. Podcasts entertain me, they don’t bore me, probably becuase I can watch exactly what I want, when I want and down to the type of show I want to watch. (Yeah I have a DVR, but still.) They don’t (mostly) have so many commercials that 1/2 an hour of TV = about 20 minutes of actual programming.
There are lots of reasons not to watch TV, and I am using every one of them.

]]> By: never74 http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87&cpage=1#comment-5845 never74 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:59:33 +0000 http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87#comment-5845 Hear, hear. Well put. 'Nuff said. Hey Molly, doesn't a major TV outlet own that place you work these days? Ooh, you're gonna get detention or something for blaspheming the boss's gig. . . Hear, hear. Well put. ‘Nuff said. Hey Molly, doesn’t a major TV outlet own that place you work these days? Ooh, you’re gonna get detention or something for blaspheming the boss’s gig. . .

]]> By: lerica1 http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87&cpage=1#comment-5844 lerica1 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:35:20 +0000 http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87#comment-5844 The networks need to stop programming to the lowest common denominator....Embrace the tail, people - Embrace the tail! The networks need to stop programming to the lowest common denominator….Embrace the tail, people – Embrace the tail!

]]> By: Nancy Nally http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87&cpage=1#comment-5843 Nancy Nally Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:25:41 +0000 http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87#comment-5843 Nailed it girlfriend! And THAT is just another reason that I want to be Molly Wood when I grow up. :D Nailed it girlfriend! And THAT is just another reason that I want to be Molly Wood when I grow up. :D

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]]> By: taueret http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87&cpage=1#comment-5841 taueret Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:19:51 +0000 http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87#comment-5841 Well put. I so wish we got Hulu (or even decent cable TV) down under. Well put. I so wish we got Hulu (or even decent cable TV) down under.

]]> By: punterjoe http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87&cpage=1#comment-5840 punterjoe Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:14:41 +0000 http://themolly.com/blog/?p=87#comment-5840 Well put! My reaction was a bit less intense. I think you love TV more, so this drew a stronger reaction. Still I found it embarrassing how feebly self congratulatory the show was. I just kept surfing by because I couldn't bear to watch for long. It struck me as a pageant of dinosaurs giving feel-good awards to each other, reminiscing about the good old days - before competition - and clearly avoiding two subjects: their impending extinction, and how to evolve to perhaps avoid this fate. I felt sad more than angry at fossils like Sonnenfield. Apparently he sees a future without him in it. With that mindset, it's sure to be self-fulfilling. I see that a lot these days, especially from people in upper management who seem to spend their time checking the status of their golden parachutes instead of trying to pull the business out of the death spiral so they won't need them. TV is just one old-guard media industry that doesn't understand the Internet & therefore blindly fears it. I only wish they could have had Ted Stevens on the Emmys to explain the Internet to the crowd. If there's one thing these folks GET - it's tubes. ;) Well put! My reaction was a bit less intense. I think you love TV more, so this drew a stronger reaction. Still I found it embarrassing how feebly self congratulatory the show was. I just kept surfing by because I couldn’t bear to watch for long. It struck me as a pageant of dinosaurs giving feel-good awards to each other, reminiscing about the good old days – before competition – and clearly avoiding two subjects: their impending extinction, and how to evolve to perhaps avoid this fate.
I felt sad more than angry at fossils like Sonnenfield. Apparently he sees a future without him in it. With that mindset, it’s sure to be self-fulfilling.
I see that a lot these days, especially from people in upper management who seem to spend their time checking the status of their golden parachutes instead of trying to pull the business out of the death spiral so they won’t need them.
TV is just one old-guard media industry that doesn’t understand the Internet & therefore blindly fears it.
I only wish they could have had Ted Stevens on the Emmys to explain the Internet to the crowd.
If there’s one thing these folks GET – it’s tubes. ;)

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