Sometime in 1995 I was in Owensboro, Kentucky waiting for my freind to show up to play in the Kentucky Turf Grass Councils tournament. Hanging around the snack bar looking at the little TV on the wall there was this old golf show. Shell's Wonderfull World of Golf. I thought this is cool. "The Golf Channel" the guy said behind the counter. I like that.
Another time not so far off I was waiting to play golf again in the clubhouse and looking at the TV. Lost in Space was on I liked that show as a little kid. Then during the break came this voice," you are watching Sci Fi. I like this too.
Then I got a call from the cable company to see if I was interested in an upgrade that they had. All these wonderful channels. So I hooked up. I got new favorites. The Golf Channel, History Channel, A&E, Food Channel, AMC, Discovory and Turner Classics.
History used to have well history. Golf had a lot of the old shows from long ago. I started watching this Food Channel. Got to liking some of those shows. Coulndn't wait to get home to watch Emeril Live. Got hooked on A&E on Mondays and Tuesdays with those great BBC (English) mysteries. The Monday lineup was Sherlock Holmes, Peroit. and Miss Marple. All of which were just the bomb. Top notch and great. AMC had movies without commercials. As did Turner Classics. The original Star Trek came on at 11pm. Although I know the next line that will be coming out of their mouth from watching them so many times I still like to watch them. I never had the Star Trek jammies though.
The point being here is that there were so many choices of what I considered great shows. Now I still have about the same channel lineup. Sometimes I cannot find anything I want to watch. The reality thing has went overboard. I guess they are cheap to make. Food Channel is basically a no watch for me now. Watching a bunch of freaks race to make something for some bunch of pundits or supposed pundits. AMC has a good movie every once in a while. Between a bunch of their own productions. I don't even watch A&E anymore. The Golf Channel and Travel Channel was chopped from my package. The Golf Channel is now mostly just a few people sitting around talking. No more old shows. SyFy keeps showing the same movies again and again. Along with some dumb shows. None of the old classics anymore. Sometimes the old Twilight Zones.
The HD upgrade is a waste too. The same channels in HD with a few add ons. Not worth the extra cost to me. They have so many worthless channels. How about a Hobby Channel? Don't have one of those. Might be good. Can't remember watching the regular network shows for years. Guess I need to get a life and not worry about it. I usually just watch what's on. Many times I have seen it before. Or just pull something up on You Tube I like. How did we survive with just 3 major networks, PBS and maybe a little independant? Well I think. Sometimes too many choices can make us unhappy. That applies to more that just TV!
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