What do you find most offensive on TV? [Archive] - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

dawsongirl

08-12-2007, 12:58 AM

Constant sex jokes. Umm...can't you find any other subject funny, writers?? Apparently not. :rolleyes: They managed to in all the previous decades...they mixed some subtle innuendo with other subjects.

Violence doesn't bother me. Most of those crime shows are favs.

Constant "news" reporting of celebs is annoying as well, especially when it filters into the shows that are all about reporting actual news. Access Hollywood and ET are one thing...but like on CNN or something. Ugh.

Mikado

08-12-2007, 01:52 AM

While today sitcoms with their one a minute sex jokes totally turn me off ( if youll pardon the expression :lol: ) , its the crime and drama shows that really make me puke.........the whole idea that MURDER is a form of entertainment is totally morally repugnant to me!!! Its no wonder you got all these gangs shooting each other over an accidental push in a mall, or couples shooting each other to death in murder-suicides, just because the marriage went bad. TV makes murder look like its a normal everyday event instead of being the abomination that it really is! And its made even worse by the fact that the crime scenes are generally cleaned up and the true repercussions of someones untimely death are rarely shown, on TV. :mad:

factsoflife

08-12-2007, 03:00 AM

i chose none of the above. because none of those things offend me. i am most offened by lazy, unoriginal writing on part of the writers

freshprinceofLA

08-12-2007, 05:13 AM

i chose none of the above. because none of those things offend me. i am most offened by lazy, unoriginal writing on part of the writers
Yea I agree! The things listed above I'm not offended by but they do annoy the hell out of me!

08-12-2007, 03:41 PM

I really dislike the celebrity-based reality shows as well as any other reality show.

comedyfreak

08-12-2007, 11:45 PM

I'm sick of hearing about Paris, Nicole, Lindsey Lohan, Britney, and Angelina Jolie.

friendsfan77

08-13-2007, 12:09 AM

I'm sick of hearing about Paris, Nicole, Lindsey Lohan, Britney, and Angelina Jolie.
Hear, hear! IMO, this crap is the most offensive of them all! It's like they can't breathe without telling us the tiniest little thing about them everyday. It makes me not want to watch the news anymore sometimes. Enough already!!

waichingliu81

08-13-2007, 05:24 PM

I'm sick of hearing about Paris, Nicole, Lindsey Lohan, Britney, and Angelina Jolie.

i'm with comedy freak on this one. oh i also forgot the mccanns, parents of missing toddler, madeline mccann:mad: . they are really milking it now

Classicshowsgurl15

08-14-2007, 01:06 AM

The news about Paris, Nicole, Lindsay Lohan and Angelina Jolie. I also don't like the reality shows and some of the sex jokes can get annoying.

PajamaParty

08-19-2007, 12:37 AM

Reality shows that revolve around has-beens!!! I'm fed up already! I could care less about Scott Baio's chronic womanizing and Flavor Flav's neverending booty quest. Whatever happened to quality scripted dramas and sitcoms? Thank goodness for tv on dvd. Also, any news program that boasts Paris Hilton/Lindsay Lohan/ Britney Spears as the lead story. Are people really that interested? I find all the above offensive because they insult the american public's intellegence. I used to like Little People, Big World because it has an inspiring and positive message but it seems with Matt Roloff's recent arrest for DUI maybe fame is going to their heads too.

catlover79

08-19-2007, 12:53 AM

All of the above, and I'll go one more - the fact that these horrible reality shows are actually hits and have large followings!! :mad:

Stuck In The '70's

08-19-2007, 12:59 AM

All of the above, and I'll go one more - the fact that these horrible reality shows are actually hits and have large followings!! :mad:
I agree. Death to reality TV. :D

dawsongirl

08-19-2007, 03:23 AM

I agree. Death to reality TV. :D
lol..don't tell my boss that. Our motto was Reality TV influenced.

factsoflife

08-19-2007, 11:24 PM

What I don't like having to see/hear on tv:

Violence, esp. graphic
Sex
Profanity
Reality Shows
News reports about celebrities that go on and on and on....

than don't watch TV. pick up the clicker turn it off and read a book. and let the rest of us enjoy television. i'm pesonally sick of people complaninging about TV, yet still watching it. turn it off if it's so offensive.

dawsongirl

08-19-2007, 11:51 PM

than don't watch TV. pick up the clicker turn it off and read a book. and let the rest of us enjoy television. i'm pesonally sick of people complaninging about TV, yet still watching it. turn it off if it's so offensive.
She answered the question just like everyone else. And you single her out why? You don't like people complaining about TV...fine. Make sure the mouse doesn't click on this thread. Simple as changing a channel.

factsoflife

08-20-2007, 07:10 PM

She answered the question just like everyone else. And you single her out why? You don't like people complaining about TV...fine. Make sure the mouse doesn't click on this thread. Simple as changing a channel.

i didn't single her out, i simply provided an oppossing view point, isn't that kind of the point of a message board?

factsoflife

08-20-2007, 07:12 PM

Homosexuality on tv.

:rolleyes:

Zebra 3

08-20-2007, 07:18 PM

Here's a few things I find annoying about US TV:

- FCC's juvenile censorship practices
- Editing TV classics to allow more commercials
- More commercials!
- Too much crap like unfunny sitcoms and pseudo-reality shows
- Not enough funny sitcoms and gritty kick ass cop shows
- Spammy TV network logo watermark incrustations

dawsongirl

08-20-2007, 09:30 PM

i didn't single her out, i simply provided an oppossing view point, isn't that kind of the point of a message board?
Yeah, but telling her not to watch TV isn't really offering an opposing view.

dawsongirl

08-20-2007, 09:32 PM

- Spammy TV network logo watermark incrustations

:lol: I'll never forget the time Fox splashed a promo for American Juniors during Futurama...right in the middle of the screen, obliterating the show I was trying to watch. That made me so mad.

Ireneparalegal

08-20-2007, 09:47 PM

COMMERCIALS!!!!!!!!!

wkomorow

08-20-2007, 09:57 PM

Profanity, nudity, sexuality (if appropriate to the plot) do not offend me. I choose not to watch shows that contain realistic graphic violence - just not my thing. But, I do find meanness in characters to be offensive. So many sitcom characters today are self-absorbed and downright mean. Even Archie Bunker had his tender side and was likeable.

Stuck In The '70's

08-20-2007, 10:04 PM

Getting rid of TV Theme Songs.

catlover79

08-21-2007, 12:08 AM

I agree. Death to reality TV. :D
Amen to that, Sonny!!

Shine

08-21-2007, 12:33 AM

I'm not really offended by anything that is on TV. Sometimes violence and profanity is needed in films to make them more realistic, to make them more like reality. Watch a movie like Saturday Night Fever, Taxi Driver, Scarface or Goodfellas with the violence and profanity taken out and they are not nearly as good. They lose their punch. I'm not offended by such things, because much of the time they are there for a reason.

factsoflife

08-21-2007, 05:29 PM

Yeah, but telling her not to watch TV isn't really offering an opposing view.

i wasn't telling her not to watch TV, i was stating that i wish the people that complain about hating tv so much would turn it off instead of complaning about it... i wasn't meaning to direct it towards anyone, and i am sorry if it seemed like an attack, it wasn't supposed to be an attack.

factsoflife

08-21-2007, 05:32 PM

:rolleyes: I was just answering the question. I don't hate everything that has to do with tv. I simply listed out of the choices from the first post what bothered me about tv. I choose not to watch something if I don't like it so there's no need for you to tell me what to do. I have a right to say what I don't like - that was the point of the question in post #1. I'm not hurting anyone by answering the question. For the record you did single me out and that's not cool. I agree with Cathy, if you don't like reading a post that mentions something negative about an aspect of tv, then don't read the post. If you knew me at all, which you don't, you would know that I love reading. I read several books a year. I read everyday.

Thanks Cathy. :)

as i said before, i didn't mean to single anybody out; i was simply stating my view point that i wish that instead of complaning about tv that people that hate it would simply not watch. it wasn't directed at you personally and i am sorry if it seemed like it was.

i feel my viewpoint is perfectly legit and i am sorry if it seemed like an attack, it wasn't intended as one.

factsoflife

08-22-2007, 08:41 PM

I don't hate tv. I never stated that I did. That's an assumption on your part. There are things that bother me about certain aspects of tv, but I don't hate tv. Like I said before, if there is something on tv that I dislike (that's not the same thing as hating) I don't watch it. Just as you're entitled to your opinion, I am entitled to my opinion. The question asked what bothers people about tv. Of course people are going to state their views on what they don't like/bothers them about tv. How can you expect people to not "complain" as you put it when that's what the question was asking? Because you quoted my post, and only my post, it made it look as if you were singling me out. There are things about tv I like and things about tv I dislike. Can you honestly say that there isn't even one small thing at all about tv that bothers you? I don't want to argue about it any further.

i'm not arguing, it's a misunderstanding, i quoted your post because i wanted to use that as an example of how a lot of people often complain about tv, but still watch it and that annoys me.

there are some people out there that will complain about tv to no end, and say that it's ruining the world, etc, etc, but continue to watch it...

Scoobiedoo30

08-23-2007, 01:23 AM

Violence

Janice

08-23-2007, 12:16 PM

Thank God we have an Opinion Cop on this thread. :rolleyes:

factsoflife

08-23-2007, 02:02 PM

Ok, I understand that. I enjoy tv. That's true there probably are some people who say that tv is ruining life. I'm not one of those people though. I think we are all entitled to complain some when it comes to tv and other things. That's what is nice having the freedom and right to express ourselves even if it's seen as complaining to some people and voicing our opinion to other people.

i agree! it is a good thing to have the freedom to express ourselves, and again i am really sorry if i hurt anyone's feelings, it was an honest mistake.

i did not mean to direct it towards anyone...

andress_jade

08-23-2007, 04:58 PM

Pretty much I hate a lot of things that are on TV right now. I am so sick of some of these stupid, lame reality shows. Where's the reality?! :rolleyes: :confused: I am also sick of hearing about all these young girls; Lindsay Lohan, etc. who are getting themselves in trouble with the law. Enough already! If they can't handle the fame, it's time to find another profession. :mad:
I am also offended by a lot of violence, sex, profanity, nudity and any jokes or innuendos referring to those particular topics. I don't find them the least bit funny. :rolleyes:
That's why I am more into the classic TV shows that were on in the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. :D Ever since we have entered the new millenium, shows and networks have really gone downhill. I'm glad that I have movies to watch and books to read when TV just gets on my nerves. :)

factsoflife

08-24-2007, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by Auntie
Homosexuality on tv.

AMEN!!! Can it be pushed down our throats any harder?

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

wkomorow

08-24-2007, 03:07 PM

Let me guess....you're gay and anyone who doesn't accept the gay life style is a homophobe. How hard is that to figure out.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

some may simply have grown up in a place where people are judged based on their kindness, compassion, and charity toward others and not on the color of their skin, gender, or sexual preference.

Back to the topic - it is interesting that adults find nudity and sexuality as offensive but not mean-spiritedness and injustice. I stopped watching King of Queens because it just go too mean - people rewarded for degrading others. Give me a sappy E/I program anytime.

BrianJohnson

08-25-2007, 12:28 AM

Let me guess....you're gay and anyone who doesn't accept the gay life style is a homophobe. How hard is that to figure out.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

A-men. I don't get involved with these types of things alot; I try to stay out. But this is one of the great double standards of recent times that irritates me to no end. Gay people expect us to bend over backwards and accept them 100%, yet they snub, chide, and refuse to accept anyone who has a differing view on the gay lifestyle. Calling someone who is against the homosexual lifestyle a "homophobe" is not only rude, but just flat-out wrong. There are people with honest moral beliefs against homosexuality.

-And incidentally, your OP is true: It seems like on many shows (not all, I said many) gay people are over-exposed. Look at the "Reality Shows": It seems all of them have to have a token 'Gay Person'---take Big Brother, for example. Has there ever been a season of that show without a gay guy?

On the topic, I really wouldn't say any of those things "offend" me. Actually, there is one thing---when networks (Nick at Nite comes to mind in several instances at the moment) are just dirt-poor in their treatment of shows. Relegating unpopular shows to late-nite showings without any or hardly any time in the decent hours.

Cutting off things---be it a show, a series, or a marathon--in the middle of them, is the absolute lowest you can go for me. Again, I understand a show may not be popular, but at least give it the decency to finish the run (if it's a continuing, "reality"-type show) or to last a few episodes if it's self-contained. The revenue lost on that one show a week isn't gonna kill anyone, regardless of what the networks seem to think. For example, one show I watched earlier this year, "The Rich List", was cancelled after one episode. ONE AIRING. That's flat-out unacceptable. Period. If it flops, call it a flop, and move on after a while. Fine. I'm not saying we should pretend it's popular. Just have the decency to air it 5, 6 times (upwards of 9 or 10 would be preferrable). Ya know, enough that a broad segment of the audience can actually SEE It before it gets yanked?

ClassicTVGal

08-25-2007, 01:04 AM

I chose 'all of the above', even though the cutsey kid thing doesn't bother me as much. You'd have to be more specific, but I believe I know what you mean.

And yes, too much violence on TV! But I do watch a couple of those kind. "Today" ones I mean. Depends on the ep plotline in specifics.

factsoflife

08-25-2007, 11:27 AM

[QUOTE=BrianJohnson]A-men. I don't get involved with these types of things alot; I try to stay out. But this is one of the great double standards of recent times that irritates me to no end. Gay people expect us to bend over backwards and accept them 100%, yet they snub, chide, and refuse to accept anyone who has a differing view on the gay lifestyle. Calling someone who is against the homosexual lifestyle a "homophobe" is not only rude, but just flat-out wrong. There are people with honest moral beliefs against homosexuality.

[QUOTE]

so wait a moment, because some of us, including gay people choose to not judge others on their sexuality we are wrong? Because we don't follow a set of supposed moral beliefes that would have us judge others on things that we have NO KONWLEDGE ABOUT? and that they have no control over?

talk about a double standard. i'm sorry if i just can't find it in my heart to feel sorry for the poor, wronged straight person who feels descriminated against because other's in society wish that they WOULDN'T be a homophobic.

Now with that said, i think it's best for us to end this discussion because otherwise it could go on forever and let's face it nobody is going to win- this is one of those arguments that we all have strong feelings about and nobody is going to change anybodies mine at all...

Dr. Thong

08-25-2007, 08:46 PM

There's no such thing as a "reality show"...especially with celebrities. These are mostly just ego fests for fallen stars, who, if they had a real career, wouldn't have to resort to doing such shows.

I generally don't watch them, but I will admit to watching the first season of Breaking Bonaduce, which was like a frickin' soap opera. Ultimately, Danny destroyed his marriage and I can't imagine that having the cameras filming he and his wife's marital dissolution helped any.

I still don't understand the fascination with Paris Hilton - she has done nothing to earn her celebrity status, there's nothing going on inside her and there are more important things going on in the world than Lindsay Lohan's latest drug and alcohol escapades.

factsoflife

08-26-2007, 01:55 AM

And how would you describe homophopic??? As not being accepting of the gay lifestyle is the most used arguement these days. I think that the lifestyle is wrong and immoral yet I still know and have gay friends that are good people. Just because I don't accept the lifestyle doesn't make me a homophope. I'll still eat dinner with them and drink from the same water fountain. Though I'm sure you'll find that as a shock!! How can anyone still like a gay person even if they done agree with their life style!!!:eek: :lol:

whatever, you can't see my point. your not going to so let's just agree to disagree.

ekkostar

08-26-2007, 04:59 PM

Wow. I never expected Sitcoms Online to get so hard-hitting.

wkomorow

08-26-2007, 07:21 PM

Dr. Thong

08-26-2007, 07:57 PM

How do people define "reality show"? I would never watch a show like Breaking Bonaduce or Big Brother, Endurance, etc., but I personally like Ice Road Truckers and I know that Deadliest Catch and Dirty Jobs? have some acclaim. I also enjoyed Celebrity Duets and Dancing with the Stars as light entertainment.

I would say a true reality show would be one where the celebrities didn't know they were being filmed. People act differently when they know they're being filmed.

As for Dancing With The Stars, I wouldn't call it a reality show - it's a dance contest. And while I don't watch it myself, I can see something like that having more entertainment value than your average "reality" show.

Stuck In The '70's

08-26-2007, 08:00 PM

I would say a true reality show would be one where the celebrities didn't know they were being filmed. People act differently when they know they're being filmed.

As for Dancing With The Stars, I wouldn't call it a reality show - it's a dance contest. And while I don't watch it myself, I can see something like that having more entertainment value than your average "reality" show.
Candid Camera....now that's a classic Reality show.

factsoflife

08-27-2007, 05:15 PM

Typical. :lol: I can see your point. Anyone who doesn't accept the gay lifestyle is a homophope. You don't like labels but you are the first to label someone.

that's not my point. NOT even close. but like i said can't we just agree to disagree...

coffield3

08-27-2007, 06:36 PM

All of the above.

FactoryGirl

09-10-2007, 09:41 PM

i chose none of the above. because none of those things offend me. i am most offened by lazy, unoriginal writing on part of the writers

Same here, it's funny how a lot of people are offended by sex but see nothing wrong with violence.

FactoryGirl

09-10-2007, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by Auntie
Homosexuality on tv.

AMEN!!! Can it be pushed down our throats any harder?

How is it being pushed down your throat? Homosexuals need T.V shows about them too. If anything, don't you think that heterosexuals are being pushed down their throat? And besides, the only homosexual T.V shows that are on NOW are The L Word, South of Nowhere, and Bad Girls, all that are on stations in where the viewer has to PAY for.

Dr. Thong

09-11-2007, 07:13 PM

Same here, it's funny how a lot of people are offended by sex but see nothing wrong with violence.

Hear hear!!

FactoryGirl

09-12-2007, 12:45 AM

Hear hear!!

That always bugged me for quite sometime. People can watch someone get killed execution style on some cop show but yet want to protest when they see two men or two women kissing or a man and a woman engaged in a five second sexual activity.:rolleyes:

factsoflife

09-12-2007, 02:57 AM

That always bugged me for quite sometime. People can watch someone get killed execution style on some cop show but yet want to protest when they see two men or two women kissing or a man and a woman engaged in a five second sexual activity.:rolleyes:

ditto, ditto

FactoryGirl

09-12-2007, 03:02 AM

ditto, ditto

Granted i'm not going to let my five and three year old kids watch anything to do with sex but that also includes letting my kids see violence of any kind on T.V. It's a double standard when it comes to the two.

factsoflife

09-12-2007, 01:08 PM

Granted i'm not going to let my five and three year old kids watch anything to do with sex but that also includes letting my kids see violence of any kind on T.V. It's a double standard when it comes to the two.

One of my big gripes is people (and i promise i'm not referring to you factorygirl) who always say "what about the kids, what about the kids" and basically say that all shows have to be for kids because kids are more important than adults. well i'm sorry but if a show airs past 9pm then who cares about the kids? children should be in BED before 9pm...

like one time my friend and i were talking about this and she said that NYPD Blue was not for kids and should be censored and i was like, it airs at 10pm so kids shouldn't be watching it to begin with...

waichingliu81

09-12-2007, 01:14 PM

One of my big gripes is people (and i promise i'm not referring to you factorygirl) who always say "what about the kids, what about the kids" and basically say that all shows have to be for kids because kids are more important than adults. well i'm sorry but if a show airs past 9pm then who cares about the kids? children should be in BED before 9pm...

like one time my friend and i were talking about this and she said that NYPD Blue was not for kids and should be censored and i was like, it airs at 10pm so kids shouldn't be watching it to begin with...

that's a good point which you have made. why censor a show for children when it is primarily aimed at adult audiences anyway? i mean, surely that makes no sense

FactoryGirl

09-12-2007, 01:15 PM

One of my big gripes is people (and i promise i'm not referring to you factorygirl) who always say "what about the kids, what about the kids" and basically say that all shows have to be for kids because kids are more important than adults. well i'm sorry but if a show airs past 9pm then who cares about the kids? children should be in BED before 9pm...

like one time my friend and i were talking about this and she said that NYPD Blue was not for kids and should be censored and i was like, it airs at 10pm so kids shouldn't be watching it to begin with...

Thank you! There is no way in hell my kids, a five and three year old, should be up past nine. When the kids are up, the channel stays on Disney(which gets annoying at times, but it's what they love to watch.).

I remember NYPD Blue, some people made a big stink about it. It's a cop show for pete's sake! The life of a cop is not the suite life of Zack and Cody.

FactoryGirl

09-12-2007, 01:19 PM

that's a good point which you have made. why censor a show for children when it is primarily aimed at adult audiences anyway? i mean, surely that makes no sense

It was like that with Ellen and that MTV show Undressed. Is my memory foggy, or did Ellen came on after the family hour? I didn't get the big deal about Ellen being censored or better yet, have a warning before the start of the show. It wasn't like Ellen was getting down and dirty with another woman.

Some parents were upset over Undressed for awhile but Undressed came on between the late hours of eleven to midnight, so it was impossible for kids to see it.

KurtfromPitts

09-12-2007, 01:52 PM

The way men are depicted on the tube as selfish idiots.

waichingliu81

09-12-2007, 02:16 PM

It was like that with Ellen and that MTV show Undressed. Is my memory foggy, or did Ellen came on after the family hour? I didn't get the big deal about Ellen being censored or better yet, have a warning before the start of the show. It wasn't like Ellen was getting down and dirty with another woman.

Some parents were upset over Undressed for awhile but Undressed came on between the late hours of eleven to midnight, so it was impossible for kids to see it.

when ellen was shown in england, it was televised after 9.00pm. most aspects of that show was censored by the time she came out as a lesbian, which i think was ridiculous because society- american society especially was ever changing and going through a phase during the 90s where homosexuality was and still is seen as socially acceptable. it was also at a time where homosexuality was regarded as a taboo subject matter on tv. i think that show paved the way for the L word and will and grace and countless other tv shows and films which cater for the gay and lesbian community

FactoryGirl

09-12-2007, 03:07 PM

when ellen was shown in england, it was televised after 9.00pm. most aspects of that show was censored by the time she came out as a lesbian, which i think was ridiculous because society- american society especially was ever changing and going through a phase during the 90s where homosexuality was and still is seen as socially acceptable. it was also at a time where homosexuality was regarded as a taboo subject matter on tv. i think that show paved the way for the L word and will and grace and countless other tv shows and films which cater for the gay and lesbian community

She sure did paved the way for gay/bisexual oriented shows that was follow after her. My husband and I love 'The L Word'(well, he only likes it for the sex and hot women.:lol: )

factsoflife

09-12-2007, 04:07 PM

FactoryGirl

09-12-2007, 04:31 PM

the thing is the idea of a "family hour" was rule ILLEGAL by the supreme court sometime in the late-1970's as being a violation of the first admentment of freedom of speech... so there really is no family hour.

But to be realistic kids shouldn't be up past 9pm... and if they are old enough to stay up it's a parent's job to censor what they watch; in that the parent's have to make the choice to turn the channel to one that is apporpirate for them... IT IS NOT THE NETWORK'S RESPONSOBILITY TO CENSOR OUR TV SHOWS...

if you don't want your kids watching a show, TURN IT OFF!

i know when i was a kid there were certain shows i was not allowed to watch, and i knew that...

^5. It cracks me up how some parents want to blame the media for every little thing. The media isn't designed to be a parent! I block programming in my house that I know is bad for my kids, so why can't others do the same? Like that idiot who protested "Married with Children" back in 1989. Years later on the E! True Hollywood Story of Married with Children, the writers and the cast dissed the lady..HARD. I totally agreed with them, "Lady, change the damn channel!" Remote controls do have an on and off button.

When I was kid, there was certain shows I wasn't allowed to watch like Miami Vice and all of the late night soaps. My father was firm on that, that's the problem with some of today's parents, they are WEAK!

factsoflife

09-12-2007, 05:14 PM

When I was kid, there was certain shows I wasn't allowed to watch like Miami Vice and all of the late night soaps. My father was firm on that, that's the problem with some of today's parents, they are WEAK!

I agree totally; they are afraid of scarring the kid by saying no. but i wasn't allowed to watch a lot of shows as a kid; my parents had a rule where i wasn't allowed to watch "Married...with children", "The simpsons", "In Living Color", MTV or any of the of the late night cable show... it wasn't until i was like 14 that i was allowed to watch some of those with parental guidance...

Parents need to be more strict and that's it.

kanisky7896

09-12-2007, 09:10 PM

It's All of the Above for me. Generally, if I don't like a particular show, I simply don't watch it. I just feel like for me, the elements in many of today's shows of just about every genre have been pretty redundant. Not to mention the fact that there's enough violence going on in the world, I don't need to see violence for entertainment purposes. Unfortunately, however, it seems that the network brass only cares about what sells, and not necessarily about the needs and/or desires of the of the TV viewing public. Just my opinion.