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alexist ([personal profile] alexist) wrote2008-09-01 08:17 pm

Too much TV

My parents have digital cable. There are about 600 channels, including the 100 HD channels. Admittedly, everything from 196 to 237 inclusive (plus 4 or 5 of the top 100) is in Spanish and the rest of the 200s (not all used) are in other foreign languages. Still, the amount of crap is amazing.

I have to stop watching bad movies just because I have 75 movie channels. And I will not watch bad trainwreck shows that I have previously only heard about (as we speak, TLC is having a Jon & Kate Plus 8 marathon).

Aliza does like Noggin, though most of the kids' programs here seem to be animated. The BBC prefers live-action (the way they do it, I'm sure it's cheaper).