This is why I'm sick of TV

I watch way too many TV shows. I have been frequenting the list of typical sitcom-y, Office-type shows lately, just not on TV. I prefer the lack of commercials combined with the fact that I already know what I want to watch. If on the off chance I decide to channel flip I tend to find the weirdest crap ever. There used to be TV sectioned off to where you would turn it on knowing what you’re getting. You’d have intelligent shows, the news, reality shows, etc. Now, the programming has all been mashed together into one big blob of uselessness. Even TV that you knew was a little different has just become mindless. Long gone are the days of MTV standing for Music Television and TLC meaning The Learning Channel.  PBS is probably the last hope anyone has of watching TV without being infiltrated with pregnant 14 year-olds.

The other night I decided to see what else the tube had to offer me besides the little Roku box I use. I am very open to the paranormal and stopped on this show on NatGeo (National Geographic) called Chasing UFOs. I spent the next 10 minutes laughing so hard before I decided to just turn it off. The particular episode I watched was about the famous Roswell landing. These people decided that it would be in their best interest to try and see if anything was left over from where the UFO reportedly landed. As if there would be anything decades later that government officials hadn’t picked up. They also (like a ghost show, might I add) tried to see if they could find UFOs again in the same spot. One woman nearly broke a leg trying to capture footage of what turned out to probably be a cow or something. I couldn’t find a clip of it, but I found this instead, which I think is much better:

 Most channels aren’t much better. The History Channel shows little history anymore. Think Ancient Aliens, although I think it’s a pretty cool show. Animal Planet displays characters like Hillbilly Hand Fishing, where rednecks try to catch catfish with their bare hands. The Discovery Channel isn’t as bad; however, they cancelled Cash Cab so I’m ferociously upset with them. 

I’m not certain whether this is a result of our society and what people buy into, or if it’s because this is what networks think people actually like. If it’s the latter, then I just want to ask them to stop. Not every 20 year old girl wants to watch things like Teen Mom; but I do respect that some people do. So I’m not asking that they cut it out all together, just enough so people stop acting so stupid and start taking responsibility for what they say and think.  I would, however, want the job of being the camera man for some of these shows. I would probably have stories and stories to tell.