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[NYCLatinaMe]

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@Spurt wrote:

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@NYCLatinaMe wrote:

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@Spurt wrote:

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@AuntG wrote:

Comedies are so crude. Dramas and medical shows are filled with gore. Game shows have annoying contestants. News is biased and depressing. Soap operas are ridiculous. I get the most satisfaction watching retro shows. Tonight I had the Flintstones on!

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@AuntG 

I totally agree with EVERYTHING you said!!! 👍

Even the sports networks have turned political....

I enjoy watching the retro shows too----  Decades TV with good entertaining comedies, (Mary Tyler Moore, Rob & Laura Petrie, The Odd Couple, Newhart and yes even the Flintstones (and soon the Jetsons) along with Leave It To Beaver on ME TV and other old retro shows on Antenna TV....I may watch a movie from the 40's on TCM or a cooking show on Create (PBS)....

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The newest thing you cite (Newhart) was last produced in 1990.  Hard to believe the last 31 years are just no good.  The 1940s that you prefer were over 70 years ago.  A lot has happened since then.  So TV has changed too.

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@NYCLatinaMe 

Im talking about the Bob Newhart Show that ran from 1972-1978 with Bob Newhart and Suzanne Pleshette....

And yes, JMHO, but I think TV started to go downhill when Norman Lear took over and started to incorporate news headlines and current topics into comedy and it was more like being lectured on what I should think on the issues.....and other shows followed suit....I was never a big fan of All In The Family, Maude, or Roseanne.(too crude, rude, lewd, and not funny JMHO)...And Gary Marshall added to the decline when he went with live studio audiences which made TV viewing more like watching a play, AND it limited the plots too.... And TV  has declined further -----today's plots seem to center on bathroom or risque humor....

Why do you think retro/classic TV channels keep  springing up all over, so Im not alone in my taste in TV.  Meanwhile broadcast TV ratings keep going down the tubes and is mostly "talent contests" these days....And have you noticed the new TV shows dont last very long either--do to lack of interest/ratings and are panned by the critics.... 

As far as movies from the 40's.... These were movies from my grandmother's day...but what I like about them is how well written the characters are and stories are CREATIVE, INTERESTING, and  EXCELLENT...(dont focus on gore, no slow-mo of people being killed or even eaten, and love is portrayed with something called ACTING instead of leaving nothing to the imagination) . I especially love the little "gems" without the big name stars with interesting stories that keep you guessing and have a surprise ending...Actors like Virginia Bruce, and Ginger Rogers who made some good movies that didnt involve dancing with Fred Astaire, there's Barbara Stanwyck, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, William Holden, Myrna Loy, and Jimmy Stewart  etc etc...Yes, times have changed but these movies are classics and resulted in a whole channel for movie fans and watchers of all ages....(can I get an "amen" from @Oznell  ) 

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I don't think we watch the same shows, though I have watched many of the old movies. Old movies reflect values that I don't share and are often offensive, in the way women and minorities are treated, or minorities non-existent.

But it seems you are spending a lot time thinking, reading and writing about TV even though you don't like anything produced in the last 43 years.  If I felt like you I would find something I liked instead.  The only thing I value about TV shows is the entertainment they provide.

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@Sooner 

I watch the news for information too. I don't  care for cute, soppy, human interest stories in general and especially don't want them included on the news.

I've also seen more than enough unattractive arms getting shots. There is nothing new about it; it's  old news closing in on ancient news.