Wow, I haven’t done a post in a while… life happens but here I am making a new post for you to read…

Who remembers TV back before all the reality shows took over? Remember sitting down and watching a tv show that had a story which featured your favourite TV characters? I do.

I have many streaming services and I binge watch a lot of TV shows I remember watching from when I was younger from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and shows that were before my time from the 60’s.

I love escaping into a TV show and being invested with my favourite TV characters from my favourite shows and getting involved with watching them.

A lot of the characters become like family or a friend in the shows I watch as I care for them and take me into their world of TV Show Land.

Even when a character dies, I feel like I’ve lost a family member or a friend.

I don’t enjoy “reality” shows as they have nothing to do with reality as it’s all fake. They are obviously scripted and the people who appear on these shows, they are compartmentalised into stereotypical parts because there’s always the bitch/ass hole, the complainer, the backstabber, the person of colour, someone who is in the lgbtqi community, the crier, etc, depending on what is needed to help make the show more interesting for ratings purposes. Filled with people wanting their 5 minutes of fame.

Reality TV is also cheaper to make than a drama or a comedy series that goes for a half an hour or an hour.

For me, “reality” TV is also too predictable as you can guess what is going to happen before it actually happens as it is all scripted.

Am I the only one who misses good TV shows? You know, like Mission Impossible, Bewitched, The Brady Bunch, Little House on the Prairie, The Waltons, The Love Boat, Cagney and Lacey, The Rockford Files, Emergency!, CHiP’s, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, ER for example.

I enjoy Law and Order SVU, Chicago Police, Chicago Med and Chicago Fire, Blue Bloods, NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, Hawaii 5-0 in recent TV show viewing, just to name a few.

I just hope that reality TV doesn’t completely take over and that is all that appears on our TV screens in the future.

I know there are streaming platforms to watch shows that interest me available but I cancelled all the subscription ones as they were costing me a fortune and jacking up their prices, so I only kept the ones that are free, they offer enough of what I’m interested in watching, when I want to watch. I know there are shows I will miss out on watching by not having the paid streaming platforms but that’s okay, the free one’s have enough content to keep me entertained.

Whether you enjoy all the reality shows or not, happy viewing.

Until next time,

Kaye