Although the TV is often turned on at my house, I don't watch a lot of it--the television often serves only as background noise. When I'm writing or working seriously, I need a quiet house. When I'm just putzing around on the computer, or reading a magazine, the background noise of the TV is there to keep me company. (Also, I find it very difficult to do only one thing at a time. If I'm a reading a magazine, I have to be watching TV simultaneously. And vice-versa.)
One of the main reasons I don't watch a lot of TV is that so much of what's on now is just disgusting. It's vulgar and childish and just generally more offensive than anything else. When I do have the TV on, I'll watch reruns of older shows (like Seinfeld) or something on Food Network. The only current television I watch with any regularity is Mad Men--I do love me some tormented bad boy, as long as the torment is genuine and not self-serving--and, now that it's back, Parenthood. I like that the family on this show seems real. The adult children bicker with each other and carry grudges, like siblings (even grown siblings) tend to do; the younger children have real issues to deal with, not just the usual high school drama; and the couples are fighting over real problems, like whose job should take priority when family decisions have to be made.
I don't know if I could choose between those two, or which one I'd choose if I had to.
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