You're The TV Network Executive... CANCEL Something!!

[arwalden]

[arwalden]

1. Fear Factor.

[rbnyc]

74. No!

I'm TRULY sorry and I know it's wrong, but I LOVE that show.

[motely36]

2. Everybody Loves Raymond

King of Queens

Hell, just cancel Monday nights on CBS :)

[rbnyc]

75. YES!

:scared:

[prolesunited]

3. Every single reality show

That would be a great start.

[Zomby Woof]

21. YES

Throw in American Idol, and you've got a deal.

[obreaslan]

72. That was going to me my answer....

Thief!!!!!

[TheDebbieDee]

4. Charmed!

[Nikepallas]

87. Please no

[radwriter0555]

5. FOX. All of it...

No holds barred.

[tcfrogs]

35. Blasphemy!

Simpsons, King of the Hill, Arrested Development are well worth keeping Fox around.

[MessiahRp]

54. I think they mean Fox News n/t

[Kire]

94. Bush's Press Conferences

didn't he like have none the first three years, and now he's doing one every day?

[Feathered Fish]

6. The Swan; American Idol

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. COPS. Punishist porn. (nt)

[Richardo]

8. The State of the Union Address

False advertising.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. That Italian guy, and that older woman who has the ugly kitchen

and a bunch of herbs outside her kitchen door and never really cooks anything of interest and seems more of a "Ladies Home Journal" style of cooking for women who liked to fantasize about Chris Reeves but preferred to cook by opening cans. Can't stand either one of them. I'd have to cancel the old lady first, though.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Oops - somehow I read it as "the FOOD Network ecexutive"

[arwalden]

17. Well... I Suppose That For Some People, "TV" = "Food"

... more like junk-food, actually. :hi:

www.lenscrafters.com
www.pearlevision.com

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. LOL!

Thanks for the links to the eyewear places.

I was, in fact, reading Du this morning without my glasses on, and just put them on before I came back to DU now.

i can see much better, thanks!

[Dastard Stepchild]

83. That's funny.... I did the exact same thing :)

I was desperately trying to think of a Food Network show that I'd wanna smack the hammer down on :)

[trogdor]

62. You mean Rachel Ray?

I can't stand her, or her ugly green stove.

[Rabrrrrrr]

78. I don't think so - Rachel Ray is the bubbly blond, isn't she?

The one I'm thinking of is an older woman - like grandmother age - in a "country"-decor kitchen with fancy peasant-french-style woodwork on the cabinets (If memory serves), and she has the herb garden outside the kitchen door.

[ElectroPrincess]

10. How about canceling all of FOX's propaganda line up ...

Especially "HANNITY & colmes" and "FOX & Friends." <eg>

[MessiahRp]

55. Don't forget O'Lielly

eom

[Connie_Corleone]

11. All TV Reality shows n/t

[eleonora]

13. All soap operas. The Swan. All teeny dramas

:puke:

[Feathered Fish]

14. The OC would be a great start

[RevolutionaryActs]

58. Leave my guilty pleasure alone! Please?

:(

[terrya]

15. "Crossfire"

This is an absolutely worthless show. Inside the Beltway gasbags (be they liberal or conservative) screaming at each other. There is no...zero, zip, zilch...redeeming value to this show whatsoever. It's a waste of television air time. Pointless and irredeemably stupid. Can actually lower your IQ if watched on a regular basis.

I'd cancel this idiotic piece of shit in a second. Fire everyone involved...right on the air.

[Feathered Fish]

16. Done!

:bounce:

[hickman1937]

47. Surprise, surprise.

It got canceled by CNN this morning. Tucker is out of a job.

[HereSince1628]

18. Return the news to 15 minutes, fill remainder will Looney Tunes

Any half wit can read Rove's talking points in 15 minutes, and we need to condition ourselves to believe in violence as good clean fun.

[pinniped]

19. Ban John Basedow commercials, vehix commercials, Concast...

commercials, and aol commercials.

Also:

- Repuke Patricia Heaton's show ( raymond )
- nip/tuck
- I second the all-reality show crap

[LDS Jock]

23. here here.. I second the ban on John Basedow

those must be the most played commericials in the history of television

[pinniped]

27. LOL!...6 million airings and still going strong.

In the beginning that freak was confined to the air slots at night. As his tape sales and bank account soared, he started buying up all the open day slots as well.

That freak has consolidated power and is everywhere!

[KitchenWitch]

64. Gods

Could he please put a shirt on...nice bod, but I could probably see it fine thru a tight wifebeater!

[underpants]

20. Lost

ppptpptttppptptptttt (runs away)

Just kidding

[FormerDittoHead]

22. all these plastic surgery shows.

Hey, how about a college scholarship show? or 'win a math tutor for your kids' show or 'win 100 visits to a shrink' (actually, that wouldn't be a bad one!) I'm old enough to remember 'queen for a day' however, I could only imagine if Bravo brought that one back (joke!)

No, instead: physical beauty, wealth, appearance are the only real values, and all you need is money or luck and you'll be a better person.

For the wrong reasons, I *like* American Idol (sans Simon) because it shows the chances of truly talented people to get ahead ie: if you can't make it to the Superbowl (final two) you'll never be heard of again...

Bring back Ted Mack!

PS: I wonder, in this world of Rush Limbaugh's pursuit of excellence and rewarding the 'winners', why are football players paid ANYTHING if they lose a game???

[bleedingheart]

26. there was nothing like "Queen for a Day"...

contestant number 1..."My husband lost his leg in the war and we can't feed the kids"....

contestant number 2 ..."My life is more pathetic than that...."

The winner gets...a new washing machine and dryer...

[peekaloo]

24. For giggles I'd cut the make up/hair stylist's budget(s) for all TV

news anchors. Sorry to veer off topic but after seeing Dan Rather in Thailand the past few nights it's been like watching 'Batman' when the Joker poisoned all vanity products.

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[LDS Jock]

28. How Clean Is Your House

I refuse to watch that show, even though I'm on LifeTime TV all the time. So what, their house is a mess? I don't wanna see those two British women trying to make clever quips about just how dirty it is. Yawn.

[tjwmason]

65. The American networks acutally bought that?

Yikes, is there no detritus from British television that you won't buy? (One might add, is there no detritus on American television that we won't buy?)

[sundog]

29. canceling all reality shows

each & every one...

also sending Robert Novak on "special assignment" in Antarctica.

[Seabiscuit]

30. Cancel Bill O'Liely, Sean Hannity, Rupert Murdoch, all "news" programs

And when I say cancel, I mean "delete entirely" as in erase from the face of this planet.

[ldf]

42. that was the basic idea

for a really good star trek: next generation episode.

it was excellent.

[trogdor]

63. I thought that was ST:Voyager

Year of Hell- season 5, I think.

[Seabiscuit]

31. Oh, and cancel Tweety - lock him in a birdcage and stick him

in a bomb shelter.

[LWolf]

32. OK.

All news broadcasts that are not straight reporting.

All soap operas, reality shows, talk shows, and sitcoms peopled by really stupid characters representing the intellectually challenged demographic.

All sports.

All commercials.

What does that leave?

[tjwmason]

68. Commercials?

Even the B.B.C. runs those now, they're all for other B.B.C. channels, programmes, or magazines but they are omnipresent, there's no way that they're going away.

[LWolf]

79. Of course not.

I just listed the things that would have to go away to get me to add networks back to my satellite package.

I'm the one that went away. ;-)

[kick-ass-bob]

33. Every "reality show"

except maybe Amazing Race (since its fun) and Survivor (since it was the original)

[realisticphish]

91. i refuse to exclude any

i decree that ALL reality shows are canceled, every last one.

I have spoken.


;)


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[ThorsHammer]

34. Another vote to cancel all "reality" shows

[Bunny]

36. I will cancel each and every one of those Trading Spaces-type home

improvement shows. I hate, hate, hate all of them!!! Cheap, tacky, ugly "improvements"? Yuck. :puke:

[fluffernutter]

37. The Bachelor / Bachelorette.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

38. I second that...

I also heard about this new show where a couple has to live for a year in a house where everything is built at a smaller scale - I think they should cancel it before it even airs.

[RaleighNCDem]

41. I think that's a Geico commercial. n/t

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

48. Seriously?

Dunno, somebody was telling me about it in school the other day. I thought it sounded like a ridiculous concept, but definitely didn't put it past any of the networks to do something like it.

[RaleighNCDem]

52. Yeah... the commercial looks like an actual ad for a TV show, but...

at the very end it says something about Geico.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

56. I don't watch much TV

and have never seen it... I'll be on the lookout for it next time around! :D

[RaleighNCDem]

61. I watched a lot of TV over my Christmas vacation...

Sometimes the commercials are more entertaining than the actual shows! :)

[bigwillq]

82. You're so cute LPFF!

I think the WB bought the rights to that show!:P

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

84. I feel stupid

Thanks guys. Maybe I should watch more television, or something.

[bigwillq]

86. Don't feel stupid

I thought it was real the first time I saw the commerical too!:toast:

[bigwillq]

81. That commerical kills me

I laugh everytime I see it!

[ThorsHammer]

49. Can those be cut under the "reality" umbrella?

The less of this crap, the better. I could do w/o the Bachelor(rette), Survivor, Who's Your Daddy, the Swan, etc.

[nickgutierrez]

39. The 700 Club. n/t

[Wapsie B]

40. 700 Club n/t

[nickgutierrez]

85. LOL

You know what they say about great minds. And only a minute apart, too. :)

[AccessGranted]

43. Cancel Everything and Start Over

TV stinks now accept maybe for those forensic and legal shows, but I don't watch those either really. I can't lie though I did watch all the episodes of The Surreal Life with Brigitte Nielson and Flava Flav. I couldn't help it. It was soooooo funny! Fear Factor has got to go along with all the rest of the so-called reality shows!

[AccessGranted]

45. Cancel "Who's Your Daddy?" Before It Even Starts

Has anyone heard about that new reality show called "Who's Your Daddy?". A grown woman has not seen her father in like 35 years and they make her figure out which man out of a group is her real father. That is some sick crap? I'm scared to imagine what's next!

[Beer Snob-50]

44. all currnt event talk shows

it is just a bunch of morons screaming at each other.

[Jessica]

46. Blind Date

I f'ing hate that show. x(

[Misunderestimator]

70. I love that show...

I just love watching straight boys and girls make asses of themselves on dates... can't help myself.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

50. Every copycat show

Make writers come up with original ideas. Take away their TV sets and send them out into the real world.

[tjwmason]

67. Never work

That would be like banning copycat threads in the Lounge.

[Patiod]

51. Whose Your Daddy?

Yuck. Ick. Yuck.

[fluffernutter]

53. The Swan.

[CornField]

57. Oprah

The woman gives me the heebie-jeebies...

[democracyindanger]

59. At least half of the CSI shows

So that's like, what, six or seven?

[DaveinMD]

60. every reality show

bring back comedies and dramas.

[MissMillie]

66. Crank Yankers

I feel sorry for the poor folks who did nothing but answer the damned phone.

[Kire]

93. are you crazy?

"I make in my pants sometimes. Yay!" is the best line of all times!

[Misunderestimator]

69. Extreme Makeover

[Skittles]

71. every g.d. f***ing assinine "reality TV" show in SIGHT

EVERY F'ING ONE OF THEM

[Solly Mack]

77. What Skittles said

[SKKY]

73. Can I just cancel the whole Fox channel?

...and replace it with 12 hours of "Air America Television" followed by 12 hours of live feeds from Selma Hayek's house? That seems pretty cool to me.

[TyeDye75]

76. Baseball... /nt

[lazarus]

80. People who don't have remote controls

I'd actually just add something: A disclaimer before each and every show, instructing people how to change the freaking channel if they don't like something.

Sheesh.

[fluter21]

88. CSI: New York.

They have the WORST script writers. Ever. I usually don't pay much attention when I have the TV on for background noise while I practice, but man. I actually watched it during the week after Christmas, and it totally blows.

[AlCzervik]

89. Dr, Phil

[Bouncy Ball]

90% of the crap on TV

including ALL reality TV shows and Oprah.

[Jack Rabbit]

90. Everything -- starting with the Corporate Whore News

Image from www.TurnOffYourTV.com

[Heidi]

92. Coronation coverage.

$50 million down the drain. Tough luck!

[Zech Marquis]

95. now you're asking for it!

1) all of FOX AND FNC :bounce:
2) Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood
3) ALL "reality" shows, ALL of them :bounce:
i'd fire Tim Russert, Andrea Mitchell, all of the BFEE asslickers on CNN ;bounce:

and a lifetimeban on Paris Hilton EVER going back on tv :evilgrin:

[yellowdogintexas]

96. Reality shows get my vote too. as for 700 club, just destroy the

whole network,