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I Like to Watch
Open wide! It's time for a reality TV checkup, from the controlling, antisocial yuppies of "The Apprentice" to the tedious hippies of "Survivor."
By Heather Havrilesky [2006-04-16]

  • Reality TV (Shudder)

    One of the great things about Heather is that she has saved me a lot of unnecessary time and bother by watching--and writing about--shows that I would never, ever want to watch. Because of her, I am now watching much less TV than I would otherwise; other than hockey (does that count as a reality show?) and the occasional episode of "Kim Possible" with the kids, I only watch DVDs.

    In fact, I have accelarated backwards, one might say. Now when I want to watch TV, I just rent the DVDs from Netflix, and watch 'em whenever I damn well want to. I find that I mostly like shows that were cancelled pretty early, for whatever reason. Firefly, Dark Angel, Cowboy Bebop. . .all of these have taken a spin through my DVD player. Perhaps someday I'll watch 24, but it'll be on DVD.

    So thanks, Heather, for watching so we don't have to.

    -- Douglas Moran
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    Sunday, April 16, 2006 12:00 AM
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