Though I’ve been known in the past as the annoying guy who frequently mentions that that he doesn’t own a tv, I got a TV for Christmas (and even bought myself a GameCube to go with it). I’ve since been enjoying some fine CBC TV.
- 8:00PM — Rick Mercer’s Monday Report
- Sure, maybe it’s a Canadian knock-off of John Stuart’s Daily Show, but it’s still pretty funny. The highlight so far is definitely Celebrity Winter Advice with Geddy Lee (of Rush). The bits by the young “correspondent” Darren Jones is great.
- 8:30PM — The Newsroom
- As deadpan as deadpan can be — and co-produced with Showcase TV — so it must be good. You’ll either love it or hate it. I love it.
- 9:00PM — This is Wonderland
- A great new comedy/drama set that follows a new legal-aid lawyer in a city courthouse. As I’ve stated before, I assume all TV shows suck until proven otherwise — this show does not suck.
I totally agree, and in fact, just commented about the same thing a week or so ago. CBC TV Monday is truly “Must See TV”. The Newsroom, though great, is surprisingly the weakest of the bunch; Mr. Mercer proves he helped make This Hour great; and This is Wonderland took me a few episodes to get into, but I am complete engrossed by it now.
Do you feel like you gave in by getting a TV? I (we) currently haven’t had one for going on three years. Pop culture has little control over me now. Except I can’t get enough of the Outkast “Hey Ya” video.
There is a lot of great “educational” stuff on these days and I miss sports. But how do you find the will power to steer clear of all the reality shows and other garbage (not that all reality shows are garbage)?
As the “annoying guy sans TV” can you get one and still be that same guy? Can you get one but still not allow it to control you? How many hours a week do you watch?
clappstar, if I had cable TV, I would turn in to a vegetable. Even though I don’t really enjoy it, I have a tendency to flick through channels endlessly for hours. The secret to my moderate tv life now is that I only get two channels – CBC, and CTV. It’s hard to get addicted to two canadian TV networks.