The Emmys

[Doctor Phibes]

The fact that we don't recognize the shows doesn't mean TV is worse, it could just mean there's a lot more of it, in a lot more places.

I watched Squid Game - my wife and daughter watch some sicko stuff, and I get dragged in

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in The Emmys:

doesn't mean TV is worse, it could just mean there's a lot more of it, in a lot more places.

That's right. The move from episodic to serialized TV (arguably beginning with Babylon 5), I think made TV much better.

[Catseye3]

@George-K
I got rid of TV many years ago (had to go to my fitness center to watch the Obama inauguration, I remember) because it had gotten not only pretty awful, but also loaded with programming that seemed not to have a lot to do with me. Like those Duck guys.

I can only imagine how awful it is now.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in The Emmys:

@Doctor-Phibes said in The Emmys:

doesn't mean TV is worse, it could just mean there's a lot more of it, in a lot more places.

That's right. The move from episodic to serialized TV (arguably beginning with Babylon 5), I think made TV much better.

Doctor Who was doing that (admittedly to a lesser extent - 6 episodes to a story) back in 1963.

[Renauda]

@Doctor-Phibes

I watched Squid Game - my wife and daughter watch some sicko stuff, and I get dragged in

I know what you mean. Our teenage son insists that we all watch the ever tedious The Curse of Oak Island and the preposterous, The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch and Ancient Aliens.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Renauda said in The Emmys:

@Doctor-Phibes

I watched Squid Game - my wife and daughter watch some sicko stuff, and I get dragged in

I know what you mean. Our teenage son insists that we all watch the ever tedious The Curse of Oak Island and the preposterous, The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch and Ancient Aliens.

Ancient Aliens is hilarious. Maybe not intentionally.

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer oh yeah?

'Splain me this....

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in The Emmys:

@Aqua-Letifer oh yeah?

'Splain me this....

I'm guessing the bloke on the left just farted?

[Jolly]

Hey, I know what the Squid Game is!

[Jolly]

Ok, challenge...Name five antenna network shows you would watch. Remember, over-the-air, not streaming or cable only.

[George K]

@Jolly said in The Emmys:

Name five antenna network shows you would watch.

Five? Shirley, you jest.

I assume you're not including news, talk, etc.

[LuFins Dad]

@Jolly said in The Emmys:

Ok, challenge...Name five antenna network shows you would watch. Remember, over-the-air, not streaming or cable only.

Steelers vs Bengals.

Steelers vs. Baltimore

Steelers vs New England

Steelers vs Vegas

Steelers vs Miami.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in The Emmys:

Ok, challenge...Name five antenna network shows you would watch. Remember, over-the-air, not streaming or cable only.

Murder She Wrote
MAS*H
Columbo
MacGuyver
Air Wolf

[Jolly]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Emmys:

@Jolly said in The Emmys:

Ok, challenge...Name five antenna network shows you would watch. Remember, over-the-air, not streaming or cable only.

Murder She Wrote
MAS*H
Columbo
MacGuyver
Air Wolf

Man, that's all MeTV stuff.

No new ones?

[Jolly]

Network grid (sans PBS)

[Jolly]

Some of PBS...

https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-announces-new-fall-season-lineup/

[George K]

@Jolly I have never seen any of those shows over-the-air. Well, not in the last 10 years - I've seen 20/20 and Dateline.

"Lego Masters?" What the hell is that?

I've watched some Shark Tank (streaming) and Penn & Teller. Nothing else.

I think the last over-the-air show I watched was "Rescue Me."

[Jolly]

@George-K said in The Emmys:

@Jolly I have never seen any of those shows over-the-air. Well, not in the last 10 years - I've seen 20/20 and Dateline.

"Lego Masters?" What the hell is that?

I've watched some Shark Tank (streaming) and Penn & Teller. Nothing else.

I think the last over-the-air show I watched was "Rescue Me."

Lego Masters is just that. Teams compete against each other using Legos to build some type of themed construction. They are then judged on originality, quality, adherence to theme and mechanical inclusions.

[Jolly]

Maybe not the best, but shows you could get by on...

1. NCIS, either Vegas or L.A.
2. The Masked Singer. Can be goofy fun.
3. Blue Bloods Long-running show with Tom Selleck.
4. The Simpsons Still there, still funny.
5. Sunday Night Football
6. Penn & Teller: Fool Us Occasionally, somebody does. If they do, they're very good.
7. PBS. That could be the new Ken Burn documentary on The Roosevelts, NOVA, Masterpiece Theatre or one of their regular lineup.

[Jolly]

Now, out there in Antenna Land...

A lot of stations have now picked up rinky-dinky "networks" that play old reruns (like AL wrote about). or they work in some old movies. With digital, it's not unusual for one station to broadcast several feeds, such as 5.1 through 5.5...That may be a NBC, CBS, Grit, ION and H&I.

Some "networks"...

https://www.moviestvnetwork.com/

https://iontelevision.com/

https://www.laff.com/

https://www.grittv.com/

https://metv.com/

https://antennatv.tv/

There are others...

For the person of very modest means, hunting something for entertainment and not being able to stream much (if anything), you combine these up with DVD rentals from the local library and you can get by...