I'll say it straight out. I hate what's on network television now. And I've always hated about 95% of all cable and satellite television, but that's getting off subject. Maybe my expectations are too high. Maybe not. Either way, I really am disgusted by the crap they dish out on TV nowadays. Even shows I had once considered great, such as the Simpsons, have begun to suck badly. Let's go through the list of the four worst types, shall we?

First let's talk about game shows. Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune are tolerable, but game shows like the Price is Right are shameful at best. What's my beef with the Price of Right? Well, while the common game show requires some advertising to allow the show to give prizes and stay on the air, the Price is Right is basically a sixty minute commercial with little diversions thrown in. There's also The Weakest Link, the show whose name is very accurate in describing it's place in the game show chain. Of course, there's always been extrordinarily crappy game shows throughout the history of television, which the Price is Right proves, there has never been such a rancid collection of game show garbage all at one time.

Talk shows have always been worthless waste of time and effort. I won't even bother delving into this one; it's a waste of time and effort to even discuss them. Next.

We also have court shows. Normally, these would be placed in the real life catagory but there's so damn many now that it gets it's own. Court shows are idiotic at best and the judges are always, ALWAYS the hardass type. I mean, sure that makes some sense, but it feels like a forced act put on by them and not geniune hardass. Anyway, the worst I have ever seen is Moral Court. I mean, what the hell, you have to go to court now because you lied to your friend about eating the last cookie? "What you did was bad! Bad! You should have shared the cookie! It's the right thing to do!" I don't think the judge is a hardass there, but when she's a pansy instead, that kinda defeats the purpose. That's like going to zoo and replaing the venomous snakes with cooked spagetthi straws.

Oh wait, I saved the best for last! There is one type of show I hate like no other, and that is the reality show. Shows such as Survivor, Blind Date, Murder in Small Town X, and the list goes on. I'm not sure what's more insulting to general human decency: the shows themselves or the utter morons that go on them. And the most demeaning program I have ever heard of (and refuse to watch) is Elmidate. From what I gather, the basic idea is to have four men date one woman at once and she picks the one she likes best. So all thoughout the date, she would be comparing them like meat (and perhaps figuring ways to compare their meat) and picks what she finds the juicy one. Am I the only one that finds the concept entirely wrong? Or am I just an uptight bastard with no sense of humor?

In closing, TV bad.

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