Television

[FireSignFemme]

Originally Posted by Orema

...executives and producers continue to trust black storytellers to keep going.

Wouldn't that be refreshing.

[storyspinner70]

Most of the things I watch are online but there are two things I watch on "real TV". lol

Shameless - I hate every single character on this show but like two (and they're small children); some more than others. But that's kind of the point of the whole show. It's too gritty and shitty and real for me. But I can't seem to look away.



Blacklist - I have always had a thing for James Spader and his voice...lol

[C0LLETTE]

900 channels and all i watch is CNN and Law and Order on the "Crime Channel"...surely there is more to life than this.
You know how some people can mouth all the words to The Rocky Horror Picture Show? I can do that with every episode of L and O ever made.

[Kätzchen]

I've been watching TV shows with my elderly roomie, Shirley.

Last night we watched Shark Tank....both of us weighing in on dilemmas presented by 'sharks' .... often noting the outrageous mindset behind their reasons of denial or approval of business proposals. Sometimes we'd look at each other with knowing silent glares...sometimes it was gigantic eye rolls, lol. : /

We always watch Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. That's our nightly 'church ' service. LOL

Shirley got me hooked on the TV show called The Voice.

I don't have TV at home, so returning home might be slightly awkward feeling after enjoying nearly a month of TV.

I need a TV now, with bunny ears.

[*Anya*]

The new season of Top Chef started this week.

It is one of my favorite shows but I am kind of missing my ex-girlfriend because we used to have a running commentary throughout the whole show.

I just have to remember all the things that she used to do that pissed me off instead.

[*Anya*]

I'm watching Nightwatch on A&E.

It is a really good reality show about the EMS, PD and FD on the night shift for New Orleans.

The EMS picked up an older man that called because he was having a lot of pain in his foot and he was having trouble walking.

Turned out, he worked nights at WalMart in a part of town that doesn't have buses run at night so he leaves 5 hours earlier than his shift to walk the 15 miles to his job at WalMart every day.

The paramedic said: "There are people that can walk and won't walk 5 blocks and this guy walks 15 miles".

The guy wasn't complaining, he was very matter-of-fact about it and said: "Well, I can't be late for my job every day".

He made me teary.

[JDeere]

Currently watching Kindred Spirits on TLC. Paranormal show.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I've been watching TV shows with my elderly roomie, Shirley.

Last night we watched Shark Tank....both of us weighing in on dilemmas presented by 'sharks' .... often noting the outrageous mindset behind their reasons of denial or approval of business proposals. Sometimes we'd look at each other with knowing silent glares...sometimes it was gigantic eye rolls, lol. : /

We always watch Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. That's our nightly 'church ' service. LOL

Shirley got me hooked on the TV show called The Voice.

I don't have TV at home, so returning home might be slightly awkward feeling after enjoying nearly a month of TV.

I need a TV now, with bunny ears.

Last year (Nov. 2016) Shirley and I were roommates at the nursing home....but she passed away last June (2017). Shirley had an very interesting hobby: she was a local celebrity in her hometown, as part of an acting troupe, putting on theater shows to raise money for local women's shelters and for disadvantaged children. Toward the end of my stay at the nursing home, I met her only daughter, who carries on in her mother's memory, directing projects to raise money via the theater troupe for Shirley's favorite local charities.

I miss her, we had such fun watching TV shows together after the supper hour.

[*Anya*]

I have watched Survivor since the very first episode.

A lot of the seasons I did not really like part of the cast but always wound up enjoying it when the numbers got down to 6 or 7.

I usually root for the underdog but only if they have nerves of steel, a backbone (i.e., not like our current Congress and Senate) and are not cruel towards others (same).

Deception is part of the game but cruelty is not.

Ben the Marine.

Boy, did I feel an infinity for him. He is an Iraq war vet that came back with PTSD. He was tough as nails, was always focused on his mission but allowed his vulnerability to slip through; usually in reference to his wife and children. He would talk about how he was "in the gutter" when he came back from Iraq and how his wife "saved" him. His bright blue eyes would fill with tears and it would choke me up.

Yep. Hooked on Ben.

Blogs and articles did not think that he would win (and did not want him to) but he always knew that he really had no alliances, that everyone in the game wanted him out and that he could only count on himself.

He was relentless. He would search for idols for hours. I loved the 3 episodes when the other 4, 5, or 6 were so smug thinking that "we got him this this time" and no, no, they did not. It was classic.

It was beautiful to watch.

I guess, in some way, for me; goodness won out this time and I don't see much of that happening in our world these days.

[Kätzchen]

I couldn't find the forum thread for documentaries, but I'm watching the documentary about Moms Mabley, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and other Afro-American celebrity stand up comedian's. Excellent doc and SO VERY informative. If you've never heard of Moms Mabley, I highly recommend watching this documentary.