Christine’s Weblog

I was watching the news Monday morning and they had a segment talking about how analog wasn’t going to be around anymore starting in January. Everything will be digital. This is a good thing and bad thing–good for people who have digital/satellite cable or HDTV’s–bad for people who don’t. I know I will be affected. My family still has 2 older TV’s–one with a turn knob and another one. We already had to order converter boxes. I just recently replaced the TV in my room but it’s not digital so the only thing it will be good for will be movies and video games. That doesn’t bother me though since the only show I watch is Greys Anatomy and I can see that on the satellite.

Honestly, I don’t think the switch from analog to digital will be that significant. Sure, the picture quality will be better but what are we really gaining from the switch?

Was browsing on the internet and found this site. Thought it was pretty amusing and decided to share. http://tv.popcrunch.com/the-15-worst-reality-tv-shows-ever-made/

I’m a little shocked at how early the Christmas music started playing this year. I was on my way to my friends house on Halloween night and was flipping through the stations when I stumbled upon 97.5, which was playing Christmas music. The malls are already decorated with garland and trees and Santa has arrived. All before Thanksgiving! Soon, we’ll start seeing the Old Navy Christmas commercials and the Christmas movies will start playing on ABC Family. Don’t get me wrong, I love the holiday, but I think that it’s just coming too early every year. I think part of it has to do with the economy…if they advertise holiday stuff, people will go out and buy things. It’s all a gimmick to make money. What has our world come to?

I believe that Disney has changed over the years because they are trying to appeal to the age group that watches TV the most. Plus, most likely, little kids under 12 years of age don’t know what’s going on. Things tend to go right over their heads.

I also think Disney is changing because of their CEO, Michael Eisner, who is only concerned with how to make the most money. I do not think it is Disneys intention to offend its audience. They are simply trying to find things that appeal to the biggest audience so they keeps their ratings up. They don’t have any sexual references in their shows and they don’t use bad language–that’s more than you can say for a lot of channels and/or shows.

In response to people being against Hanna Montana and High School Musical, if you don’t want your child to watch it, make them leave the room. Movies like High School Musical tend to come on around 8pm anyway–set a time frame of when you think is a good time for your child to watch TV.
That way, you know exactly what is going on.