Blog #4 Television

Madeline Schmidt

November 5, 2008

This was not one of my typical TV watching days.  On a regular basis, I watch TV on Sundays and Mondays.  I watch True Blood on Sunday nights and Gossip Girl on Monday nights.  I never miss these shows and often watch them at their regular times and with a friend recorded on a DVR.  Since I found out about the blog after my regular shows had aired, I was forced to watch a night of TV that I don't usually watch.  I used to watch America's Next Top Model, so I figured that I would tune into the CW for its new season.  I also had an interest in the show Stylistas which aired after ANTM.  I probably will not watch these shows again, as I did not find them to be interesting.  Other than that,  I watched Las Vegas when I woke up because my TV was already tuned into TNT from viewing their late night programing from the night before.  As far as late night TV is concerned, I typically watch Without A Trace and Cold Case on TNT but last night they were playing Lethal Weapon movies so I did not tune in.  This left me watching the end of Saturday Night Live and Chelsea Lately.  The only show out of those that I typically watch is Chelsea Lately, but that is only when nothing else is on.  Also, it should be known that I leave my TV on 24/7.

I also watched some TV today that was online.  I went to the CW website and watched full episodes of Privileged.  I watched two episodes from around 9:15 PM to about 12:30 AM when I tuned into Sex and the City on the CW on TV.  I did not watch TV with any friends today, nor did anyone else watch my TV.  Other TVs in my house were tuned into FOX News and then eventually my mom watched Dancing With the Stars.  She, however, turns off her TV when she does not use it.

I found the process of writing down my TV viewing to be quite interesting.  I never realized how much TV I actually watch.  However, I am not a channel surfer.  Since I have Direct TV, I find it too much trouble to search through all the channels and usually just settle on one thing regardless of how entertaining it is.  I would say that these journals would be pretty accurate for keeping track of what people watch as long as they were truthful in their report.  For instance, I think that some people would be embarrassed to record some of the shows they watched or would record that they watched more interesting programs to sound more educated or cool.