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And now for a brief commercial interruption …
Remember commercials? No? Well, way, way back in the days before TiVo, DVR and season-long DVD compilations, people actually had to put up with ads disrupting the artistic flow of their “Matlockâ€? or “WKRP In Cincinnatiâ€?-viewing experiences. It was all so distasteful, so crass, so unlike anything your humble servant would ever be involved in.
Rest assured, the Channel Serf’s not peddling anything. Nothing, that is, except the notion of this blog as a bottomless font of TV talk, critiques, info and the occasional insightful observation like “ ‘Law & Order’ is on a lot, y’know?�
Despite what you might have heard, the Channel Serf was not born with a remote control where her brain should be (don’task about her bellybutton).
She only worked her way up to the highly demanding job of Professional Television Watcher after years spent covering courts, politics and one particularly obscure Olympic sport for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. While this obviously makes her the country’s foremost “Sopranos�/synchronized swimming scholar, she’s not cocky about it. She welcomes your feedback, although be warned, you’ll likely get one of two responses:
“Oh yeah?� Or, “Which one of us is smart enough to get PAID to watch TV, pal?� (The Serf may be a serf, but the Serf is no fool.)
End of commercial. Let’s talk Emmys. They’re this Sunday night, you know, which seems fiendishly early. It has to do with NBC’s pro football broadcast schedule, not that that’s the ONLY scheduling controversy swirling this year, heh, heh. ABC, which has its knickers in a knot about getting almost no “Lost� or “Desperate Housewives� nominations love, has slated “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl� to run directly opposite poor little Emmy. ABC and NBC have been trading jabs for weeks, so let me cut through the corporate speak and legal-ese and summarize the high-stakes discussion for you:
“Did not!� “Did too!�
Enough. We’d rather hear from you. Should the Emmys be held before or after Labor Day, or maybe during “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve?â€? Which category are you most anticipating and dreading? Who’ll get more viewers — Emmy host Conan O’Brien in a tux, or pirate Johnny Depp in a puffy shirt? Or what if they switched outfits or roles?!
That’s all for now. The Serf has to get back to watching TV. That “Law & Orderâ€? is on a lot, y’know …
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By ATLDUDE
August 24, 2006 10:03 AM | Link to this
I love my DVR, but I’ll tell you networks are getting clued in and making it hard to live by DVR/TIVO alone. Networks like USA, FOX and a few others seem to always run shows 3 to 5 minutes past the scheduled end time, especially shows like LOST, 4400,and other cliff hanger drama types. What this does to the DVR viewer is make us watch the entire episode then cut off at the end! ARRRGGG!
By Dee
August 24, 2006 10:19 AM | Link to this
I wish they’d put the Emmy’s on during the week, during all the re-runs! Sunday night it competes with Deadwood on HBO!
I don’t care who wins. I watch any awards show for the clothes the stars are wearing - to see how looks the most hidious in the designer gowns!
The one complaint, if you can really call it a complaint, that I have with the Emmy’s though, is I wish they would put the cable shows in a category of their own. Now everyone subscribes to every premium channel, so there are many who have never even heard of a lot of the shows that are up and sometimes win the awards. Why not just have a category where HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, etc. all compete against each other.
By GAIREK
August 24, 2006 12:06 PM | Link to this
I LOVE THAT OLD COMMERCIAL WHERE RANDY “MACHO MAN” SAVAGE SNAPS INTO A SLIM JIM AND SAYS “I LOVE IT WHEN YOU CHIPS AND THEN I GO DIG IT.”
By GAIREK
August 24, 2006 12:07 PM | Link to this
I LOVE THAT OLD COMMERCIAL WHERE RANDY “MACHO MAN” SAVAGE SNAPS INTO A SLIM JIM AND SAYS “I LOVE IT WHEN YOU SAY ‘CHIPS’ AND THEN I GO DIG IT.”
By JEFF GORDON
August 24, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this
I love Jimmie Johnson, my wife, and Rick Hendrick.
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August 24, 2006 12:32 PM | Link to this
Hulk Hogan rules.
By Too Deep For Shallow Shows
August 24, 2006 12:39 PM | Link to this
The Emmy’s? What’s that? I never have, and never WILL, watch that mindless drivel. I prefer The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, news and a little PBS. Never will the Emmy’s darken my t.v.
By Tharob
August 24, 2006 12:43 PM | Link to this
I like those Ford Tuff commercials. It made go out and buy a Ford F-150. Only to find out that I can’t afford the gas and had to down size to a Ford Focus. At least I am compliant. Now that I have a new job at Esurance, I can afford the gas. I am going to buy a Ford Explorer and paint it to look like the General Lee. I will call it the General List.
By By
August 24, 2006 12:50 PM | Link to this
I’M KIND OF TORN ABOUT WHERE I LIVE. MY HOUSE AND PROPERTY IS IN ALPHARETTA, BUT I KEEP GETTING INFORMED BY MY FRIEND, BOB SACAMANO THAT IT IS NOT ALPHARETTA ANYMORE, THAT IT IS MILTON, ALTHOUGH I STILL RECIEVE MAIL THAT IS ADDRESSED ALPHARETTA. IF ANYTHING, I WOULD CLAIM THAT MY HOUSE IS IN DACULA (PRONOUNCED LIKE DRACULA) OR DAHLONEGA (PRONOUNCED LIKE TALLADEGA).
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DID YOU SEE THAT GUY DRIVING WITH A CELL PHONE THAT CALLED THE POLICE TO HAVE HIMSELFT ARRESTED? WHAT ABOUT WHEN MARK MARTIN WANTED SOME ATTENTION AND SIDE SWIPED KEN SCHRAEDER JUST LIKE CARL EDWARDS? DOES ANYONE HAVE SOME FRIES TO GO WITH THAT.MY GOOD FRIEND (FOR THIS STORY, LETS JUST REFER TO HIM AS HANK) IS GETTING HIS BLADDER REMOVED. I FEEL THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TINKLING AROUND HERE.
By Phishy 4Sure
August 24, 2006 1:16 PM | Link to this
I love those Citi Bank commercials where the big macho man has a female, valley-girl voice and is talking about how she bought all this girly stuff with the man’s stolen credit card!
By Get in here fast.
August 24, 2006 1:20 PM | Link to this
I have that same problem. For years I have been telling people that I lived in Alpharetta, Illinois. Then I found out a month ago, that they voted to make it Milton, Montana.
Read the number.
Hello.
Now I’m mad, because they are going to build a Cracker Barrel in Alpharetta, Ga and now they are changing the name to Milton and moving the entire city to Montana.
What do you want me to do.
Read the number.
I think I might move to North Fulton, Fulton. They seem to have their stuff together. What is next, Alpharetta being called John’s Creek. They should make Roswell, Ga Hendrick’s County North Carolina.
By BG
August 24, 2006 2:25 PM | Link to this
Ug…who cares about the Emmys? Not anyone with any self-respect or an ounce of individualism. The only people who care are the brain dead morons who have to see the ‘stars’ because their own lives are so sad and uninteresting.
By Frank
August 24, 2006 2:39 PM | Link to this
Gee whiz I wouldnt wanta miss the EMMYS!!! and I dont thing tom cruse is stupid. wrong
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