September 28, 2009
I’ve always thought television is bad. Not that it’s intrinsically bad for you, just quality-wise. The explosion of the Internet has taught us a lot about the signal-to-noise ratio of, erhm, crowdsourcing; television, though, has been mostly bad even though it’s done by professionals, working very hard to put out quality shows.Knowing this, there’s always the option to turn off the television and do something else. But I prefer option two: Embrace bad television and watch a hell of a lot of it. A hastily-written mission statement: On this blog, I chronicle the chronic badness of American television, celebrating soap opera plot twists, infomercial hucksters, nonsensical History channel programs, horrid sports announcers, ridiculous Family Feud answers and local news that’s funnier than any sitcom.And, of course, the best-titled show on TV, Beavers All Access.

I’ve always thought television is bad. Not that it’s intrinsically bad for you, just quality-wise. The explosion of the Internet has taught us a lot about the signal-to-noise ratio of, erhm, crowdsourcing; television, though, has been mostly bad even though it’s done by professionals, working very hard to put out quality shows.

Knowing this, there’s always the option to turn off the television and do something else. But I prefer option two: Embrace bad television and watch a hell of a lot of it. A hastily-written mission statement: On this blog, I chronicle the chronic badness of American television, celebrating soap opera plot twists, infomercial hucksters, nonsensical History channel programs, horrid sports announcers, ridiculous Family Feud answers and local news that’s funnier than any sitcom.

And, of course, the best-titled show on TV, Beavers All Access.