Now that Roku has allowed me to have Acorn and streaming Netflix. I see no reason to ever watch American television. I think U.S, series pale next to those of England, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Among the excellent—commercial-free—shows I have seen already are: A Place to Call Home, The Blue Rose, Accused, Murder in Suburbia, McCallum, Line of Duty, Anzio Girls, and Murder Team—all better than the glossy, jumpy camera, model-pretty cast, commercial-riddled American series. Sadly the foreign sitcoms are not much better than ours despite their far more talented actors. Like ours, too many episodes are based on sexual conquest (yawn). Ah, but the dramas. Excellent. Of course we have quality programming from PBS (mostly British) and the products of HBO (which are mostly about drugs, murder and sex). So while I have many friends who rave about that dark, dismal throney thing, I only keep HBO for Bill Maher.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
I'd rather spend time with the Aussies.
Now that Roku has allowed me to have Acorn and streaming Netflix. I see no reason to ever watch American television. I think U.S, series pale next to those of England, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Among the excellent—commercial-free—shows I have seen already are: A Place to Call Home, The Blue Rose, Accused, Murder in Suburbia, McCallum, Line of Duty, Anzio Girls, and Murder Team—all better than the glossy, jumpy camera, model-pretty cast, commercial-riddled American series. Sadly the foreign sitcoms are not much better than ours despite their far more talented actors. Like ours, too many episodes are based on sexual conquest (yawn). Ah, but the dramas. Excellent. Of course we have quality programming from PBS (mostly British) and the products of HBO (which are mostly about drugs, murder and sex). So while I have many friends who rave about that dark, dismal throney thing, I only keep HBO for Bill Maher.
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