Has anyone else here, never watched American Idol?

[life_long_dem]

What other shows or reality T.V. can't you stand?
Just curious.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Me -- I hate "reality" TV.

Although Last Comic Standing is okay -- at least they do something on that show, which also happens to not be annoying.

[zanne]

13. I'm with you, Starbucks Anarchist.

The problem is, if you don't like "Reality" TV, you're screwed as far as prime time viewing is concerned. Oh well, there's always a Law & Order episode on somewhere!

[life_long_dem]

19. At least the comedians on Last Comic Standing perform their own

material.

[dysfunctional press]

37. i have no problem with "reality" tv in general...

i'm a regular viewer of Survivor, the Amazing Race, and the Apprentice- but those are the only 3 i watch.

[Submariner]

40. Off Topic for Starbucks Anarchist

Have you seen this video? :rofl: Warning, very foul language, but funny.

http://www.thekidfrombrooklyn.com/video_disp.asp?videoid=1049

[Random_Australian]

2. never seen it.

:D

I think it was played here though..... I don't know or care.

[dysfunctional press]

3. never have, never will.

what a waste.

[smirkymonkey]

100. Same here.

I don't really watch television at all, unless I am staying at someone else's house and then I go for Comedy Central or the Movie Classic stations (or the old sitcoms, Bewitched, Beverly Hillbillies, etc.)

I have never even seen a reality show, and I doubt that I ever will unless someone ties me to chair and forces me to watch.

[Wetzelbill]

4. never have and never will

I've checked out some other reality tv here and there though.

I never have gotten the "Everybody Loves Raymond" thing. Or "Friends" either. Can't stand those shows.

[In_The_Wind]

5. I've never watched American Idol or any of the reality shows since ...

Big Brother. I really do have better things to do with my time!

[rocktivity]

6. As someone wrote of reality TV's founding father Real Life

"It's odd that MTV's version of real life should bear such a strong resemblance to--MTV."

:headbang:
rocknation

[RebelOne]

7. I have no desire to watch it.

[supernova]

8. I never have

I use to occasionally watch Star Search but I just never got into American Idol.

[1gobluedem]

9. I've never seen it or any other reality show

The promos for Survivor were sufficiently sickening for me to make a vow to myself to never watch a reality show and I never have.

I also have never watched Oprah. Or seen a Star Wars movie.

I am a freak.

[izzybeans]

10. It is the best comedy show on t.v.

but I've only seen it twice. Both times it was the same show. I suppose the laughs get old real quick.

[Skittles]

27. is that some sort of phenomenon?

it happens to me all the time - maybe I'll catch a solitary episode of a show, then many months later I'll see what would have been my second episode, and it's the same one.

[Lance_Boyle]

66. Definitely.

The syndication gods have apparently determined that anytime I stumble upon an episode of Gilligan's Island, it must be the one about the typhoon, where they won't all fit in the cave. It's uncanny.

[Frank Cannon]

11. I've never watched more than 15 minutes of any given episode

The wife and kids love it, though.

[life_long_dem]

14. My wife and kids watch it also.

I have been reprimanded a couple of times by them for making snide remarks about the show.

P.S. I grew up watching "Cannon" it was o. k., and I also watched "Mannix", remember that one?

Edit: Wrong spelling

[Frank Cannon]

49. Ah, yes, "Mannix", with Mike Connors

I just looked up the trivia for that show on imdb. Over eight seasons, Mannix was knocked out 55 times and shot another 17 times.

I remember the Bob & Ray parody of the show, "Bummix". Every time, an innocuous Q&A with someone would escalate into loud violence.

[life_long_dem]

62. Off topic. I like your jpg image. "Great Colbert's Balls." He, Colbert,

certainly shook up the fascist idolaters; the ones that cower to the ** regime.
They, the fascist idolaters, are supposedly reporting all the news that MATTERS, I don't think so.
Hence, the term, media whores.

Sorry, this was waaayyy off topic.

[Pool Hall Ace]

12. I've never seen it. I remember after Kelly Clarkson won,

her songs got a lot of airplay, and I just found her music so boring. I usually do not care for any commodity that has mass appeal, but I don't bash others who do watch.

My husband tapes Jerry Springer and Cheaters. I find the Springer show depressing at times, so I usually don't watch it. Cheaters is my only guilty pleasure reality show.

[life_long_dem]

18. I listen to Springer on Air America Radio, mostly because

I never change the radio dial. Although, I didn't like his T.V. show.

[Love Bug]

15. Until 2 months ago I could claim that

But my daughter got me hooked! :cry:

[tjwmason]

16. Never watched American Idol

nor any of its British equivalents.

Watched 1 episode of "Big Brother" - only because people at work were getting quite obssesive about a major development, I watched and discovered that this major thing was that somebody had brought a pencil in with them and had made some notes.

The only "reality" show which I do watch is Wife Swap - and then only the British ones (they broadcast some of the American ones over here).

[dolo amber]

17. I watched like 2 episodes of the first season

because my mom was staying with me and had a HUGE crush on Justin. Which was possibly even more disturbing than the show itself. x(

[China_cat]

20. I have never seen an episode of ANY of the reality shows

or Lost, or Desperate Housewives or House or any of the others I see discussed here.

[life_long_dem]

22. Off topic.

After seeing your tag line, it reminded me how much I loved reading Kurt Vonnegut's books.

[Evergreen Emerald]

21. I have been called un-american for not watching it!

I was attending an open house for my daughter's school and a couple asked the teacher to speed things along so they could get home on time to watch American Idol. I commented that I have never seen it. They were astounded that an American had never seen it--that it was part of our culture and that I was un-american for not watching it.

[life_long_dem]

25. What did they say, after you smacked them in the face?

Kidding...

[Evergreen Emerald]

76. I actually did consider it

kidding...:7

[DS1]

23. I watch the first couple shows, with a few conditions

People actually try, I put on mute because I hate the shit they sing, and they typically sing like shit.

The people who are just attention whores, and should be euthanized I'll watch because it makes me feel better to not be them.

After the above are weeded out, the show has no further value.

[Richardo]

24. Me!

:hi: I'd feel like a manipulated stooge watching that - more than I already do, even.

[Skittles]

26. I watched part of one episode, just enough to make me sick

it truly disturbs me that people find such utter garbage entertaining

[LynneSin]

28. I watched it once but only because I couldn't find my remote control

I was sick that day and I do watch Fox before 8pm when they have the Simpsons and Seinfeld reruns.

So it wasn't really my fault that I watched it but it took only one episode to resolve my vow to never watch it again

[life_long_dem]

36. That is one cool GIF image you have. I loved that skit on SNL.

If it wasn't for Christopher Walken playing Bruce Dickinson that skit would have been lame.

Gene Frenkle: And if Bruce Dickinson wants more cowbell, we should probably give him more cowbell!

Totally awesome...

[Tikki]

29. Never, not once....

,,,have no idea when it's on or what network carries it.



The Tikkis

[Blue_Roses]

30. I have never watched it

and don't think I ever will. It bores the hell out of me.

[bedazzled]

31. never watched it ... i didn't watch anything on tv for many years

however, jon stewart and stephen colbert are the first shows i've regularly watched since i was in high school -- 30 years ago!

[life_long_dem]

41. I usually watch the Daily Show and the Colbert Report.

I also like watching Link T.V, do you get that?

P.S. I was in high school 25 years ago.

[bedazzled]

64. nope, i don't think i've ever heard of link t.v.

is it anarchistic, too? we have basic cable with our apartment. i would never pay for cable, otherwise! some of the stuff on there really makes your skin crawl (can you say FOX NEWS?)

it seems like a long time since high school, doesn't it? i laugh that i've missed a whole generation of television shows! i'm more likely to watch old episodes of lucy or twilight zone than anything in the last 30 years. looks like shakespeare compared to now...

[life_long_dem]

70. To answer your question, "is it anarchistic, too?" I would have to

say, it's not a violent response to the ** establishment, merely a LINK to the truth; anarchistic lite.

I believe it is funded by public donations and advertisements.

We subscribe to DIRECTV, if not for that, I might not have ever heard of it.

Their best program is "Democracy Now", hosted by Amy Goodman. (IMHO)

[bedazzled]

74. thanks for the info...

i appreciate your taking the time to answer. i think my aunt has directv, i'll have to check with her! i ADORE amy goodman. i used to live in new jersey, and always tried to catch her show in the mornings on pacifica. i really miss it since moving to west palm beach. i've started to enjoy rachel maddow, though. i like her sense of humor.

there seems to be a concerted effort to keep folks ignorant in west palm beach. news of any type is hard to come by. air america goes away at dusk, and randi's show is kind of chopped up when it's aired here. also, no mike malloy! i miss him, he rages just like i do.

i have a prehistoric computer and no ipod, so that isn't an option either. the worst thing is, most people who live here don't seem to care that they are uninformed. i can see why there's so much election fraud here.

[6000eliot]

32. Not once!

Never saw Survivor either. I don't even get how watching people sing bad pop songs off key is entertaining.

[kwassa]

33. I've watched parts of two episodes, and it is as bad as I thought

I can't stand the judges, all the overblown emoting, and most of the music.

Not my idea of entertainment.

[swag]

34. Never watched it. I'm sure it's great.

[bridgit]

35. nope...

[displacedtexan]

38. Nope. Never seen it.

All you have to do is catch the commercials on
occasion and suffer through the news stories while
waiting for the weather report.

Actually, they really don't need to spend $$ on an
actual show... if you think about it.

[blondeatlast]

39. Here! I will admit I watched "Rock Star INXS" occasionally, but

that's not really a reality show, so I remain a reality show virgin (like oral sex, ya know)! :evilgrin:

[Mutley]

42. I saw a few minutes of one of the first season shows...

but none of it since. I'm not big into reality TV. Some of them are mildly amusing, but for the most part... meh.

[Vidar]

43. Won't watch this or any reality show.

[LSK]

44. i have never watched it

The only network TV show I watch is 24. On cable I watch WWE, Mad Money, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Keith Olbermann, CSPAN, Sports and the occasional movie.

[LouisianaLiberal]

45. I've never watched a reality show.

Don't understand the appeal. A friend tried to get me to watch Survivor. I lasted less than five minutes.

[Initech]

48. Me either. I usually watch TV to escape reality.

[leftofthedial]

46. never

never watched any of them

[hippiechick]

47. Me !!!

:puke:

[nutsnberries]

50. never... and no reality shows.. and

no nuthin'! well....

i watch some history channel, discovery, cable news, a spongebob here and there...
some movies and mindless Nick@Nite

and David Letterman and Conan O'Brien sometimes.

I know nothing about current series. I'm too busy in primetime to sit down and watch something.

edited because i remembered that sometimes i watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. :)

[peacebird]

51. never seen american idol, lost, survivor or any of the "reality" schlock

[Heidi]

52. Nope. It's not available to us.

Just one more reason to live in a small, middle European country that values universal health care more than it values diversion. :D

[LouisianaLiberal]

54. Switzerland?

Do you need a butler? How about an indentured servant? I can pay my own way, and am reasonably well-mannered. You don't even have to pay me. And I can read German!

I won't stay more than a year or so. Promise. Just until America regains its sanity. Well, ok, maybe a little longer than a year.

[Heidi]

56. Ya know what?

I'll run it by The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger. He is, after all, the one whom the butler would have to hand-feed tiny slivers of rare deli roast beef, twice daily. :D

[LouisianaLiberal]

59. I will endeavor to give satisfaction, ma'am.

As you can see, I am also a reader of P.G. Wodehouse, and am certain I can perform my duties with the sagacity and confident obsequiousness of a Jeeves. :-)

[Major Hogwash]

102. That's one content kitty!

Good looking cat!

But, he looks a little grumpy to me.

[Kashka-Kat]

53. tried watching it but that horrible repetitive theme song felt like a

drill drilling into my brain.

[Justpat]

55. Me. but I don't watch much else either.

[hyphenate]

57. I don't like most of them

at all. I haven't and won't watch any of them, from the Amazing Race, Survivor, American Idol, and however many more are out there. I'm a big fan of the dramas on, though, and except for "Two and a Half Men" I don't like most sitcoms, either.

Sorry--I'm boring. :)

[MadHound]

58. Hell, I've nver watched any reality show.

They're boring, stupid and are hardly "reality"

And what's really sad is that there are more people voting for American Idol than in the last presidential election.

[Beaverhausen]

60. I watched Project Runway and occasionally Top Chef

Because the "contestants" on these shows actually had some talent and expertise.

I watched Idol a few times but, being a musician myself, I think it's crap.

and I never watched any of the others like survivor or bachelor. :puke:

[NYCGirl]

84. Top Chef is great, but I do love Survivor. Even when the participants are

dull — the scenery is gorgeous.

[NC_Nurse]

61. Me.

I've never watched a reality show.

[deadparrot]

63. Me. I've never watched reality TV.

Other than a second here or there while channel surfing. :shrug:

[dpbrown]

65. I've never watched it, and won't

I won't watch the other "freak show" programs that the major television outlets offer to the carnival huckster enamored public, either.

[ikojo]

67. I love Barry Manilow and he was on an episode in 2005

I could stand only 15 minutes of the show, until I changed the channel.

I don't know what people see in it.

[Broken_Hero]

68. no american idol for me, never...

I watch...two reality tv shows...Cops, and Wife Swap...shows are hiliarious to me, seeing how people interact, in that sort of setting, and i watch cops, to see if the bad guys get away, and to see how "hard" the cops try, not to be over bearing...oh, and to see places, I ahve all ready been...:)

[spindrifter]

69. Not I.

[Neoma]

71. I don't watch any reality shows.

[trof]

72. me

[lumberingbear]

73. Never!!!

I hate reality shows x(

[sakabatou]

75. Me

[Bzzzz]

77. I have a life...

and have never disired to watch ANY reality show.

[Taverner]

78. I never did

I only go for two "Reality" shows: Cops and Americas Wildest Police Chases.

For some reason I just love those shows.

[RetroLounge]

79. I don't watch tv, period.

RL

[mzteris]

80. nope.

I hate all those silly shows....

Don't watch much tv at all anymore - except the occasional History Channel, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic type of program.

Oh yeah - and hockey! :)

[RubyDuby in GA]

81. Never have! Never watched any of the "reality shows"

I honest to god question the intelligence of people who do.
Flame away. I could care less. I watch TV to be entertained. To be taken to another place where imagination runs wild.

If I want reality, I watch the Discovery Channel. Love me some Mythbusters....

[Dukkha]

82. Never seen it never will!

I am not musically challenged. Bad karaoke doesn't amuse me.

[life_long_dem]

86. You wrote, "bad karaoke," that is the best description of that show

I have ever read. Great comparison.

[Reciprocity]

83. Nope never seen it.

[SteppingRazor]

85. Never seen a whole episode of it...

or one of Survivor, or just about any other reality TV.

Not that I can't see the entertainment value, it's just not my kind of thing.

I did like the first season of The Amazing Race, but the concept got tired after that first go-around

[emcguffie]

87. I've never watched it. Don't even really know what it is.

I've never watched any of them. But I sometimes have heard about them on the "news". Amazing.

Reality TV takes over the "news". News about television about pretend reality. I stopped watching the news, stopped my subscription to news magazines and newspapers, stopped listening to NPR. I feel much better now.

[wildhorses]

88. raises hand...that would be me

first off...I work nights
second...my electricity is fugged up

[maveric]

89. Never watched it and never will.

Its fluff that takes up too much of America's thinking.
A glorified version of "Ted Mack's Original Amatuer Hour". :puke:

[ContraBass Black]

90. I've been forced to overhear it. Does that count?

[Philosoraptor]

91. Me!

Never seen it, never will. Same with all reality shows, they are for freaks.

[redwitch]

92. me.

I also don't watch Survivor, Deal or No Deal, and um, any other reality show you can name ( except an occasional foray into HGTV, does that even count?

[sarge43]

93. "Reality tv" is an oxymoron. n/t

[flvegan]

94. Never have, and, unless nudity was allowed, never will.

And if nudity was allowed, I'd still mute it.

[WCGreen]

95. Not once have I watched a Reality based TV Show....

Including anything on Faux News....

[AlinPA]

96. I have never watched "American Idol" n/t

[tibbir]

97. Never watched it.

I hope I never run across it by accident.

[texanwitch]

98. Me

:hi:

I don't care for reality shows.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

99. Proud to have never watched American Idol OR

Survivor OR The Real World OR any of those other low-budget excuses for TV programs.

I watched Who Wants to Be a Millionaire once, only because an acquaintance appeared on it. (He won $250,000).

[u4ic]

101. I have never

and have no interest. Have not watched Canadian Idol, either.

I watched 5 minutes of Survivour. B-o-r-i-n-g. And it was the big "season finale" - it was the first one.

I flicked on some model reality show once for a millisecond. Wow, what utter trash.

[Theres-a]

103. Not once.

Survivor either.Not once.