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08-30-2010, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
But that wasn't the complaint. Sitron said that American TV shows are too realistic, and therefore boring. I am trying to understand this argument.

The nice thing about TV in America is all those things exist, and I can spend hundreds of hours a day watching anything but them (including some fantastic BBC shows like Top Gear).
Well, I personally find reality TV brain-numbing guff, so if that's what he means, I totally agree.

Not sure what you mean there either. You mean the sheer variety of programming on American TV means you can avoid all the things you dislike?

Top Gear isn't half bad.
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