Death by Television Returns!

Patron Saint of TV

I love TV. I love talking about TV. My friends come to me for TV suggestions and look forward to my Facebook posts about TV. I am a TV Addict.
I'm just super lame about writing about it on this blog. I haven't written anything in months but I get 20-30 views a day! Imagine how many views I will get when I actually get off my ass and actually post something regularly...so that's what I'm going to do. I promise to post something at least twice a week from now on.
Television is in a golden age right now, some people say it's a platinum age. So, there will be a lot for me to write about. I have strong opinions on TV, I don't rate The Wire but love Murder, She Wrote. I watch almost all the Real Housewives like modern soap operas. I talk about the drag queens on RuPaul's Drag Race like other people talk about athletes. I binge watch shows on Netflix and Amazon Prime...and other online arenas.
I'm going to post about new shows, shows that are streaming online, TV classics, popular TV, not so popular TV, trash TV...I'm also going to continue with my original plan, which was to go through my favorite TV shows in alphabetical order. And 'live' blogging some of my favorite shows past and present; Murder, She Wrote, Friday the 13th: The TV Show and I think I'm going to do The Avengers too, it's such an odd show.
Oh yeah...and the Judge Judy or Judge Milian quote of the day!

Recently watched:
Preacher
Stranger Things
Suspects
The Avengers
Real Housewives
Holby City

Started watching:
Bates Motel

Hate-Watching: Real Housewives

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Hate-watching is when you watch a t.v. show even though you don't actually like it. You watch it for the 'enjoyment' of bitching about it with your friends on social media. The X Factor is a show people hate-watch...I used to hate-watch The X Factor but I can't even get any 'enjoyment' out of making fun of it anymore.
But there's another show that I can't stop hate-watching...The Real Housewives of...all of them. The extreme 'wealth' (though half of them seem to be bankrupt at some point) and consumption disgusts me. I can't relate to them in any way. It's like watching a nature program except it's about 'The Real Housewives' instead of 'Meerkat Manor' or 'Lions of the Serengeti'. These women spend more on lunch than what my rent is a month. They are selfish, conceited, rude, greedy, self centered, self abosorbed, lying, cheating, backstabbing bullies...with way too much plastic surgery. But I can't stop watching their antics.
I know most of the scenes are set up so there's some kind of heated confrontation or fight...all the better for the ratings. These women have no loyalty to each other, even their 'friends' or 'family' of years or decades. They change sides more then they change their underwear. They seem to have a new BFF every other episode. And if some of these women hate each other so much why would they go on vacation with each other!?!? I wouldn't even go to lunch with any of them, except maybe Kyle from Beverly Hills or Nene from Atlanta.
Even so, as long as they keep finding new cities to have 'Real Houswives' I will watch this show.

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