Here’s something I’ve noticed after three weeks’ sleepless sampling of basic cable TV fare:
- The 3-6AM lineup is sponsored by infomercials for stock trading, investment scams, and exercise machines.
- The morning news hour is sponsored by erectile dysfunction, male enhancement, and the automotive industry.
- Game shows are propped up by personal injury lawyers and the diet/fitness industry.
- Noon news hour and the early afternoon lineup are paid for by personal injury lawyers and weight loss pills.
- 3PM is owned, of course, by Oprah.
- 4PM through the news hour is sponsored by asbestos lawyers and junk food.
- The 7PM news is leased back to America by Big Pharma and the automotive industry.
- Primetime is anybody’s ballgame.
- The 11PM-3PM syndicated police-procedural is brought to you by phone chat lines, local car dealerships, and lousy sold-on-TV products.
It’s a good thing you’re cute, Finn, ’cause you’re kicking Papa’s ass.
Netflix?
Netflix is great, but when the baby is crying, it’s hard to hear what’s happening in the movie. Also, I like to sit and watch a movie from start to finish; Finn’s schedule doesn’t often mesh with that ideal.
On demand? Does Comcast have that? Box sets, too…whole seasons of idiot box goodness in 47-minute intervals.