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    Home » Everything Amish » Plain Culture

    Fall TV Fun

    Published: Oct 23, 2015 · Updated: Oct 23, 2015 by Kevin Williams | 9 Comments

    By Kevin Williams

    Ah, it is autumn which means the new TV season arrives.  I don't know about most of you, but TV is something that I don't think has necessarily improved over the years.

    First, there is the issue of control. Literally. It used to be we had one remote to turn on and off the TV and to change the channels and that was that.  In fact, I remember years ago my grandmother having a "cable box" that sat on the end table next to her big easy chair and we'd just press a button for the channel we wanted.  Today, there are TV sets that have three or four remote controls and enough buttons to send up the space shuttle. All I want to do is turn the TV on and off and watch my favorite show.  Now we have all of these gadgets, programs on demand, etc.  and we can fast-forward through the commercials.  You know what?  I used to loathe commercials, but now that I rarely watch them I kind of miss them.  No wonder I never know what products are new, I never watch commercials for them anymore....I remember commercials growing up: the classic Mean Joe Green Coke commercial, the corny Folger's "Peter, You're Home!" Christmas commercial, the uncomfortable hygiene products during dinner. Okay, maybe I don't miss them that much.

    I don't watch TV much anymore, especially not since Aster arrived.  But my childhood is full of fond memories of "appointment TV", classic sitcoms like The Jeffersons, All in the Family, Alice, Family Ties and Too Close For Comfort.   Dramas like Little House on the Prairie and The Love Boat were favorites also.  Fortunately, there are some shows in today's fragmented and tasteless TV landscape that remind me of yesteryear.  So assuming I can find the right control and the right button, here are my five fall favorites:

    Any other Middle fans out there?

    Any other Middle fans out there?

    THE MIDDLE:   I hate it that I like this show, but I love it.  I hate it because the fact that I love it so much means I can relate to it.  And I don't even know what night it actually airs because we never watch it when it does. Rachel DVRs it and we watch it whenever we have the time.  No more having to be home by a certain time.  I'm not sure whether that is good or bad.  Anyway, the show is about a fictional family in fictional Orson, Indiana who are muddling through a middle class existence, but they manage to get by.

    MODERN FAMILY:   I wish I related to these people more than The Middle, but I don't.   No one is ever really working in this show.

    BIG BANG THEORY:  This is just a classic comedy.

    THE VOICE:   I enjoy watching this show.  Not 100 percent sure why. Aster enjoys the singing so I guess if she enjoys it I do too.  I kind of miss Christina Aguilera as ajudge this year, though.

    NASHVILLE:  I hate admitting publicly that I watch this show.  One, I don't really like country music.  Two, the acting - if you can all it that - is really quite awful.  But it's an intriguing, hour-long escape into silliness.

    Okay, anyone watch these shows? Or I am I all by myself?

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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    1. Salli

      October 23, 2015 at 10:22 am

      My Husband and I have watched The Middle since it began. Love the show and storyline! We also watch The Big Bang Theory. They both can always make you laugh! We really like Last Man Standing too.

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    2. kathy

      October 23, 2015 at 10:44 am

      Love The MIddle, my daughter and granddaughter love it too. They are currently also watching all the Little House on the Prairie...started with reading the books at school!!!

      Reply
    3. Cathy Tyler

      October 23, 2015 at 11:29 am

      I love 4 of those 5 shows (don't watch the Voice).
      I hope The Middle and Big Bang Theory NEVER go off the air!!
      (I watch them all on On Demand).

      Reply
    4. dynnamae

      October 23, 2015 at 2:00 pm

      I watch 3 of your 5. The Middle, The Voice and Big Bang Theory.

      Reply
    5. Fred

      October 23, 2015 at 2:27 pm

      Hello Kevin,
      I love those shows, too. And I just wanted to say thank you for the news letter , site , and recipes. I myself am Pennsylvanian Dutch. But I was born and Raised in New Jersey. I now reside in NEPA. Trying to find my roots.

      Fred

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      • Kevin

        October 28, 2015 at 9:28 am

        Thank you, Fred, thank you for stopping by!!!

        Reply
    6. Dorothy

      October 23, 2015 at 2:31 pm

      I love Nashville too! Not a country music fan normally, I just love all the characters! And Connie Britton is wonderful!

      Reply
    7. Jasmine

      October 23, 2015 at 9:51 pm

      This is also my favorite show, a winner among a bunch of weekly losers. We have hundreds of channels available, yet there is seldom anything decent to watch. I use my DVR for the Middle.

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    8. kentuckylady717

      October 23, 2015 at 10:33 pm

      The only one I watch is "NASHVILLE" love that show.....love country music....most of it.....some of it I do not like and I am country all the way.....but some I just can't take...so you don't like country music eh? there are some good country singers out there.....I think the older singers are better than the news one these days.....have you listened to Alan Jackson, Toby Keith,George Jones,these are my favorite male singers...Jones is no longer living, but he had some great hits....one being "The Window up Above" oh my what a song.....Tammy Wynette was my favorite female singer, she too is deceased....but she had lots of great hits....too many to mention...and my all time favorite singer was and is still ELVIS....you must know who he is.....the world knows Elvis.....need I say more 🙂 ??

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