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Anonymous wrote:I'm almost 60 and maintain that most of the TV shows from the 1970s and 1980s are almost unwatchable today. Watch an episode of the Cosby show. Wooden acting, drab dialogue, paint by number story lines and pacing that puts you to sleep.
TV series have moved to streaming and the quality is 10 times better.

My 8 and 10 year olds love Cosby show

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Anonymous wrote:Husband and I try to give most of the trendy popular shows (and movies) a chance and they are all just so awful. Like painfully bad. Last show I think we laughed at was maybe Modern Family and The Office? But even those get really over the top with the diversity, dumb white guy tropes, and other nonsense shoved down your throat. Outside of live sports every once in a while, our TV is rarely on.

Sounds like you guys have awful taste.

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J lo and Madonna need to pack it in. They are over 50. They are going to look over 50. Please accept that and move on.

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Could not tolerate This Is Us. Cringe-y.

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I think everyone is homosexual, especially men.

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Anonymous wrote:Could not tolerate This Is Us. Cringe-y.

+1. Also a Million Little Things. Although they both remind me of thirty something which I loved as a teen. I guess my tolerance for whiny thirtyskmetbings has sharply declined now that I’m past it. I also don’t have much tolerance for all the shows about young women dating jerks and getting into fights with their friends.

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Anonymous wrote:Could not tolerate This Is Us. Cringe-y.

+1 it’s so bad and corny. And unrealistic.

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Anonymous wrote:Award shows should not be televised. Let them award their honors without taking up network prime time.

Meghan and Harry are pretty ordinary now that they have removed themselves from the UK.

I agree, but given that it is a huge moneymaker for everyone involved, it will never happen. For the same reasons, the NFL Draft is now a red carpet, network primetime event, which I think is incredibly stupid. BUT it's now a money-making venture and won't stop unless the dollars dry up.

NFL is the US’s biggest pro sport - CFB is arguably just as popular or even more so in certain areas - so the draft is an intersection of both sports plus a reality TV component when a prospect starts to fall in the draft or a team makes a reach or a last-minute trade. Idk as a football fan I definitely see the appeal. Plus it’s a way to give people NFL content in the middle of the off season. It’s really only the first day/first round that’s a red carpet circus, not the whole thing.

+1 It’s actually amazing that it was as low profile an event as it was for so long. It started at 8 am on Saturday and was only on ESPN for the longest time.

+1 I love the first night of NFL draft. Love the back stories. There’s an audience for it so they do it. That’s why ESPN has 24/7 sports center and 4-5 different channels. May not be for you but they have the numbers.

PP and I'm not disagreeing with the fact that there are people who will watch it. I'm certainly not interested, but I don't care about the NFL generally. I'm pointing out the silliness of making it a red carpet event, with celebrities in attendance being asked "what are you wearing?" and all that nonsense. Once the event becomes about something larger than the event itself -- that is, once there are interested sponsors and fashion houses and movie studios, all treating it like a big opportunity for promotion -- then it's very unlikely to go away, no matter what I or anyone else thinks about it.

That said, since the point of this post is unpopular opinions and mine apparently now qualifies, I'll give it: caring that much about a drafting event for professional sports is incredibly dumb, and you all need better hobbies.

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Anonymous wrote:Could not tolerate This Is Us. Cringe-y.

+1 it’s so bad and corny. And unrealistic.

+2 I think it was supposed to make me cry, but it was so corny it was almost funny.

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Harry Styles is a stupid little botch. I want to smack him in the face hard.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why they brought Friends back. I loved it k the 90’s as a teen, but watching it now just annoys the hell out of me.

I hate the Friends. I hated them and their shitty umbrellas in the 90s and I hate them now!!!!

I dreaded Friday lunch time when everyone at lunch would go over every single detail of the Friends episode. Fock the Friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Leonardo DiCaprio is the same in every single movie.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought Encanto was terrible. Characters underdeveloped, lame music, no villain or romance, and the problem solved by a nice family therapy session. My kids didn't like it either.

Encanto sucked.

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Gwynneth Paltrow, I am not buying a candle that smells like your stanky vagina! Get over yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought Encanto was terrible. Characters underdeveloped, lame music, no villain or romance, and the problem solved by a nice family therapy session. My kids didn't like it either.

Agreed.