B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for January 21, 2011

One? More than I would of thought.

I & my parents & sister could never agree on what to watch. We ended up having our own TV’s too.

Good Morning, Fellow Cave Dwellers.

Only had one TV growing up…………there wasn’t much on…..you had to wait until evening for programming to start!

@Clark Kent: don’t worry, football season is almost over.

An hour of TV a day takes your intelligence away.

We also had only TV growing up - B&W, of course. We were always jealous of the kids who had color TV.

Now we have color TV sets (2 of ‘em), but they’re so old that they don’t work with the new digital system. Doesn’t really matter because we haven’t had cable in 16 years and only watch DVDs. Having said that, we do have internet and three computers, so we still have more than enough screen time. Just never really missed television.

Good Morning Lonewolf, Gweedo, Montana Lady, Skye and Everybody.

We all had TVs. In the bedrooms were those little black & white things and a big TV in the living room. As for what to watch as a family, Dad picked.

I’ve never had a TV in my bedroom, and never wanted one. I watch too much TV as it is – I need a room where I can get away from it!

I remember when programing didn’t start until sometime in the afternoon. It would show a test pattern with an Indian head on it and then the first show to come on was Howdy Doody. That was in the city (Houston) and there was only one channel. We later had channels 2, 13 and 11. Later we had a UHF channel 39.

Hey Tsali, you are forgetting Channel 8 in Houston, the University of Houston station. Of course, it is easy to forget since it was very weak and fuzzy for the first 5-10 years.

And I am with CDEward although we only dumped cable about two years ago. Have not missed it at all. But, like him (her?) I still get way too much screen time with the computer. I’m working on breaking that addiction as well.

Never had TV in my room and refuse to have one now. Then again, I watch one show a week and my kids watch even less.

Good morning, BCers!

I have Direct TV, about 135 channels, and can very seldom find anything that I want to watch.For the most part it’s all crap. Out of the 135 channels, 20 or more are Spanish speaking. It’s a rip-off!

For a couple of years while growing up, only one family in our neighborhood had TV, a big 17-inch set! Miami, FL, had a choice of one channel: WTVJ channel 4. After school, their two nephews and I would watch Howdy-Doody and Skipper Chuck. We enjoyed the old serials. Then the kids’ programs were preempted by the televised McCarthy subcommitte hearings! How dare they!

We got our own TV in time to see the “golden age” of television. Red Skelton was a family favorite. I would do my homework during commercials and less interesting programs.

In more recent years, I had cable for a while. One day, the most interesting thing on the 76 channels was “LA Harbor Ship Movements.” I dropped cable shortly afterward and have seen no sufficient reason in the last 25 years to reinstate it.

Things have come full-circle. Our big-screen set died a couple of years ago, and we are back to watching on our little 17-inch set. (Our computers, on the other hand have 21 and 27-inch screens).

More on the computer these days than TV. But won’t miss Roadshow, or Dr.Who.

I love the way folks say they don’t watch then list the shows they DO watch. I sample and find one worth it once in while. The day time reruns of old series are best. I found L & O that way years ago.

pouncing. Basketball is here though. then baseball, then…Vicious cycle.

TV’s give you brain farts.

I do plan to watch TV, but first I have to run out of books.