[speaker002:] okay what uh TV shows do you like and what do you watch
[speaker001:] well I I tend to be a a uh sports news and uh not very many of the modern sitcoms
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] what about what about yourself
[speaker002:] well uh I like a variety of things you know uh the like the sitcom wise I like uh Major Dad I'm in the I'm in the Navy so I kind of you know can associate even though he's a Marine officer I uh I you know I kind of associate with that a little bit and I kind of like the way it's done
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] um I like uh Cheers I don't get to see it as often as as I'd like to though uh uh let me see what else oh there's some on HBO that I've uh I like it's a Tales from the Crypt they're kind of like those you know those Alfred Alfred Hitchcock Tales from His Crypt type of things I like watching that too
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and uh I just uh I like you know enjoy the horror or the mystery or whatever just kind of seeing you know what the twist would be and uh same thing I like if I catch old Twilight Zone and stuff I like those so
[speaker001:] well what I find is that outside of uh well sports because I'm a sports fan is the the ones that I do watch is uh Saturday Night Live
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker001:] except I I wish they didn't have so many reruns
[speaker002:] right right
[speaker001:] and otherwise we're caught up with uh because we are pretty good at sitting down to dinner in the six to seven o'clock period uh good ole Wheel of Fortune
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] which is uh an interesting combination of a a lot of luck and uh the it's probably as good a program as any for the audience to play along and see if you think you're smart or smarter then then those folks are
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] uh I have a family that is very much into sitcoms and and I have to at six o'clock uh fight getting the news on versus uh having the channel changed on me because they want to watch Cosby or one of the other ones that
[speaker002:] right right
[speaker001:] running on one of the uh the off channels
[speaker002:] uh-huh well that's uh I don't do it so much now I guess in the last year or so but before that I would at the same time thing were happening to me in front of the TV at a certain time I was watching Jeopardy uh Jeopardy
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and I thought that was kind of interesting you know trying to answer the questions and you uh you learn some good things I thought you know pick up some interesting facts
[speaker001:] yeah certainly more educational than Wheel of Fortune
[speaker002:] right but the one uh that slipped my mind but the one that I my favorite TV show right now I would say is Star Trek uh The New Generation
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I really enjoy it it's uh it's uh you know I thought that I really liked the old Star Trek and this Star Trek uh is so much better you know of course the uh special effects are better and the the story lines just seem to be really good and it's it's uh I really like it enjoy it
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and I but I always you know I I got to start getting into the habit of trying to record it on the VCR because I always forget you know the kids bedtime is a little after it starts so I kind of lose track of time putting the kids to bed and uh so I always end up missing it
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] but I do like that show a lot because it follows uh follows a good story line
[speaker001:] yeah I find that it seems to me and uh maybe this is as you get older I'm in my mid forties now but uh uh I guess from my vantage point I think the quality of TV has gone down or else my interests have changed because there were there were various series over the years that I would always make sure I watched and yet I find that now I'm there's hardly anything that that except Saturday Night Live that draws me to say I want to try to watch that I may watch something just because it's on but I uh
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] I tend to go more to the educational channels if there's uh something that seems interesting there I just uh as I say don't find the modern sitcom very uh
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] well just very appealing to my interests
[speaker002:] well there is a lot of things that interest me too that I catch catch you know as I'm I flip through the channels on the Discovery Channel and I do like a lot of shows on that yeah
[speaker001:] yeah yeah do you get A&E
[speaker002:] yes uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] because that's one we don't have cable so uh there's a few things I miss because I don't have cable and A&E is one whenever I'm on a business trip
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and they have it I find that it has things that are uh that interest me they have a lot of series uh I guess I'm into uh I'm a history buff so with all their reruns of uh the aviators over the ages and uh who built what planes and all that was uh
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] that type of stuff interests me
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah that's uh one of the things here is we we we kind of have to have cable here with the reception in the Virginia Beach area you you maybe if you're lucky get three channels okay
[speaker001:] hum
[speaker002:] and uh otherwise uh if you want anything more than that you need to get it you need to get uh cable TV
[speaker001:] yeah I guess that varies from place to place being in the Dallas area because we have we have about seven without uh cable and then with cable who knows how many you can get
[speaker002:] right right
[speaker001:] seven seems enough
[speaker002:] yeah yeah that sure is plenty but uh let me see what other oh there's a new TV show out called Dinosaurs did you catch any of that
[speaker001:] uh I've read a little bit about it but uh I haven't I don't even know if it's running here in Dallas It kind of shows the level of interest I have in looking at the TV schedule what time's it on there
[speaker002:] well I I don't know that it's showing anymore I thought I saw it show once or twice I saw the first one you know because I was interested in seeing what it looked like and it wasn't really that good I mean you know the muppet stuff was really was was okay but uh
[speaker001:] um-hum uh-huh
[speaker002:] the the comedy on it wasn't wasn't very very funny or anything and uh I think it might have been cut already because uh same with you I haven't really paid attention but I hadn't seen it you know just glancing through the TV Guide or whatever
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] so it might've been cut and uh I thought that was surprising being a new show and I'm sure it cost a lot of money to make
[speaker001:] well they do but it it's amazing these days if something isn't making it the word of mouth uh of people talking to each other can cause a program which gets bad reviews to uh to uh not last for very long and even though they did invest money in it
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker001:] that they uh it's I think the comparison is like baseball managers this year they seem to uh say two weeks in uh you've had your chance time to uh
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] since you aren't making it we're going to find somebody else
[speaker002:] yeah that's true how about any of the other shows like uh you know Thirty Something or LA Law or or uh what Shannon's Deal I guess is another one
[speaker001:] well you know LA Law seems to be real hot and in fact because of the particular business I'm in I'm not a lawyer but I work with lawyers a lot
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and the lawyers seem to be very much into watching it and yet I again I have to say because of uh
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] uh I have not watched very many episodes of it
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] uh again it's I don't know what I do with my time but I certainly don't spend it watching uh TV in the evenings
[speaker002:] right right well same here usually it's already by the time we get everything done it's uh time to go to bed
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] but uh I've caught that a few times you know Thirty Something and all and uh and even LA Law and usually the episodes that I watch you know I'm not a fan of it or anyt hing