There used to be a time when there was literally nothing on to watch. I’m old enough to remember when, at the end of the night, TV channels used to play the national anthem and then just…cut to static, leaving literally nothing on.
That was also a time when I think our television got five, maybe six channels on a good day. No cable. No satellite dish. No streaming services. Hell, the big box didn’t even have a remote control. I had to change the channel manually like a damn animal, which meant that just watching whatever it happened to be tuned to was a perfectly viable viewing option.
Those days are long gone. In the programming department, there’s literally something for everybody now, and that’s wonderful. But it also makes it impossible to keep up. I’m quite certain that there are incredible shows that I’m just never going to get around to watching. Not even intentionally, just…it won’t happen. And that’s okay. Here are a few things that I have enjoyed watching lately.
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