TV Shows......

[gja1000]

I have been watching a PBS series called, Call the Midwife. It is REALLY good, no it's GREAT! Episode 2 was just spectacular. It comes on at 7:00PM central time on Sunday nights.

Upstairs Downstairs is starting season 2 or 3 (can't remember). This was a series in the 70's that was remade in 2010, so I guess this is now season 3. I saw part of season 1, but need to watch the rest of season 1 and then season 2. I'm watching season 3 now, I think it's on Monday nights, and it is really good.

[judy]

Daytime TV is pretty bad. I watch The View if I have time. I DVR Dr. Phil and Anderson Live. I cannot be bothered watching the news shows. I don't believe that most of what they have to say is not biased one way or the other with the election coming up. I catch CNN but I don't really believe them anymore. Actually, I read the top articles on the NY Times app on my Ipad to see what is going on in the world.

I love to lay on the couch and watch TV at night, with the dogs all cuddled around me. Lately, I have been enjoying reading more thn TV though. I love my kindle!!!

[DianaB]

We have DirecTV with sooo many channels but lately I've noticed that sooo many of them are selling stuff. I've looked for a way to block them but without going through each channel I don't think that it can be done. If you take them out then there's really not much to watch. I'm really getting tired of it.......plus with it being close to Halloween the shows are really scary and I don't enjoy being scared. I hate the movies that are out around this time. It's a good thing that I have some movies DVR'd or I'd be going crazy!!

Speaking of Dr. Phil.....which I don't hardly ever watch.......but I caught a program where there was a husband that was obsessed with his wife......calling her all the time.....always checking on her......and all other kinds of behavior. I guess that he was on a few weeks before and Dr. Phil sent him to counseling for 30 days. Anyway.....that man would scare me half to death if I were married to him!!! I sure hope that poor woman can get out of her marriage salely and live a happy life. I think that everyone was concerned about what this man could do. Scary!

[Lindsey]

Diana, I hate scary movies too! I used to love them. I used to love scary books too. Now I just get scared too easily lol! In the last few years that I did still enjoy them, I started having some really bad realistic nightmares and I would wake up covered in sweat and crying. So I just stopped watching scary things all together. I think it would be even worse now living in our old house lol! There are a lot of creaks and random weird things that happen here so I don't want to put ideas in my head! It's easier to just ignore

I am loving all the sitcoms that are back on tv now I think we had about 10 shows recorded this week, because we were away last weekend. We had a relaxing night last night cuddled on the couch in front of the tv lol

[Janet]

We have the dish network and have lots of channels too. I watch it more then regular TV. I mostly watch the local news out of Indianapolis and Days of Our Lives and then the ones I mentioned above on Satellite.

Okay so tell me more about this DVR stuff.....is it the same as VCR ? I have a VCR player/ recorder, a DVD player, but just what is this DVR and what exactly does it do differently?

[gja1000]

A DVR is the same as a VCR except there are no tapes. The recorded shows are just stored in the box and you just push a button to record them and then push a button to watch them. A DVR is in the dish box hooked up to the TV, but a box with a DVR usually costs a little more per month than a regular box.

[Lindsey]

We have just a regular receiver box, but Scott had an external hard drive laying around (because he's a nerd like that) and we found out if we hook that up to the box we already had, it would act as a DVR and it was recognized as one. The only difference is if we are recording something, we can only watch that show or something else that has already been recorded on the DVR. We can't watch live tv of another show while one is recording, and I think that would be possible if we would have shelled out the money for a DVR with the box.

[gja1000]

Hey everyone, tonight is the night for Call the Midwife. It comes on the channel that shows Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and all those kid shows everyday. Someone mentioned that they didn't get the PBS channel, but it is one of the channels you can pick up with just an antennae, you don't even need cable/satellite to get it, so I would think that everyone has it. I called it PBS which stands for Public Television Station, and it would have a different "call" name on your channel lineup. It's KLUR for me.

Anyway, if you have a guide on your TV, look for it at 7:00PM central or 8:00 eastern time. It's really worth watching.