I have limited time in the city to spend chilling out in front of the TV. On any given day there’s too much to do in this city but what I do catch is usually watched via the DVR. I hate live tv and usually will not watch a show live unless it’s sports. Currently being DVR’d are shows from The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Namaste Yoga, Countdown, Anthony Bordain’s No Reservations, some Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, 30 Rock, and some Robot Chicken.
I have specific TV channels set up as favorites and usually rotate between those if I’m just having the TV on, you know for background: ESPN, Comedy Central, Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, Science Channel, National Geographic Channel, Current TV, IFC, G4, Animal Planet, NYC TV, Sundance Channel, BBC America, Fox Soccer Channel, NBA TV, Fuel TV, NY1, Food Network and a few of the satellite music channels are all my favorites. That may seem like a lot, but when there’s 1900 channels of crap, I’m only keeping track of 1% of what’s on the idiot box.
Looking at my list I don’t see one that stands out as my favorite. Probably Current TV because of my short attention span, and you don’t have to live by a schedule to watch it. Just turn it on and there will be something good on, if not, each “pod” is only 5-7 minutes so go back to the web or your book before looking back again.
I notice G4 on my list, which I haven’t checkout in some time. I had in the past watched some of their more wacky Asian shows that coincide with my schedule: Ninja Warrior and Tokyo Game show but I had also watched some Attack of the Show (ATOS) at times. I guess it’s a catch all for geeky obsessions like web fetishes, online gaming, tech, gadgets, comedy and babes. G4 is the station that comes to mind when I think of what my tech co-workers are watching, if not Heros.
Other than that… highlights are else where…