TV has been one of the many constants in my life. No matter what was going on I could always use TV to escape my reality. As a child, I watched cartoons, Silver Spoons, Punky Brewster and Webster. I could watch these shows, and imagine that’s how my life could be. Surrounded by happy families and no matter what happened during the show, in the end of 30 minutes, everything worked itself out.
Cartoons were always good for a laugh. And they honestly don’t make them like they used to (but that’s another post for another day). Smurfs, The Jetsons, Flintstones, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Jem and others, were great. Back then, Saturday morning was filled with cartoons. Every channel played them from 7am to noon. My mom always left a bowl, a box of cereal on the table (after she discovered me climbing on the counter). She could spend the day sleeping in, and this was my time to control the remote. This was before there was a TV in every room of the house. And also before cable, but still all of the channels provided some good Saturday morning laughs.
As an adult, I know that life is more difficult than what TV makes it seem. Nothing is solved in a half hour, and family is rarely like what it is on TV. The closest TV family to mine was Rosanne. Now TV is my escape. It’s what I turn to when I want to forget about work, bills, family and everything going on in my real world.
I like a lot of crime shows. I remember first watching NYPD Blue when I was like 12. It got me out of my shelter life, and showed me that there was real crime out there. Now they have a variety of shows that concentrate on everything. From Criminal Minds and the psychology of the crime to CSI and the forensics. The funny thing is now there doesn’t seem to be many real “cop” shows anymore.
I was never much of a soap opera person, but shows like Lost and 24, may as well be the primetime version of them. So I get caught up in the storylines. I also like comedies like How I Met Your Mother, 30 Rock and New Adventures of Old Christine.
Television is my escape. And thanks to cable, there are so many more shows on now. However, it still never seems to be anything on Sunday afternoons. What is your escape?
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