TV Today

These days it is just a nightmare to see TV programs. I am virtually
forced to check each one of them these days (as i am waiting for my
joining letter)with great patience and verify whom to give my time.
so here is a brief description of the famous ones and what
they offer.

Honestly I do not see the saas-bahu serials. What i do see is a short
glimpse of them during the so called prime time(torture time for me)
when all popular channels show them. Star TV stands on top in their
defence and it is simply boycotted by me alone. My mother sees them
with great interest and so no chance mates than to leave the TV room.
The director feels no shame in projecting a good 30 year old lady as
one of 80 year grand mother. Worse that lady wears saaris ( poor
saari must be feeling ashamed in the body of 80 year old), good
black hair, excellent make-up(to look young!!). The grand-daughter of
that lady looks older than her in contrast. This pattern is visible
in all of them. Men (projected as grand-fathr) look older by their
greyed hair(thank god), and by wearing clothes suitable for
their age. The stories are worse. A lady marries 5 times, dies and
escapes umpteen times and often the actors are dumped and new actors
are brought which makes this all thing very messy. A story runs for
good 5 years and they add all kind of twists and turns to see their
TRP ratings falling like a castle of cards.


Some channels have brought new concepts.Majority fails badly as the
story length is increased without any reason( remember Jassi jaisi
koi nahin). Some add hit numbers in between and the actors dance and
wear clothes which is really shocking to see. Other fails bcoz the
cast is no good and neither is the story. All in all very poor
situation and there is no hope of any great change.

Horror shows are really comedy shows. Comedy shows become horror
shows. I really think there is good shortage of writers in TV
industry. There was a time when ulta-pulta, with its
limited resources was a big hit among masses. Now with so good
infrastructure and so many advances they have lost the basic touch
that really matters. Nothing more to say here.


News channels. The less we say the better. Some 10 years back Aaj tak
was shown at 11 PM for about half hours and was seen by masses with
gr8 interest. It is now 24 hour channel with extensions channels like
Tej and Delhi Aaj Tak. It is not seen with even 10% of interest.
Worse to check the authenticity of its news we check the other
channels. Reporters of all the channels ask questions even a big
idiot won't ask. Like when akshardam temple was attacked and lots of
people were badly hurt, what they asked "Aap kaisa mahsoos kar rahe
hain". What rubbish reporting. NDTV is using films as a medium to
project themselves as News channel no. 1. It can be done with
authentic news, good reporting and use of new technologies as they
come. They fail in basic areas and think can woo viewers.


The cartoon channels show cartoons i never heard of during my time.
Most of them are blind copy of Chinese and Japanese versions and
don't raise the adrenalin. It is very hard if not impossible to see
them and know what is happening. The story line is very poor and
they fail in their basic idea( to make one laugh or feel relax).


Movie channels shows the same movie many times in a week. Good movies
are shown rarely and i don't want to be tortured by the bad ones. I
check the news paper to see if today i can spend any time on them.
Otherwise it is of no use really.

Sincerely speaking only these channels are seen by majority of
viewers. Fed up with them i take refuge in Discovery Channel and
family. Most of the time they are good except the fact they
all are pro-US. Nature shows are the best thing. One feels relaxed by
seeing the beauty, gets humour by seeing the behavior of animals and
we came close to nature for which we give least time from our time
table. Science stories, Detective stories, History and all are also a
treat to watch.