Fat Free TV

Ok...so anybody who knows me is familiar with my avoidance of TV. I've lived without TV (meaning cable, sat, or locals) for three years and haven't missed it. My reasons are simple...it's junk food for the mind.

So tonight I was purusing iTunes and checking out the discovery channel episodes they have for sale. Each show is avaiable for something like $1.99. I though that's reasonable and started checking out the previews. As I was switching between I noticed myself becoming very selective. "If I'm going to pay for this I want something good", is what I was thinking to myself.

It then dawned on me! We all have access to free TV via the local stations. It's very easy to waste ourselfs watching it mostly because it's free. We'll glue ourselfs to the screen just waiting for something to grab our attention...maybe a decent show, something funny, or and entertaining commercial.

BUT wait...it gets worse. We start to get fustrated because those 20 some channels aren't enough. So we end up buy DirectTV or the Dish! Ahh 150 channels to do the same mindless thing. Search for something to grab our attention. At this point a 12 pack *might* be better for us!

Here the point...if we had to buy every show we watched do you think we would watch such crap? Would there be 200 different reality shows? Would there be shows that maxed out our senses like MTV?

My guess is we would exercise our freedom to be individuals again. We wouldn't all flock to the same status quo...more choice through our dollar.

I can't help but wonder what's going to happen when more choices are available through this on-demand type of programming...very exicting stuff!