Television Station Ratings

When I was young, I remember that the television stations were rated by popularity with ABC at the top, NBC, and then CBS trailing far behind. I remember my family mostly watching ABC shows and thinking how true the ratings were.

I have been reflecting on this memory in recent years. It seems to me that the raties are still placing the stations in that same order; however, that is no longer what my family is mostly watching. FOX was not even a word in my household growing up. Only occasionally will there be a show on ABC or NBC that I watch. Most of my tv time is spent on CBS, followed by FOX.

My shows by station:

CBS (Fall Line-Up)
Survivor
Shark
Pirate Master
Cold Case
Without a Trace
Numbers
CSI: Miami
CSI: NY
CSI: Crime Scene Investigations
NCIS
The Amazing Race
Big Brother (sort of, but only to keep up with conversations)

FOX (fall preview)
So You Think You Can Dance
House
American Idol
On the Lot

NBC (fall preview)
Last Comic Standing
The Apprentice (canceled)
Dateline

ABC (fall shows)
The Next Best Thing
The Bachelor
The Bachelorette

FOOD NETWORK
The Next Food Network Star


It is kind of scary laying out this list for all to see. What in the world does my tv viewing say about me! I'm mostly not sure what it says about whether or not I follow my Christian values very well when it comes to t.v.

We have been renting some movies lately as my tivo has actually not been very active lately with all the reruns. Big Brother will be starting soon; however, I am not really into it. I mostly watch it so that I can understand and participate in conversations around me. I tend to miss a lot of the episodes. There is just too much ugliness and rawness in it for me. I understand that they are hyping up a gay couple that gets married on the show (Stephen Ireland and James Joell) this season and have revealed the contestants.

My reflecting has recently been brought back to mind as I am watching the ads for television line-ups this fall and, wow, I must say FOX seems to really be stepping it up! If CBS is not careful, I may become a avid FOX viewer.

THIS SUMMER

What's up with the Karoke War between NBC and Fox? NBC's "The Singing Bee" is scheduled to air (July 10) one day before Fox's Don't Forget the Lyrics (July 11). I may have to check both of these out.

THIS FALL

Kid Nation on CBS this fall has my attention. Can 40 children with no adults really survive?

On fox, there are upcoming shows for "The Search for the Next Great American Band," "K-Ville" (a New Orleans based drama), Back to You (with the lady from Everyone Loves Raymond) and "New Amsterdam" also have my attention. I am hopeful that the Band show is comparable to the RockStar show I enjoyed.

And, although the FOX show "When Women Ruled the World" interests me, the premises of it may be too far beyond my Christian beliefs to get me to watch it. We'll see.

CBS also has some applications on their website of a "untitled legal reality tv" show and I am curious about what that will be.