I believe I am in tune with social and medical issues that are permeating through our country, and I keep informed. But when I want to tune out and just be entertained, I don't want to see what I'm seeing on the news, on Twitter, on magazine articles, online, etc. on a sitcom or crime drama show.
The first TV show I watched when the new season began was the Good Doctor, and I enjoyed that a little from the standpoint of seeing the progression of Covid how the medical profession saw it and adapted. And ok, it's a medical show of sorts, I get it. But by the second episode, I was already done with it. Then I started watching a couple of other TV shows, and darn if they weren't following the same pattern.
I don't mind seeing a TV show with the characters wearing masks, because that is our current reality, but the show doesn't have to be *about* it, you know? Can I please escape it a bit?
So, with my DroidTV app and the way I watch most of those TV shows anyway, I have resorted to going back and watching shows like Cheers and other older shows just for some mindless entertainment and to get away from reality for a while. Oh, Fargo has been good. With the setting years ago, I can safely avoid this stuff now.
Anybody else tired of watching network shows for this reason, or is it just me?
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