Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy... who's watching?

[redqueen]

I don't like DH or GA, but I used to love Lost.

I won't be watching this season, though.

I don't care if they notice or not. Their reckless disregard for their duty to the American public disgusts me so much that I couldn't watch that show without thinking about the way they've lied to not only us, but the world, as well. Calling that the real story in those ads... the nerve.

[pooja]

1. I love Grey's Anatomy. Guess I'll be passing

[peace13]

14. I love it too, but I am not going to watch!

[havocmom]

2. Watched about 5 minutes of Lost and Grey's Anatomy

that was all I could take. Spoiled Spouses? Not interested in the least.

[Warpy]

6. Spoiled spouses and sex jokes

ho hum. The shows were badly written and badly acted.

[5X]

3. I boycotted ABC before it was popular to boycott ABC.....

actually I did, but only 'cause they got nothing.

[KitSileya]

4. I was eagerly awaiting the premiere of Grey's Anatomy.

Because I adore the character of Christina Yang. However, I will not be downloading the ep next week - as I live in Norway, I don't get ABC anyway - and I've sent a letter to the Norwegian network who's airing GA that I will not be watching the eps (they're on episode 5 of season 2) because of Disney/ABC and P2911.

[redqueen]

7. Thanks for letting them know why!

I should do that, too... thanks for the reminder. :)

[KitSileya]

16. I told them I wouldn't boycott their network (TV2)

but that I would carefully make sure that I didn't watch anything on they aired that was produced by Disney, simply because I don't trust them any longer, and that they should think hard before they bought any programming from Disney.

None of the Norwegian networks aired P2911 yesterday - our main network showed an amazing documentary on the people inside WTC, with dramatizations of their day, and interviews with the survivors. I taped another about one of those who jumped from WTC when they realized those above the crash site couldn't be rescued, and from what I saw of the documentary airing on TV2 (who also airs LOST, and DH, so they get a lot of programming from ABC) in it they interviewed Paul Thompson (?) the guy with the 911 timeline from 911:Press for Truth. Which is why I'm not boycotting the entire channel.

[me b zola]

64. Me too on everything you just said

I too loved GA, and Christina Yang's charactor was my fav--I've got a bit of a crush on her :blush: But I wrote to them the other day and told them if abc aired P2911 I would no longer watch.

My tv no longer shows abc programs, so what I don't know is there won't hurt me :)

[Liberal Dose]

5. I will definitely miss watching Boston Legal.

Denny Crane!!!! :(

[kaygore]

12. Me, too, but at least TDS and CR are on Comedy Central!

[Liberal Dose]

52. Maybe if Boston Legal was the ONLY show with any kind of ratings, ABC

would wake up. No, gotta go cold turkey. At the end of each season, I can always borrow someone else's box set :D

[never_get_over_it]

43. I literally only wanted to watch two network programs

both unfortunately on ABC - Dancing with the Stars and Boston Legal - I am going to watch Dancing with the Stars but with Tucker on it I may not stay - and I AM NOT GIVING UP BOSTON LEGAL

You see 1) they won't know I'm watching - and 2) they don't give a fuck if I watch or not....so why should I deny myself the pleasure of occasional * bashing from time to time on Boston Legal

I have thought about this a lot since "they" decided to run this crockumentary despite all the protests - think about it

Before the Iraq War Resolution vote there was TREMENDOUS outcry not to vote for it I remember members of congress stating that there were inundated with calls against this

Reagan miniseries comes on and gets some protests and bang pulled it

Alito - do you remember the push we put on to get these Dems to vote against cloture - didn't matter they did it anyway

and now this tremendous outrage before the airing of the POS and they still played it

I'm getting really close to feeling that it just doesn't FREAKING matter what we do - and I shouldn't be a defeatist - but I am very discouraged - very worried - and so I'm not giving up Boston Legal - because it just doesn't matter if I do or I don't...

Please don't yell at me I'll snap out of it but I woke up this morning to some news account of us being in Iraq at least for the next 5 to 7 years - I have a young nephew who will be military age in the next 5 years and two younger brothers right behind them and I am WORRIED SICK about them and all the others....

[kaygore]

49. There's a difference between boycotting congress and boycotting ABC

The examples that you give for our trying to influence congress is the very reason we need to have the will to boycott ABC and all Disney and Disney-related shows: The money.

We can't influence congress because corporations' money contribution is larger than ours.

Corporations and businesses in general exist to make profits. Money is the driving force. Right now, corporation see investment in buying votes in congress as a multi-thousand dollar return on investment. Thus, it is to their advantage to keep Bush and company as well as Republicans (who just rubber stamp the Bush agenda any more anyway) in office. Hence, a $40 million investment in a two-night propaganda series is a great investment for them.

We--you, me, and the rest of us--have the power to stop the money flow to Disney, ABC, and all their affiliates. But we have to have the will and the follow through.

ABC and Disney are counting on us having short memories and putting personal gratification above our values and beliefs, so they are counting on us not having the will to stick with a boycott of their shows, parks, merchandise, etc. After all, it is the Republicans that are vicious when crossed, non-Republicans seem to forgive and forget.

My refusal to watch any ABC shows (or ESPN, Disney, Family Network, etc.) may seem small and insignificant, but so is a single grain of sand. However, collectively, single grains of sand build vast deserts and beaches! And so, your commitment to boycott and follow through and the commitment and follow through of all who truly love what this country can be at its best WILL make a difference.

Can you imagine the next few weeks as ABC releases its new season and no one tunes in? The financial blow back would be devastating!

We can do it. I promise...if only we have the will.

In fact, if we make this a moral imperative, then watching ABC, Disney, etc. will actually become a social detriment, much like smoking or picking your nose in public.

[never_get_over_it]

51. Unless I had a Neilson box

they will never know if I watched or I didn't - I understand what you're saying but I'm not feeling it - this whole thing stinks to high heaven - WHY WOULDN'T they give in even a little to all the pressure - my understanding is they didn't even really edit the POS that much. They spent 40 million on this thing and ran no commercials - there is something way bigger than the profit with this one - not sure what - but I don't think there are enough of us to make a difference to them. But I could be wrong.... and hopefully I am

[kaygore]

58. There is something way bigger than profit..it is

mega profit and power and control.

With the Republican congress and administration in their pockets, there are no constraints on them. Look at the profits in the energy industry, defense contracting, etc.

Neilsen is just one part of what measures a show's popularity. How is becomes part of the cutural consciousness is an even bigger part.

By boycotting these shows and making it a moral imperative, then we can influence the watching habits of others and the money and power flow to ABC/Disney.

read "The Tipping Point"

[adarling]

8. thank god i never got hooked on them

i like Desperate Housewives the first season and then it went to hell. Never got into lost and liked grey's anatomy. I won't be missing them, i will focus on weeds and everything on cable :). Nip/tuck here i come!!!

[kaygore]

9. I also have to give up Boston Legal and ESPN!!!!! But have, and will

devote those hours to getting Democrats elected.

I also canceled a trip to Disney World and will never set foot in a Disney park again.

I will also never buy another Apple product or download another iTune.

We are all going to have to sacrifice but our very democracy is at stake here.

[Der Blaue Engel]

17. I must have missed something

What did Apple do?

[redqueen]

21. iTunes is distributing the PT9/11 farce. n/t

[kaygore]

27. Steve Jobs owns 7% of Disney--the largest shareholder & sits on the board

He had it in his power to pull the mini-series AND to hold those executives at Disney AND ABC accountable (say, like have them fired and black balled), but he has remained silent.

Frankly, I think that the NSA spying got something on him and he caved, but still...

"All that it takes for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing."

Never truer than in this case.

So, Apple is also part of the boycott.

[AlCzervik]

38. well i would boycott Apple but

my husband works for them,

[kaygore]

45. Maybe he could ask Jobs why he backed down

[AlCzervik]

48. sure and then he could be unemployed.

[kaygore]

56. Great comeback!!!!

[Der Blaue Engel]

60. Apple is 99% blue while Microsoft is 56% red

Dell: 88% red
HP: 59% red

This is one area of the boycott I won't be able to support.

[hlthe2b]

10. Got hooked on LOST totally by accident.. But cold turkey...

is the cure for that addiction... So one more evening I have to get something done, I guess. ABC has been deleted from my channel options and I have emailed and snail-mailed to let them know.



I would like to call as well. Anyone have the number handy?

[tanyev]

11. If I'm channel surfing and Grey's Anatomy is on, I usually stop and watch

for awhile. Patrick Dempsey...mmm! But I always have to switch channels again when they do surgery scenes--too realistic for me. I won't miss it.

[Chimichurri]

13. those are my 3 favorite shows but I deleted them from my Tivo

and have decided not to watch them. It's a small sacrifice but I feel compelled to send my little dinky message that I care about my democracy. I know it won't make a bit of difference but for me the feeling of hypocrisy is worse then missing out on some tv shows.

[bluerum]

15. Lost, desperate, housewives. And their families.

[longship]

18. I haven't tuned to a big three network channel in *years*.

ABC/CBS/NBC can go to hell.

[catmandu57]

19. The only program I watched on abc

was the local news, I won't be watching them now. I blocked out abc on my tube and sent them an email explaining what I had done and why, now, if enough people do the same they'll feel the pain.

[StraightDope]

39. That's really really where I'm going to...

If I ever get outta here, that's what I'm gonna do!

K-K-K-Kathmandu...

[blue4barb]

20. Boston Legal did have several episodes that were anti-b*sh...

I did write to thank the network last season after an airing of a particularly good episode.

[kaygore]

29. That's David Kelly

I sure hate to cut out BL but I have already blocked ABC and all Disney-related stations from my remote, including ESPN.

Such a shame but I shall use the time to phone bank and canvass, etc, for Democratic candidates.
..then we could have our shows back!!!!!

[The2ndWheel]

22. I'll still watch Lost

I do enough meaningless protesting each day by not having a car, and attempting to scale my life down to the point where I almost don't exist.

Our future, the precious children, didn't turn into zombies after the movie aired, so I think it'll be ok.

[redqueen]

23. No need to be defensive... it's not 'meaningless' to me.

If your enjoyment of the show isn't affected by your disgust, well that's fine.

I only wanted to find out how many others thought the way I did... that they just couldn't view that network, or Disney, the same way ever again.

Peace.

[The2ndWheel]

32. Just my cynicism

I get sick of it myself sometimes, but what can you do. I've seen what my jabs at the system have done; fewer sidewalks, more endless growth, etc, etc.

Maybe if I felt disgust towards Disney it would be different. I mean, I do; they're a giant global corporation that sucks diversity from life with everything it touches. I wish not watching Lost or doing whatever it is that people are doing in response to the movie from the other day could change that, but I don't see it. Just like me riding a bike won't stop this machine before it runs out of cheap energy. Then we'll have problems even bigger than Disney.

But like you said, peace.

[redqueen]

34. ...

:pals:

[kaygore]

54. Protesting does not have to be meaningless

Yes, much of our protesting seems meaningless, but through our boycott of ABC and Disney, we can make a significant difference. If we have the will, then it will nOT be meaningless.

We--you, me, and the rest of us--have the power to stop the money flow to Disney, ABC, and all their affiliates. And businesses exit solely to make money!!!! But we have to have the will and the follow through.

ABC and Disney are counting on us having short memories and putting personal gratification above our values and beliefs, so they are counting on us not having the will to stick with a boycott of their shows, parks, merchandise, etc. After all, it is the Republicans that are vicious when crossed, non-Republicans seem to forgive and forget.

My refusal to watch any ABC shows (or ESPN, Disney, Family Network, etc.) may seem small and insignificant, but so is a single grain of sand. However, collectively, single grains of sand build vast deserts and beaches! And so, your commitment to boycott and follow through and the commitment and follow through of all who truly love what this country can be at its best WILL make a difference.

As much as I hate to not watch Boston Legal, Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy--these especially--(and will actually turn my TV set on to competing shows and talk up competing shows), I love my country more.

[Wilber_Stool]

24. I'll watch Lost.

Any boycot that is not subjet to peer pressure monitoring is a joke.

[redqueen]

25. Huh? What boycott? I just can't stand the idea of watching their station.

Thought I made that clear.

[Wilber_Stool]

33. If it looks like a boycott

and walks like a boycot and talks like a boycott, it's a boycott.

[redqueen]

35. All right...

I don't mean it to be... but if so, then so! :hi:

[kaygore]

55. But we'll know by the ratings

We--you, me, and the rest of us--have the power to stop the money flow to Disney, ABC, and all their affiliates. And businesses exit solely to make money!!!! But we have to have the will and the follow through.

ABC and Disney are counting on us having short memories and putting personal gratification above our values and beliefs, so they are counting on us not having the will to stick with a boycott of their shows, parks, merchandise, etc. After all, it is the Republicans that are vicious when crossed, non-Republicans seem to forgive and forget.

My refusal to watch any ABC shows (or ESPN, Disney, Family Network, etc.) may seem small and insignificant, but so is a single grain of sand. However, collectively, single grains of sand build vast deserts and beaches! And so, your commitment to boycott and follow through and the commitment and follow through of all who truly love what this country can be at its best WILL make a difference.

As much as I hate to not watch Boston Legal, Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy--these especially--(and will actually turn my TV set on to competing shows and talk up competing shows), I love my country more.

[datadiva]

26. I am really going to miss Boston Legal

and thats what I told ABC when I told them I would not be watching them anymore. I told them a few other truths also, but I don't want to type it all here. Needless to say, I wasn't nice. ;)

[redqueen]

30. Hehe... I said they should be ashamed

for abusing the public trust by broadcasting such lies. :)

[sendero]

28. I went into my Tivo setup..

... and removed every channel I could tell was associated with ABC/Disney.

I'll miss Boston Legal, but there's plenty other fluff drama to replace it with :)

[donsu]

31. have never seen housewives or grey but watched the very beginning

episode of Lost and thought the acting was less then convincing and when a male character lay injured in the jungle I thought to myself 'now the beautiful woman will come out of the foliage and administer aid to him' and lo the beautiful woman came out of the foliage and I turned it off never to watch it again.

[redqueen]

36. aaaaaahaahahahaahahahahah

:loveya:

[StraightDope]

37. Who's watching?

Not I. And it's a fucking shame too, because I adore LOST. Best. Show. EVER!!!

Oh well, I suppose that I can always pirate it. Oh, wait. That's what I've been doing for the past two years... My bad.

:evilgrin:

[GreenPartyVoter]

40. Does ABC get money if we buy the DVDs? Who actually gets the money for

those?

[redqueen]

41. Probably, yeah...

I thoguht about that, too... and figure I'll just wait until a) they apologize and broadast an equally well-advertised program admitting their lies and their complicity with the right-wing producers, or b) steal the DVDs. ;) (THAT SMILEY MEANS IT'S A JOKE, AGENT MIKE! :hi:)

[kaygore]

46. They don't get the money if you buy them used on eBay

But remember, if we really have the will to boycott, then it will probably be the end of these fine shows which breaks my heart but losing the soul of the country breaks my heart more.

[Ganja Ninja]

42. I have never seen ny of them. n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

44. Neither have I

I often wished I had watched Lost since I heard so much about it, but now I'm glad I never got into it.

[treestar]

47. Don't watch any of that junk anyway

I've seen bits of GA and DH over other peoples' houses and was not so impressed.

I watched on show on ABC by VCR but have now deprogrammed it. Not patronizing the Neocon-enabling network as you say, just so as not to be reminded of it, not so as to have an effect. It will have a positive effect on me.

[LynneSin]

50. Be difficult to watch since I blocked ABC and other related channels

on my TV

I was pissed last year at how they would show 3 episodes of Lost and then 2 weeks of repeats. Personally I think Lost will go the way of "TWin Peaks": A few quirky years that grows old quickly

[truebrit71]

53. I don't watch any shows on ABC as it is....

Fuck the Mouse...

[Robbins]

57. ABC

Since they cancled Alias the only real must see show I will miss Is Boston Legal.I had rented season 1 of Desperate Housewives on DVD but because of ABC's shengagen I won't watch anymore. I had planned to rent Lost but not anymore.When The WB cancled Angel I swore never to watch any new shows on the WB,and I keep that promise. And despite all the praise for the reimaged Battlestar Galactica
I refuse to watch It as someone who grew up with reruns of the original(that and the original Star Trek were my favorates growing up In the 1980's) so I can keep up with boycatts.

[warrens]

59. I'd sit back and wait

Even some hardcore right wingers were disgusted by ABC. George Will was the most notable, but there were many others. I'm not going to judge an entire network on one film, one that lost them a TON of money and got them a black eye professionally. The news division is flipping out over this thing, and it might turn out they did us an enormous favor in countering the liberal media myth.

What you watch is up to you. I primarily watch CBS anyway, so it has little effect on me.

[mnhtnbb]

61. Having been a dancer many years ago, I enjoyed Dancing with the Stars

but I won't watch it this season.

Gave up on Lost last year. Never watched Desperate or Grey's.

[mnhtnbb]

63. Just sent this letter to ABC

Dear ABC:

I am writing to let you know that in response to your decision to go ahead and air The Path to 9/11, despite numerous objections and requests that you pull it because it presumed to be based on fact, but was clearly biased, I will not be watching Dancing With The Stars this season.

I am a former dancer. I have thoroughly enjoyed the program for the previous two seasons. but decisions have consequences and my TV will not be tuned to ABC this fall. It's called payback.

[Superman Returns]

62. Is it fair

to punish actors and actresses who had nothing to do with the showing of Path to 9/11? if anything punish the ABC news division. I will be watching LOST.

[redqueen]

65. So I should disgust myself for the actors' benefit?

:crazy:

I'm not forcing anyone to quit, just asking.

Jeez Louise.

[DesertRat]

66. I will, but I won't program them on my DVR. n/t