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Friday Five 11/21/25 (a day late)
Nov. 22nd, 2025 08:37 pmThis was a fun set of questions - and timely, considering my roadside find of the old TV this past week.
1. What's your favourite TV network?
I've never put much thought into the traditonal "Big Four" networks (even less since getting rid of cable), but I guess NBC is probably the one of the four I've watched the most shows from overall over the years? If we're doing cable too, 2000s-era History Channel (when it was still about history, and shows like History's Mysteries, Modern Marvels, Cities of the Underworld etc. ran pretty much all day.
2. If you could create your own channel, what would it be?
I'd probably just show a lot of random, seldom-seen stuff - short-lived series, one-off specials that nobody remembers, failed pilots, etc. The weirder and more obscure the better. Of course Cop Rock would be one of my channel's staples.
3. What TV show did you watch as a child, that you wish they would bring back?
Oh man, inject early-'90s Nickelodeon into my veins. Like, all of it.
4. What show have you always hated, and wonder why they ever made such a dumb show?
I guess the collected works of Chuck Lorre would top the list. Far as I can tell, the last decent thing he made was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song.
5. What TV show's seasons would you buy on DVD?
I mean most of the shows I'd want, that are available, I already have (or at least have means of watching). Tying into question 3, a full-series edition of The Adventures of Pete & Pete would be great, since as far as I know only the first two seasons have DVDs. But I'd be especially interested in stuff from the early/pioneer era of television, like from the late '30s through '50s, because I find that fascinating. Unfortunately it's a pipe dream because very little actually survives; many shows were broadcast live and never recorded to begin with, and a lot of archival material no longer exists (most of what was recorded from the DuMont Network, for instance, was dumped into the East River in the '70s).
1. What's your favourite TV network?
I've never put much thought into the traditonal "Big Four" networks (even less since getting rid of cable), but I guess NBC is probably the one of the four I've watched the most shows from overall over the years? If we're doing cable too, 2000s-era History Channel (when it was still about history, and shows like History's Mysteries, Modern Marvels, Cities of the Underworld etc. ran pretty much all day.
2. If you could create your own channel, what would it be?
I'd probably just show a lot of random, seldom-seen stuff - short-lived series, one-off specials that nobody remembers, failed pilots, etc. The weirder and more obscure the better. Of course Cop Rock would be one of my channel's staples.
3. What TV show did you watch as a child, that you wish they would bring back?
Oh man, inject early-'90s Nickelodeon into my veins. Like, all of it.
4. What show have you always hated, and wonder why they ever made such a dumb show?
I guess the collected works of Chuck Lorre would top the list. Far as I can tell, the last decent thing he made was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song.
5. What TV show's seasons would you buy on DVD?
I mean most of the shows I'd want, that are available, I already have (or at least have means of watching). Tying into question 3, a full-series edition of The Adventures of Pete & Pete would be great, since as far as I know only the first two seasons have DVDs. But I'd be especially interested in stuff from the early/pioneer era of television, like from the late '30s through '50s, because I find that fascinating. Unfortunately it's a pipe dream because very little actually survives; many shows were broadcast live and never recorded to begin with, and a lot of archival material no longer exists (most of what was recorded from the DuMont Network, for instance, was dumped into the East River in the '70s).
