Do you like PBS?

**Seducer** · 10-16-2009, 04:51 AM

PBS is one of the main things I watch on TV.
I also watch reality shows, mainly Survivor and Big Brother.
I don't watch any scripted shows, except sometimes a sci-fi series.
I can't stand Desperate Housewives.

**Moriarty** · 10-16-2009, 05:09 AM

I'm a fan of the Nova series on PBS. I usually stream them from my PC. Come to think of it, I maybe spend an hour a week actually watching tv. Maybe.

**EvilRich** · 10-16-2009, 04:02 PM

I don't watch all that much TV.

Although PBS is probably one of the only stations I do watch if I turn on the set.

**Kisai** · 10-16-2009, 04:08 PM

I'll watch PBS if it has Nova or a historical piece on. I probably half watch/half laptop 4 hours a week.

**SeaCzar** · 10-16-2009, 04:13 PM

Nova, Masterpiece Theatre, and more. I am with the others here that say they do not watch much TV. By and large, it is a vacuous wasteland.

**rara avis** · 10-16-2009, 04:23 PM

I like Nova, Masterpiece Theater, Independent Lens, cooking shows- especially America's Test Kitchen. But I don't have TV anymore, so that was then.

**adjectivenoun** · 10-16-2009, 04:39 PM

I love PBS, though I am a bit disappointed at the air time given to salesmen such as Dr. Amen and Dr. Hyman lately. I enjoy Nova and Independent Lens. I also think Charlie Rose is an exceptionally gifted interviewer, so I catch that show sometimes.

I also, uh... like.. Curious George.
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**rara avis** · 10-16-2009, 04:45 PM

Yeah, I've noticed lately that my local PBS has gotten deep into the pseudo-scientific infomercials. Wayne Dyer, Suze Orman, that Fiber 25 lady, Daniel Amen, etc. I'm always disappointed to turn on the TV and see these.

Oh, and the Celtic Woman and Doo Wop concerts, and their ilk. Ick. (How do you mix concert and commercial - concermercial?)

**TigerL** · 10-16-2009, 08:36 PM

I like Masterpiece, Rick Steves' travel show, Test Kitchen, Frontline, Global Trekker, American Masters, American Experience.

Growing up, watched Sesame Street/ Reading Rainbow/ Electric Company.

Agree with cancelling the infomericals, I am also not a fan of Andre Rieu.

**admittedheretic** · 10-17-2009, 03:09 PM

Now that the airwaves have gone digital my rabbit ear antenna is completely useless. They never got used much anyway.

I really like NOVA programs as well.

I grew up watching Sesame Street, Puzzle Place, Ghost Wrighter, Wishbone, and other at least semi-educational childrens programming.

**Synchronicity** · 10-17-2009, 03:11 PM

I loved PBS as a kid. Sesame Street, Mister Rogers, Reading Rainbow, and a few others were the shows I watched. Nowadays I rarely watch TV, but I enjoy Nova and similar shows a lot.

**Nostalgia** · 10-17-2009, 03:52 PM

I watched Unforgivable Blackness on PBS, one of the best documentary ever.

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I am also a regular viewer of Frontline,Independent Lens and most of the travel shows. I also watch History Detectives, if i happen to catch it.

**jfc** · 10-17-2009, 07:58 PM

I don't regularly watch anything on PBS. Not since they took Monty Python off years ago.

**reb** · 10-17-2009, 08:46 PM

they have some great programs; i resent them in general because of their liberal news stance, and bill moyers, but i love nova and some of the other programs. i call 'all things considered' 'some things spun'.

all in all, they do an adequate job, way the hell better than 'the major over the air' networks. woodright shop is one of my favorites. he's funky, but i had no idea how they used to do veneer during the 1800s....fascinating. he once helped fit a wagon wheel, also.

**rara avis** · 10-17-2009, 10:18 PM

Oh, and Antiques Roadshow. That entertains me.

**Nikita** · 10-17-2009, 10:28 PM

Back when I had TV, my favorite show was on PBS, granted it was originally aired on BBC3. It's called Spy. It's a British reality show. I also liked watching Irashai (sp?), a Japanese language learning program. Some PBS documentaries are interesting, but beyond the mentioned, I didn't really watch PBS much.

**Polar Bear INTJ** · 10-18-2009, 11:44 PM

I occasionally watch Nova and Nature, and I really enjoyed the Ken Burns documentary on the National Parks they aired a few weeks ago. When I lived in Pennsylvania, I actually appeared on a quiz bowl type show for high schools students called Scholastic Scrimmage, which my family would watch.

**alrightgame** · 10-18-2009, 11:54 PM

I used to watch PBS for Nova, Bob Ross, Red Green Show. The children shows were a staple in my child hood and I will forever miss being in kindergarten because of it.

**admittedheretic** · 10-19-2009, 03:36 AM

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	I used to watch PBS for Nova, Bob Ross, Red Green Show. The children shows were a staple in my child hood and I will forever miss being in kindergarten because of it.

I loved The Red Green Show!

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**Misanthropia** · 10-19-2009, 11:56 AM

PBS is the only thing I'll watch willingly... too bad all my roomies have to have it on 24/7.
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BBQ University, America's Test Kitchen, History Detectives, Antiques Roadshow, Julia Child, Red Green Show, and Bob Ross are the tops of my list. Unfortunately, they removed Mr. Roger's Neighborhood from their playlist a year ago! I was crushed, even as an adult that was my favorite show. I would wake up every morning, eat a bowl of cereal, and watch it. Now? Fuggin' Sesame Street. Blech. Mornings are bleak and dreary now.

I can't stand the guy who does the New Yankee Workshop and This Old House (Norm Abrams, is it?) All he knows how to do is assemble stuff together using hundreds of different tools (and if you don't have that tool, too bad for you!) The Woodright's Shop seems like the only real decent "you will learn something" craftman's show on PBS. All the rest... they're mindlessly hammering nails and boards together. No art, whatsoever.

**CaptainA** · 10-19-2009, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by Misanthropia
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I can't stand the guy who does the New Yankee Workshop and This Old House (Norm Abrams, is it?) All he knows how to do is assemble stuff together using hundreds of different tools (and if you don't have that tool, too bad for you!) The Woodright's Shop seems like the only real decent "you will learn something" craftman's show on PBS. All the rest... they're mindlessly hammering nails and boards together. No art, whatsoever.

Totally agree with you here. I do cabinetwork with less than half the tools he uses. My woodshop is my hiding place.

I don't watch much TV but if I do I watch PBS and have 2 stations to choose from. with Digital TV I have the choice of up to 8 channels depending on time, so I can usually find something to watch. Also listen to PBS radio. Again choice of 2.

**EdmontonAspie** · 10-20-2009, 07:16 PM

I've been known to watch PBS myself, especially for The New Yankee Workshop and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.

People who watched the News Hour, along with those who got their news from National Public Radio, were less likely than viewers of any other newscast to believe three central misconceptions associated with the invasion of Iraq: 1) that there were links between Iraq and al-Qaeda; 2) that weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq; 3) world public opinion favored a war between the US and Iraq. That includes CNN and the Big Three television networks (NBC, ABC, CBS) as well as Fox News.

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**gius** · 10-20-2009, 11:11 PM

Masterpiece Theatre (Jane Marple/Sherlock Holmes)
Magnificent mind at any age
Power of Intention
Julia Child
Dr Denese's secrets for ageless skin

etc. etc. !

**cielo market** · 10-21-2009, 03:41 PM

I love PBS. I grew up on Sesame Street and Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.

I love the travel shows like Globe Trekker, Rick Steve's Europe, and Rudy Maxa's World.

I'm also a big fan of documentaries and shows like History Detectives, Nature, American Experience, Independent Lens, and the Simon Schama's The Power of Art and WIRED Science (although the last two don't come on anymore).

PBS has been my platform to international shows, especially British ones. In fact, PBS is the reason I became a fan of Doctor Who (9&10) and My Hero. Try as I might, I just can't keep up with Eastenders...

Sometimes I think I watch too much PBS. 'Thing is, you'll never catch me donating a cent to this station. According to
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**Thunderstrat13** · 10-29-2009, 09:05 PM

Like everyone else,I watch very little television.But,when I do it's almost exclusively PBS.I watched Zoom,Electric Company,3-2-1 Contact and Sesame Street as a child.These days it's all Nova,Frontline,American Experience,P.O.V.,Independent Lens,History Detectives,Bill Moyers and Dr.Who.On Wisconsin Public Television,there is a series where veterans of W.W.II tell their experiences of the war.It's Quite good and they have one with Korean veterans.The Viet Nam installment is coming in 2010.

Here is a link to Wisconsin WWII stories-

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The sooner they 86 the Wayne Dyer types and the Doo Wop crap o' rama the better.

10-16-2009, 04:51 AM	#1
Seducer Banned MBTI: xxxx Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 768	PBS is one of the main things I watch on TV. I also watch reality shows, mainly Survivor and Big Brother. I don't watch any scripted shows, except sometimes a sci-fi series. I can't stand Desperate Housewives.
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10-16-2009, 05:09 AM	#2
Moriarty Veteran Member [56%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,271	I'm a fan of the Nova series on PBS. I usually stream them from my PC. Come to think of it, I maybe spend an hour a week actually watching tv. Maybe.
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10-16-2009, 04:02 PM	#3
EvilRich New Member [01%] MBTI: INTj Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2	I don't watch all that much TV. Although PBS is probably one of the only stations I do watch if I turn on the set.
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10-16-2009, 04:08 PM	#4
Kisai Core Member [353%] MBTI: XXXX Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 14,137	I'll watch PBS if it has Nova or a historical piece on. I probably half watch/half laptop 4 hours a week.
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10-16-2009, 04:13 PM	#5
SeaCzar Veteran Member [66%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,668	Nova, Masterpiece Theatre, and more. I am with the others here that say they do not watch much TV. By and large, it is a vacuous wasteland.
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10-16-2009, 04:23 PM	#6
rara avis Core Member [163%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6,521	I like Nova, Masterpiece Theater, Independent Lens, cooking shows- especially America's Test Kitchen. But I don't have TV anymore, so that was then.
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10-16-2009, 04:39 PM	#7
adjectivenoun Member [03%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 120	I love PBS, though I am a bit disappointed at the air time given to salesmen such as Dr. Amen and Dr. Hyman lately. I enjoy Nova and Independent Lens. I also think Charlie Rose is an exceptionally gifted interviewer, so I catch that show sometimes. I also, uh... like.. Curious George. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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10-16-2009, 04:45 PM	#8
rara avis Core Member [163%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6,521	Yeah, I've noticed lately that my local PBS has gotten deep into the pseudo-scientific infomercials. Wayne Dyer, Suze Orman, that Fiber 25 lady, Daniel Amen, etc. I'm always disappointed to turn on the TV and see these. Oh, and the Celtic Woman and Doo Wop concerts, and their ilk. Ick. (How do you mix concert and commercial - concermercial?)
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10-16-2009, 08:36 PM	#9
TigerL Member [24%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 986	I like Masterpiece, Rick Steves' travel show, Test Kitchen, Frontline, Global Trekker, American Masters, American Experience. Growing up, watched Sesame Street/ Reading Rainbow/ Electric Company. Agree with cancelling the infomericals, I am also not a fan of Andre Rieu.
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10-17-2009, 03:09 PM	#10
admittedheretic Veteran Member [69%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,794	Now that the airwaves have gone digital my rabbit ear antenna is completely useless. They never got used much anyway. I really like NOVA programs as well. I grew up watching Sesame Street, Puzzle Place, Ghost Wrighter, Wishbone, and other at least semi-educational childrens programming.
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10-17-2009, 03:11 PM	#11
Synchronicity Core Member [366%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 14,657	I loved PBS as a kid. Sesame Street, Mister Rogers, Reading Rainbow, and a few others were the shows I watched. Nowadays I rarely watch TV, but I enjoy Nova and similar shows a lot.
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10-17-2009, 03:52 PM	#12
Nostalgia Veteran Member [77%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,116	I watched Unforgivable Blackness on PBS, one of the best documentary ever. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I am also a regular viewer of Frontline,Independent Lens and most of the travel shows. I also watch History Detectives, if i happen to catch it.
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10-17-2009, 07:58 PM	#13
jfc Member [31%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,244	I don't regularly watch anything on PBS. Not since they took Monty Python off years ago.
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10-17-2009, 08:46 PM	#14
reb Core Member [257%] MBTI: XNTJ Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 10,280	they have some great programs; i resent them in general because of their liberal news stance, and bill moyers, but i love nova and some of the other programs. i call 'all things considered' 'some things spun'. all in all, they do an adequate job, way the hell better than 'the major over the air' networks. woodright shop is one of my favorites. he's funky, but i had no idea how they used to do veneer during the 1800s....fascinating. he once helped fit a wagon wheel, also.
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10-17-2009, 10:18 PM	#15
rara avis Core Member [163%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6,521	Oh, and Antiques Roadshow. That entertains me.
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10-17-2009, 10:28 PM	#16
Nikita Core Member [555%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 22,213	Back when I had TV, my favorite show was on PBS, granted it was originally aired on BBC3. It's called Spy. It's a British reality show. I also liked watching Irashai (sp?), a Japanese language learning program. Some PBS documentaries are interesting, but beyond the mentioned, I didn't really watch PBS much.
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10-18-2009, 11:44 PM	#17
Polar Bear INTJ New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 40	I occasionally watch Nova and Nature, and I really enjoyed the Ken Burns documentary on the National Parks they aired a few weeks ago. When I lived in Pennsylvania, I actually appeared on a quiz bowl type show for high schools students called Scholastic Scrimmage, which my family would watch.
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10-18-2009, 11:54 PM	#18
alrightgame Member [20%] MBTI: IXTJ Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 801	I used to watch PBS for Nova, Bob Ross, Red Green Show. The children shows were a staple in my child hood and I will forever miss being in kindergarten because of it.
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10-19-2009, 11:56 AM	#20
Misanthropia New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	PBS is the only thing I'll watch willingly... too bad all my roomies have to have it on 24/7. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. BBQ University, America's Test Kitchen, History Detectives, Antiques Roadshow, Julia Child, Red Green Show, and Bob Ross are the tops of my list. Unfortunately, they removed Mr. Roger's Neighborhood from their playlist a year ago! I was crushed, even as an adult that was my favorite show. I would wake up every morning, eat a bowl of cereal, and watch it. Now? Fuggin' Sesame Street. Blech. Mornings are bleak and dreary now. I can't stand the guy who does the New Yankee Workshop and This Old House (Norm Abrams, is it?) All he knows how to do is assemble stuff together using hundreds of different tools (and if you don't have that tool, too bad for you!) The Woodright's Shop seems like the only real decent "you will learn something" craftman's show on PBS. All the rest... they're mindlessly hammering nails and boards together. No art, whatsoever.
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10-20-2009, 07:16 PM	#22
EdmontonAspie Member [14%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 561	I've been known to watch PBS myself, especially for The New Yankee Workshop and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. People who watched the News Hour, along with those who got their news from National Public Radio, were less likely than viewers of any other newscast to believe three central misconceptions associated with the invasion of Iraq: 1) that there were links between Iraq and al-Qaeda; 2) that weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq; 3) world public opinion favored a war between the US and Iraq. That includes CNN and the Big Three television networks (NBC, ABC, CBS) as well as Fox News. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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10-20-2009, 11:11 PM	#23
gius Member [09%] MBTI: infj Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 378	Masterpiece Theatre (Jane Marple/Sherlock Holmes) Magnificent mind at any age Power of Intention Julia Child Dr Denese's secrets for ageless skin etc. etc. !
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10-21-2009, 03:41 PM	#24
cielo market Member [11%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 462	I love PBS. I grew up on Sesame Street and Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. I love the travel shows like Globe Trekker, Rick Steve's Europe, and Rudy Maxa's World. I'm also a big fan of documentaries and shows like History Detectives, Nature, American Experience, Independent Lens, and the Simon Schama's The Power of Art and WIRED Science (although the last two don't come on anymore). PBS has been my platform to international shows, especially British ones. In fact, PBS is the reason I became a fan of Doctor Who (9&10) and My Hero. Try as I might, I just can't keep up with Eastenders... Sometimes I think I watch too much PBS. 'Thing is, you'll never catch me donating a cent to this station. According to To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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10-29-2009, 09:05 PM	#25
Thunderstrat13 New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 73	Like everyone else,I watch very little television.But,when I do it's almost exclusively PBS.I watched Zoom,Electric Company,3-2-1 Contact and Sesame Street as a child.These days it's all Nova,Frontline,American Experience,P.O.V.,Independent Lens,History Detectives,Bill Moyers and Dr.Who.On Wisconsin Public Television,there is a series where veterans of W.W.II tell their experiences of the war.It's Quite good and they have one with Korean veterans.The Viet Nam installment is coming in 2010. Here is a link to Wisconsin WWII stories- To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. The sooner they 86 the Wayne Dyer types and the Doo Wop crap o' rama the better.
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