Daytime is Playtime!

At least for my TiVo! I swear I push both of my TiVo’s to the limit. I should really be in QA for this company! I have to TiVo set up to record like MAD all day long. Especially during the day. I must say…I’m definitely a daytime talk show whore. I love them! The most challenging part is watching all of these shows when there are real shows out there at night. Thank goodness for TiVo and fast-forwarding.

So this is how much fun my TiVo has during the day.

The View
I couldn’t stand this show with Star Jones because she literally made me want to throw up. First she was a fat cow, and then she turned into an alien. Double-puke. So why would I, a republican, wait until Rosie O’Donnell joined the show? Well, I was certainly scared I’d get annoyed in 1.3 seconds of watching her, but I gave it a chance. Has she changed at all from her last talk show when she tanked as soon as she added in her ridiculous opinions? Not at all. But this is at least a better and more acceptable forum for her “thoughts”. (as she likes to call them) I think I really watch to see what a train wreck she is. I’m fine with people having opinions as long as there is some validity behind them. So the train wreck is just watching her ignorance. I might change my mind on this show though. I don’t mind hearing everyone’s opinions no matter how retarded they are…but when one person, that happens to have an opposite opinion, is never heard and constantly cut off and talked over, then we’re just getting into the overall liberal network biased that we really (and unfortunately) should be used to by now. I swear if they don’t let Elizabeth give her two cents when everyone else can give their .50, I’m going to scream and give my TiVo a break from that nonsense! But for now…the extra dose of celebrities keeps me watching.

Rachel Ray
I have a love/hate relationship with this woman. She’s certainly no Giada deLaurentis, but she does have cute ideas and a cute personality. My #1 gripe... ALL SHE DOES IS YELL!!! No idea where that comes from but I swear I have to turn down my TV to watch this show. I can get as excited about food as the next person, but this woman gets a bit crazy. I’m also not a big fan of her audience “chats” in the beginning of the show. Let’s get down to business woman! I don’t want to hear some stranger’s story on their favorite “bad kid” story or whatever! And my final gripe…and I know this has partly gotten her to where she is (no clue why!)…but all her made-up words and catch phrases have GOT to go! “Yumm-O!!!” “Give it a shimmy-shake!!!” “Add a little EVOO!!!” etc. Horrible! So why do I watch you ask? Mainly because I love cooking shows, which this has a lot of, and I love celebrities. Do I watch every day? No way…I’d poke my eyes out with a spoon. But I check my fabulous TiVo to tell me who she had on that day and I fast-forward my way to the fabulous celebrity of the day!

The Megan Mullally Show
One word. Bad. Why do I watch then? You guessed it! Celebrities! Or at least the promise of them. Her big selling point to me was celebrities we all wanted to see. Unfortunately there’s only been a couple. So I’m holding out a little more hope for this one to see how it goes. But the way it’s looking, it’s so not getting renewed. I’ve been deleting more than watching this one, even though she’s pretty funny, so TiVo may soon have one less play-date each day.

Martha
No matter what people say about her, I still love her. I really learn a lot from her show. Cooking, gardening, laundry tips, crafts, etc. It’s great. I also get her magazine, so it’s like having her as a consultant during the day and getting even more tips from the magazine each month. I really like to cook and be crafty. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of time but I try. I don’t garden too much, mainly because I live in the city, but also because I have a horrible brown thumb. I just keep watching hoping that she’ll be able to fix me.

The Ellen Show
Now, who doesn’t love this woman?! I’m not even a lesbian and I love her! She’s so funny and witty and just great to watch. Do I watch every second? No…but I watch most of it! She has great guests on and does really funny skits. I must say I’m a bit disappointed in the lack of dancing this year though. Especially when she shows clips of the audience dancing before the show. SO great! It’s really amazing how many white people are really out there. Ellen definitely has the best variety of guests and she likes the same TV shows that I like. Can’t get any better than that!

Oprah
The queen of daytime. You KNOW she’s on my season pass list. I have always loved this woman and always will. She really has a great mix of shows with a lot of meaning and shows that are just plain celebrity stalking. I love it! I get the best of both worlds. Did I care about the women that attempted suicide and failed? Not so much. But did I care about Janet Jackson? You better believe it! She and TiVo will definitely be life-long friends. Keep it up girl!

This may look like a lot of TV to watch, but if you noticed, there is a lot of shows that I just simply check who is on that day and either skip to that part, watch the whole show, or delete. And really, the beauty of TiVo is being able to watch more shows in less time. I just happen to be a professional at that.