NFL Red Zone Scores Big On Dish Network
With today’s budget-minded economy, many satellite TV and cable customers have been cutting back on sports packages and entertainment extras like the NFL Sunday ticket. Those front-row seats for every televised game are a fun luxury, but, unfortunately, there are a lot of households that just can’t afford it right now.
No doubt many football fans celebrated when news spread about the affordable new NFL Red Zone channel.
Although the original NFL plan was to start up the Red Zone channel in 2012, programming changes allowed Dish Network to make it available to customers this year, well ahead of schedule! It’s a pretty interesting set up, as the HD channel cuts from game to game when teams are threatening to score. Anybody who plays on fantasy leagues or enjoys betting on the games will really have fun with this fast-action format. For just under $6 a month, the new Red Zone channel is sure to score a big hit in a lot of homes!
True Blood Wakes Up Viewer Anticipation
Normally I’m not very good at watching television. This might sound odd, as the special skill required to watch TV isn’t immediately obvious. What skill is that? Staying awake. In order to really watch TV, one must remain coherent throughout the program.
No offense to television execs and their selection of fascinating programming; I’ve also fallen asleep in movies (not slow, drippy dramas, but true action flicks) and concerts (no, not just chamber music and school recitals, but actual rock concerts). Unless I’m actively doing something, my system recognizes no benefit whatsoever in staying awake. It’s not like I’m 80 and this is a natural progression of lifelong fatigue; I’ve done this since I was a teenager. I’m just easily (very easily) bored.
HBO's hit series, True Blood, is the exception to the rule. While season one was good, season two evolved from one great and gripping episode to another of other-worldly excitement. I was honestly amazed at all the drama and plot twists woven into this season's finale. Anticipation for season three is running high. Not only does this program keep me awake, it keeps me on the edge of my seat!
Remembering September 11
Tonight the History Channel on Dish TV will air a memorial program, ‘102 Minutes That Changed America.’
For most of us, the terror we collectively experienced on 9-11-2001 may not often come to mind. Unless we were in New York, or Washington DC, unless an immediate relative was amongst the 3,000+ people who senselessly lost their lives, September 11 may not weigh consciously on us day in and day out.
But each year, when the date returns, for at least a few moments we are all again united in remembrance. I doubt we’ll ever forget where we were when the first reports were heard, or the horrifying film clips were aired. As long as we live, we’ll likely recall the first thoughts (disbelief? shock? anger?) and feelings that swelled as all the disturbing facts fell together.
The terrible events that unfolded on 9-11-2001 truly did, and will continue to, change America.
Is ACORN Nuts!?
Satellite news and other assorted media resources have reported a revealing story about some questionable activity at the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
This is almost too crazy to believe! If we hadn't caught the coverage on Dish network TV, I'm not sure we would believe it. Apparently two people went to ACORN in Baltimore seeking assistance. Posing as a prostitute and a relative in need of housing, they ask for ACORN's help in obtaining shelter so they can set up several underage El Salvadoran girls in a brothel. On tape the ACORN reps actually tell them how to obtain the house and even tell the "prostitute" that she could claim three of these girls as "family members" on her taxes for a deduction.
Our tax dollars at work? I don’t know about you, but I think we deserve a refund. This is really nuts!
Breitbart's Moment In The Spotlight
We love all the reality shows featured on Dish Network channels (VH1 has our favorites!) Since these really are all the rage these days; how about a program with a team of therapists trying to help Andrew Breitbart? It’s doubtful they’d have much success, but the program could prove highly entertaining nonetheless.
Never heard of Andy B? Let us fill you in; he’s a half-glass-empty kind of guy, generous with an endless wealth of unpleasant opinions and, for the moment, a master of self-promotion. Breitbart seems to have issues with the media, the President (how un-American is that?) and the greater part of society in general.
It’s likely that his 15 minutes of fame have nearly run their course, but why not milk the puppy for all he’s worth? Let’s wring out the last drops of morbid fascination with a reality show to wrap up his final moments in the spotlight.
