Comments on: Impressions on American TV http://www.israelimom.org/general/522/impressions-on-american-tv.html Blogging about Life in Israel Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:34:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Israeli Mom http://www.israelimom.org/general/522/impressions-on-american-tv.html/comment-page-1#comment-1236 Israeli Mom Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:43:03 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=522#comment-1236 Interesting point. I wonder if TV in Israel is still the traditional tribal bonfire it used to be when I was growing up. There is a wide selection of channels today and high ratings are usually in the 20% range - not really "everyone watching". We don't actually have any cables of satellite TV here at home. We just don't watch enough TV to justify the cost. What I do watch is some of the reality shows, and I get that online, the very next day (legal and free). The kids watch "Hop" (the kiddie channel) over at their grandparents' place, but that's about it, really. Interesting point. I wonder if TV in Israel is still the traditional tribal bonfire it used to be when I was growing up. There is a wide selection of channels today and high ratings are usually in the 20% range – not really “everyone watching”.

We don’t actually have any cables of satellite TV here at home. We just don’t watch enough TV to justify the cost. What I do watch is some of the reality shows, and I get that online, the very next day (legal and free). The kids watch “Hop” (the kiddie channel) over at their grandparents’ place, but that’s about it, really.

]]> By: k http://www.israelimom.org/general/522/impressions-on-american-tv.html/comment-page-1#comment-1229 k Sun, 31 May 2009 07:13:08 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=522#comment-1229 I completely agree with you. I got rid of my TV in America because it was just loaded with a ton of commercials and bad programs. In Israel, you feel closer to the culture when you watch some shows, since it's much more casual and intimate. In America, it can turn you off sometimes to know that 10 million+ people with completely different lives and backgrounds are watching with you. It's just not the same when it doesn't feel like you're a part of a 'tribe'. I completely agree with you. I got rid of my TV in America because it was just loaded with a ton of commercials and bad programs.

In Israel, you feel closer to the culture when you watch some shows, since it’s much more casual and intimate. In America, it can turn you off sometimes to know that 10 million+ people with completely different lives and backgrounds are watching with you. It’s just not the same when it doesn’t feel like you’re a part of a ‘tribe’.

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