{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"To heck with nostalgia! TV today is better than it's ever been &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7pEG1RxzDr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/heck-nostalgia-tv-today-better-ever\/\">To heck with nostalgia! TV today is better than it&#8217;s ever been<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/heck-nostalgia-tv-today-better-ever\/embed\/#?secret=7pEG1RxzDr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;To heck with nostalgia! TV today is better than it&#8217;s ever been&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"7pEG1RxzDr\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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And I definitely do not think TV is a vast wasteland of nothingness bereft of any programming of substance to entertain us. Sure, some of those old shows were very good. But TV is more amazing now than ever in my opinion! If I quit working now, abandoned all my other hobbies and interests and fatherly and husbandly duties, and simply watched TV morning noon and night \u2026 I couldn\u2019t see all the great stuff I want to watch. There\u2019s just that much awesomeness out there today. I can\u2019t keep up. I get to watch so little TV nowadays compared to when I was younger. But when I do, I\u2019m always in catch-up mode it seems. My DVR is stuffed with quality shows. \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d \u2026 I\u2019m five seasons behind. \u201cWalking Dead\u201d \u2026 only seen a season of it. \u201cThe Wire,\u201d \u201cThe Sopranos,\u201d \u201cMad Men,\u201d etc. All those great HBO shows \u2026 barely even watched them. And with the way things are in today\u2019s world, TV isn\u2019t just confined to what the networks and about a zillion pay channels offer. Services like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and others have their own high quality shows that you can stream to your television set. Add to that some of the more \u201cin the wild\u201d stuff available on YouTube or elsewhere and I could be entertained until my dying day without seeing the same thing twice. Oh, and lets not forget. TV looks so much better now than it ever did. Nothing can top the HD and 4k resolution picture we get with modern TVs, and the digital surround sound available with just about every broadcast now. It\u2019s simply astounding. I loved \u201cGilligan\u2019s Island,\u201d and \u201cStar Trek.\u201d Variety shows like \u201cThe Smothers Brothers\u201d and \u201cThe Gong Show\u201d and \u201cThe Carol Burnett\u201d show were amazing and my parents love them to this day. But modern television programming, with the exception of some of the reality garbage out there, is simply in another league. SOME OTHER STUFF \u2022 We said goodbye this week to our summer intern, Candice Garcia. A Corbin High School graduate, Candice is now attending Eastern Kentucky University and hopes to build a career in public relations. In her eight-weeks here, she really showed me that there truly are some talented, professional young people out there with excellent attitudes ready to step into the workforce and get the job done. You will be reading some of Candice\u2019s leftover stories for the next couple of weeks. She did a great job for us and we wish her the best. \u2022 I read with great interest Gary West\u2019s column this week about the 1972 Olympic Games (look left). They happened a year before I was born. I\u2019m wondering if the Olympics in Rio this year will be remembered for the crime and health concerns surrounding the host city. Sounds like a real mess!"}