Does every TV show have to be only about sex nowadays?

[Bennyboy]

I am watchin the CBS Monday lineup right now and everyone of the shows are only about sex.

Two and A Half Men..Charlie Sheen...

How I met your Mother.... a threesome.

Rules of Engagement.... about videotaping sex.

Th nerd show was not about sex, but I am sure it will slip down the sewer pretty soon.

It just seems to me there are no other plot lines anymore. The great shows had other things going on. Seinfled, Cheers, Frasier etc ll had other themes than just having sex. But that is allthese shows are about.

[Skittles]

1. they're trying to compete with reality show shit

which very often also can only revolve around sex :puke:

[question everything]

2. The alternatiaves are "action" programs

CSI, NCIS, the Unit, Numbers, Shark, Lost. Yes, there are some flirting there, but not the main topic.

[Mythsaje]

3. Sitcoms suck. n/t

[DS1]

7. Are you 'avin a laugh?

Is she 'avin a LAUGH?

:D

[Mythsaje]

10. No. I hate sitcoms.

I get more laughs out of House or Gray's Anatomy than I ever have out of a sitcom.

[Forkboy]

4. Hope springs eternal!

:evilgrin:

[raccoon]

5. Apparently so. Parents with young children, how do you cope? nt

[Mad_Dem_X]

6. I don't watch sitcoms anymore

and that's one of the reasons. I hate Two and a Half Men, because it always seems to be about something sleazy. They even have the kid saying risque stuff.

[flvegan]

8. I can admit it: some of these shows are funny as hell.

I love Two and a Half Men. Just discovered it a couple months ago when syndication started. Even started a thread here about it. Other DUers rec'd How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory (the "nerd show"). I watched all three last night. I can't recall a better line up. Maybe the old Fox Sunday with The Simpsons and Married With Children...

[Froward69]

9. I would rather see sex, than violence

Nipples after 9pm pubes after 11. America needs to grow up in this area. its a shame that Europe has less pent-up sexual anxiety.

[Bennyboy]

11. How about threesomes at 7 PM?

That is what time Two and a Half men comes on here in prime time.

[xchrom]

12. i'd rather watch shows like that than cops and robbers.

and frankly -- it's all pretty tame stuff -- if you ask me.

and i've gotten some good yucks out of the shows you listed.

[MrScorpio]

13. And you know what the problem with this is?

None of these shows would ever depict actual sex!

Talk a about a cop out

[mikeytherat]

14. Well, there's a new show on ABC called "Dirty, Sexy Money." It's about money.

And though there does seem to be some sort of dirty and, apparently, sexy, connection to the money, the title states clearly that the emphasis is on the money.

http://abc.go.com/primetime/dirtysexymoney/index

mikey_the_rat

[Taverner]

15. Sex sex sex! If you watch TV you think we Americans must be living in one big orgy!

The truth is, however, we aren't getting any more than anyone else is. Perhaps less....