What Do We Watch Now?

Now that the election is over, it feels like Seinfeld has just ended. After nearly two years of watching the twists and turns in the headlines, agonizing over the shifting polls and learning everything about the characters, we have to find something else to watch. But at least with Seinfeld, there were re-runs and spin-offs afterwards. All we have now is Obama's presidency (and for the next 2 months, not even that). And let's be honest, once the news veers away from Crazy Alaskans and Hillary/McCain attacks and descends into the nitty gritty of everyday presidential policy matters, we'll look for entertainment elsewhere. 

So now I'm reevaluating all the shows and websites I have spent so much time with these last few years. The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Keith Olbermann and Real Time with Bill Maher are all too left-leaning to be interesting anymore if we are not living in a world tilted to the right. The same goes for websites like the Huffington Post, Crooks and Liars and DailyKos and for magazines like Rolling Stone. In the last few days, these publications have all been giddy and joyful, running happy stories about how nice the world is (the big story lately has been about what kind of dog the  Obama family will buy). And the world does certainly seem nice, but that doesn't mean I want to read about that all the time. I want to live in a perfect world, but I want to read stories that are filled with tension, frustration, drama, exhaustion, momentary triumphs followed by crushing, heart-shattering defeats.

So what's the solution? I'm switching to Fox News.

- Seth