{"id":1281,"date":"2011-11-23T18:57:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T23:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2011-11-23T19:00:53","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T00:00:53","slug":"five-things-about-tv-i-am-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/11\/five-things-about-tv-i-am-thankful-for.html","title":{"rendered":"Five Things About TV I Am Thankful For…"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems like a good time to do an inspiring post about the best things about TV.<\/p>\n

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Sean Hannity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No. 1 FOX News<\/em>: The liberal left can whine all it wants about FOX News being slanted to the right, but I say BIG DEAL! They’ve got all the major networks, MSNBC<\/em> and CNN<\/em> that all veer left. Thank God for O’Reilly, Hannity<\/strong> and some of the right-wing talking heads.<\/p>\n

No. 2 TV Land<\/em>: Thankfully a place to escape and get mostly clean laughs. Too bad they had to dabble in making their own shows … they should leave that “stuff” to the networks.<\/p>\n

No. 3 ESPN Classic<\/em>: I don’t watch the channel near enough, but when I do I can get lost in it for hours. I love those old Ali<\/em> fights and some of those classic MLB games. ESPN should be more about sports, like THIS channel it bought a few years back.<\/p>\n

No. 4 DVR<\/em>: It’s amazing to be able to tape shows and movies or events at any tim e and be able to watch them at a more leisurely hour. It used to REALLY come in handy with the late night talk shows … but I don’t watch much of them any more.<\/p>\n

No. 5 HD<\/em>: The technology REALLY brings sports\u00a0 and movies to life, if you don’t have it yet the prices of HDTV have dropped dramatically! It’s well worth a few more bucks to get one.<\/p>\n

No. 6 You:\u00a0 I know I said 5 things, but I am grateful to YOU for reading this post.<\/p>\n

Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving … it’s such a great holiday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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