{"id":1287,"date":"2011-11-26T17:33:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T22:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2011-11-26T19:39:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T00:39:14","slug":"five-more-things-im-thankful-for-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/11\/five-more-things-im-thankful-for-on-tv.html","title":{"rendered":"Five More Things I&#8217;m Thankful For On TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t get enough of Thanksgiving &#8230; the food or the sentiment. I also realized there were more things to list than I did in my previous feature about five things on television I am thankful for. Such as:<\/p>\n<p>Magazine TV shows: Like Dateline, 20\/20 and 60 Minutes, before it got on a weekly bash George W. Bush-athon when he was in office.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1291\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/files\/2011\/11\/lester-holt-nbc1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1291\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/248\/2011\/11\/lester-holt-nbc1-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dateline&#039;s Lester Holt, Sac State alum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TV On Demand: Similar to a DVR, but even less restrictive and with more offerings available all the time.<\/p>\n<p>3DTV: OK, so I guess it hasn&#8217;t caught on like the TV industry thought it would.<\/p>\n<p>History Channel, Smithsonian Channel, HDNet (when its not showing people at a nude beach &#8230; egads, that was a quick channel turner).<\/p>\n<p>MLB Network, YES Network, NHL Network and NBA TV. Am I missing anything? Feel free to &#8220;chime in&#8221; with your favorite channels or shows. Look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t get enough of Thanksgiving &#8230; the food or the sentiment. I also realized there were more things to list than I did in my previous feature about five things on television I am thankful for. 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