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Hi everyone. What shows do you watch? Recently I took a good hard look at my cable bill as I was paying WAY too much. It seems shaw just kept adding things on without asking such as adding the channel Cottage Life and charging me $3 extra a month. I had never even heard of it. They also add new packages and if you are on an old package they don't change anything and keep charging you higher amounts. I think with the amount of live streaming most of us do now instead of standard TV, it's a good idea to write down all the channels & shows you watch and see how they fit into the packages/plans. I was able to cut my cable bill down by $46 a month and I may do it further eventually. I wish I'd done it earlier!!! :?

I mostly watch sports, including golf, but also like the channel The Frame which shows pictures and videos all day. Others are A & E as I watch shows such as Escaping Polygamy & the Scientology show. Of course the standards such as the Weather Network are on my TV a lot. I also like to watch classic movies or specials from time to time and so TCM is a good one for me. I WAS watching Switched at Birth while it was running. I also like Heartland and When Calls the Heart. I really don't watch TV as much as I used to. I have to keep an eye out for British themed shows on PBS...forgot last year. I do watch the news but am watching less of that too as it's so depressing. Also I can't stand watching U.S. politics which has taken over Canadian news as well. So, I do a lot of channel flipping away from news I don't like.
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The last time I has a television was around spring of 2008. I don't watch anything anymore. I was following Barcelona football, which was awesome, but in time I had to ask myself why. So I stopped, and occasionally I'll go back for a summary of a game or something, but I can say no to it when I have other things to do.
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@kittykins - I think "Cottage Life" is the new name for the channel that used to do full broadcasts of skating competitions, complete with commentary by PJ Kwong. It was sold and "evolved" into something totally different.
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MY advise is to call up Shaw and whine about being a long, long time customer, never being given a break etc. I did that recently and ended up getting "Blue Sky TV" (two PVR boxes) a better list of channels I actually watch and a huge price break for two years and after that the rate should still be lower than what I was paying till now (we will see). (I have TV, Internet and home phone with Shaw).
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Elizabeth wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:48 pm @kittykins - I think "Cottage Life" is the new name for the channel that used to do full broadcasts of skating competitions, complete with commentary by PJ Kwong. It was sold and "evolved" into something totally different.
Oh thanks Elizabeth. I actually wondered about that because I signed up for CBC BOLD to watch skating years ago. That's probably it. Anyway I cancelled THAT and am paying $3 a month extra for The Frame. I frequently put it on that when I can't stand what's on the news or other channels, haha. It's funny how things evolve with different channels and they still keep you on. Very strange indeed.

Yes Heini I know what you mean. I was paying a ridiculous amount and it was an old plan.

Fred you are likely better off, financially as well! My Dad doesn't like TV's either. He tolerates me streaming baseball and showing it on one plugged into the laptop, but that's IT.
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My math professor didn't have TV until he was old and he became sick. His wife got it for him over his objections as he lay in his bed. He told me late that some of us are born to TV. Some of us aspire to TV, and some of us have TV thrust upon them! :lol: :lol:
For my part, I only have Internet and Home Phone. It gives me everything I can handle. If I had a TV here, I'd never get anything done, and it's all inane drivel anyway,... except skating & soccer, of course. :mrgreen:
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:lol: That is very true Fred. How can one have hundreds of channels and there be "nothing on".

Does anyone else watch Leah Remini's program about Scientology? It's hard to watch a lot of the time but I've been watching and also I've ordered her book as I can't get it on my kobo in English (only German).

I've also been watching "Escaping Polygamy" but it's on some kind of hiatus. They didn't tell people what they were doing, so it's easy to become uninterested in that one.
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I've started watching Heartland again since the 12 season has started. If anyone is interested, all the other seasons are on Netflix. It's certainly a good show. I want to get caught up with the Scientology show, but I keep falling asleep when watching it. I'm interested, so it's annoying, haha. It's probably because I don't watch it early enough. I think I'd better watch it earlier in the day from here on in.

Any other shows or movies people are interested in?

As for movies, I plan to go see The Sound of Music at the theatre next weekend. It was playing Sunday, but I didn't go out as I mentioned. I've been to a couple of classics at the theatre...two Cary Grant flicks in the past...An Affair to Remember and North By Northwest. I went to see the movie about the dog a couple of weeks ago. I'm not a huge fan of dog shows when people talk for the dog, but it was okay. :lol:
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Kitty, did you ever see "A Place to call Home". It is a most addictive series from Australia in the 50s. It was shown on PBS, excellent storyline, characters, actors, just awesome. I don't know whether it might be on Netflix but I subscribe to Acorn TV at US$ 5.00 a month they carry all the British Series and then some.

https://acorn.tv/placetocallhome
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happyheini wrote: Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:07 pm Kitty, did you ever see "A Place to call Home". It is a most addictive series from Australia in the 50s. It was shown on PBS, excellent storyline, characters, actors, just awesome. I don't know whether it might be on Netflix but I subscribe to Acorn TV at US$ 5.00 a month they carry all the British Series and then some.

https://acorn.tv/placetocallhome
No, I haven't heini and thanks for the suggestion. I'll look for that. I don't have netflix right now, but I'll see what I can find.

I started watching "God Friended Me", but personally I feel they are taking things too far in some areas. It's that whole "all roads lead to God" philosophy which IS a religious philosophy. I sort of lost interest when the Muslim married a Jew. It was assumed that the father, who didn't want the marriage, was wrong or had problems, but honestly marrying across faiths generally isn't a good idea and perhaps the father had his daughter's best interests at heart. The father then "comes around" and blesses the marriage...again too over the top for me. So many relationships across cultures don't last let alone when two faiths are involved. It leads to confused children. Michael Landon is the perfect example with a Catholic mother and a Jewish father and how he was pretty confused in faith matters in general. His son, Michael Landon Jr. is an outspoken Christian advocate and has made a name for himself with his movies and the When Calls the Heart series. They are quite a bit alike in demeanor and mannerisms although one was a brunette and the other a blonde...kind of freaky.

I did find the "God's Fingerprint" or "Golden Ratio" that they mentioned quite interesting. I don't remember hearing that before. Here's a video on YouTube that explains it in case anyone is interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrcO6JaMrM
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I just went to see Breakthrough this past weekend and thought it was a good movie...very emotional. It's based on the true story about John Smith and how he came back to life after an hour and based on the best-selling book "The Impossible" by his mother. The big star was Chrissy Metz who did an outstanding job. She is popular in the show This is Us which I've never seen, but have heard it's a good show. I also went to see Easter Parade a few days ago...yes, the classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=6Ui6m_eEEOI
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