Without any storms in the area yesterday, the Time Warner Cable gods thought it'd be a wise idea to void the area of cable and internet for half the day and not make its presence known again until 3:30 in the morning when most non-vampires are sleeping. This isn't the first such time it's happened. Yeah - Time Warner Cable sucks. As Forrest Gump would say, "That's all I have to say about that."
After its first week, I gave The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore a B+ grade. While I didn't think the show appeared to be perfect by any stretch of the imagination, I also liked the Daily Show meets Politically Incorrect vibe I got from it, and thought, with the proper adjustments, the show would indeed provide a great fill-in for The Colbert Report . In the show's succeeding weeks, however, I've been less impressed by it and think that if it doesn't make certain adjustments, it could be in jeopardy of losing many long-time viewers of the show's time slot. One major issue I think the show's had to this point is a lack of direction. It's been unable to decide whether it wants to be a comedy show with serious conversation sprinkled in or a serious show with comedy sprinkled in. It's almost as if the show's writers want to give The Nightly Show a Real Time with Bill Maher feel. The problem with that idea or format is the fact Real Time is an hour lon...
And depending where you are, you could always go with Direct TV. That's pretty good. The only worries you'll have is when a storm is happening
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion. I've seriously been thinking about doing that. At least with Direct TV, there would be an excuse for the cable going out due to a storm. With Time Warner, I never really know when that's going to happen, whether their be blizzard conditions or a 2 mph wind gust. lol
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