Show me my Show

As kids, I remember how we waited for the Sunday morning cartoon and the Sunday evening movie: it was the only time of the week when either category of item came! If you missed it, it was gone forever.

With the advent of cable TV, those issues went away and we got used to the age of 24x7 shows of all categories and of course, repeat’s and re-runs. If you missed it, you could always watch the repeat later.

Then came the Internet; and one could find many TV shows on YouTube. With that ended the tyranny of the TV schedule: you could watch a show when you wanted to. And with the smartphone, you could watch it where you want it. My 4 year old discovered the “when” side of things recently when she found episodes of Mister Maker on YouTube even after the show had stopped coming on TV.

Sooner or later, she’ll be asking for some other TV serial and we’ll tell her not everything is available on YouTube. I wonder how long it will be before she learns about streaming video content and asks us to install Netflix or its equivalent. Not very long, I bet.

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  1. Ramiah KumarOctober 21, 2015 at 12:29 PM

    You have expressed your point well.

    That apart, I have no clue is newer inventions and more convenient methods will give respite from the commercial bear-bug that seems unavoidable. Now that we not only belong to the "era of market capitalism" but also that we are "possessed" by the markets, it may wise to be in submission mode. Why even think? :-)

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