Idiot Box Over The Top

Does anyone watch television anymore? Middle-aged and elderly ladies surely do, the daily soaps. Television is an idiot box, but back in the day it was actually great, not because it is nostalgia but because it was actually great. There were fewer options and more effort and artistry into creating programs. I seldom watch TV now, and when I do I watch channels like animal planet, and mostly things related to nature like wildlife documentaries. Young people have switched to YouTube and OTT platforms such as Netflix and Disney+ and other OTT platforms. There are good TV shows on OTT being made in India, at least on the outlook, but I don't really know because I don't watch them. I had a rendezvous with the political reality of this country a decade ago and it is since then I lost my interest in the content being produced in India. I watch American stuff, but it is limited to superhero movies and shows and movies based on comic books. YouTube has lost its sheen in the post-truth world but I do watch bushcraft, camping and fishing videos on it as well as some other things like freestyle motocross, tricking competitions and a bunch of other stuff, I use YouTube mostly for musical nostalgia though. In short, the only content I watch on screen on TV and OTT except for the random stuff I watch on YouTube are wildlife documentaries and superhero movies and shows. TV was important part of me growing up, and back then there were great shows, and they are not nostalgia, they were actual great shows and if you do not believe it, rewatch them and see them standing the test of time. Shows like Batman The Animated Series, Batman of The Future, Johnny Quest, Max Steel, Dandare, Courage The Cowardly Dog, Dexter's Lab and a huge bunch of other shows. Kids today do not have that. What they have are half-assed attempts of storytelling, which I think will not ever stand the test of time. 90s middle class kids had it good when it comes to the idiot box. What still stands its ground is American professional wrestling, In my personal humble opinion American professional wrestling is one of the best forms of entertainment ever conceived by humans. They have toned it down since the 90s and early 2000s but it is still entertaining and I still follow it, if not on television, then on social media. I have never been an anime person, and only anime I have ever watched is Pokemon, but I see that kids of today are crazy about anime. For some unknown reason I trust Japan for kids content, the same I can't say about post 2010 India. I'm planning to watch some adult oriented anime to see what the hype is about and while at it I would also check out Studio Ghibli movies. I like exploring things to discover new stuff but I'm old enough to finally have settled with what I actually like and it's wildlife documentaries and superhero movies and shows.