Bill Simmons on Today’s TV

ESPN columnist (and a personal hero of mine) Bill Simmons talks to BostonNow.com about what he’s watching and what he’s avoiding on TV these days. And in case you are wondering why a sports columnist is talking about TV, then you probably haven’t read much of Bill Simmons work. This guy can’t hang with the best of us TV junkies.

How much non-sports television do you watch each week? What do you have season passed?
Bill Simmons: I’m ashamed of my TV habits because I watch way too much crap and not enough good stuff. At the same time, the TV industry is in a major slump - especially right now, the summer shows have just sucked. Couldn’t they throw us a bone and bring back Temptation Island or have a 90210 reunion show or something? They just keep trotting out more and more crap. (Oh, wait, Temptation Island and 90210 were crap, I forgot. But at least they were good crap!) Also, it’s so hard to get invested in one of these serial shows because you never know if the network will pull the plug - after what happened with Reunion, I’m scared off by any show that builds towards a cliffhanger. So what I’ve been doing is waiting to see if the show makes it, then catching up on DVD - that’s how I handled Friday Night Lights this summer, as well as Kidnapped, a show that actually did get canceled but works splendidly as a DVD purchase. (Click here to read the full interview)