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I somehow turned on Kathy Lee Gifford this am.  I had it on in the background while I was doing some stuff in the kitchen, and OY!  I remember now why she just grates on my nerves.  She doesn't listen to anyone, talks over them, and has to throw in her own personal story to everything.  How in the world is she hosting anything?  It is all about her all the time.

I had to go change the channel.

Blech!

Who grates on your nerves?  TV personality, host, actor, etc.....????

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40 minutes ago, DawnM said:

I somehow turned on Kathy Lee Gifford this am.  I had it on in the background while I was doing some stuff in the kitchen, and OY!  I remember now why she just grates on my nerves.  She doesn't listen to anyone, talks over them, and has to throw in her own personal story to everything.  How in the world is she hosting anything?  It is all about her all the time.

I had to go change the channel.

Blech!

Who grates on your nerves?  TV personality, host, actor, etc.....????

Funny I heard her on NPR this morning.  She is trying to recover her career after her over the top 'comedy' about the president.  I never could tolerate her.  I remember watching her and Anderson Cooper on New Years Eve doing the whole Times Square count down thing.  I posted on FB that she makes my ears bleed.  

Edited to add:  I was thinking Kathy Griffith....sorry for confusion!

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1 minute ago, Scarlett said:

Funny I heard her on NPR this morning.  She is trying to recover her career after her over the top 'comedy' about the president.  I never could tolerate her.  I remember watching her and Anderson Cooper on New Years Eve doing the whole Times Square count down thing.  I posted on FB that she makes my ears bleed.  

 

Oh, I don't even know about her comedy about the president, I will have to go google.  I do like Anderson Cooper though.

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1 minute ago, DawnM said:

 

Oh, I don't even know about her comedy about the president, I will have to go google.  I do like Anderson Cooper though.

I like Anderson Cooper too. But not in combination with KG.  He came off trying to be 'cool' or funny or something.  Ugh.  I was thinking this morning, it is like some manager somewhere said, 'hey let's give some legitimacy  to KG and help lighten AC's image a bit.'  

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4 minutes ago, Scarlett said:

Funny I heard her on NPR this morning.  She is trying to recover her career after her over the top 'comedy' about the president.  I never could tolerate her.  I remember watching her and Anderson Cooper on New Years Eve doing the whole Times Square count down thing.  I posted on FB that she makes my ears bleed.  

I think you mean Kathy Griffin.  She's a mess.  

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Oh my Gosh!  Yes, I meant Kathy Griffin.  So sorry @DawnM Please ignore me completely.

 

I DO know about that one and the presidential thing.  I was thinking Kathy Lee isn't really a comedian, but let's see what she's got!  😂

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9 minutes ago, DawnM said:

 

I DO know about that one and the presidential thing.  I was thinking Kathy Lee isn't really a comedian, but let's see what she's got!  😂

This sounds like the makings of a good SNL skit.    It's not the first time I've seen Griffin and Griffith mixed up. 

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1 hour ago, DawnM said:

I somehow turned on Kathy Lee Gifford this am.  I had it on in the background while I was doing some stuff in the kitchen, and OY!  I remember now why she just grates on my nerves.  She doesn't listen to anyone, talks over them, and has to throw in her own personal story to everything.  How in the world is she hosting anything?  It is all about her all the time.

I had to go change the channel.

Blech!

Who grates on your nerves?  TV personality, host, actor, etc.....????

sounds like a lot of "tv personalities".

there was a local sports caster that used to absolutely grate. I would always change the channel when he came on.

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Most of them.  That's why I switched to internet news articles yeeeeaaaars ago.  I prefer reading the news articles online to watching some talking head blather on at me. That's also why we cut the cord as soon as we could. I haven't watched live TV or channel surfed in years and years.

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1 hour ago, Homeschool Mom in AZ said:

I'm guessing my strong aversion to TV personality types is my general aversion to actor/performer personality types. I just don't respond well to the "Look at me! Applaud me! Look at me! Applaud me! Look at me! Applaud me!" personality types.

 

Do you watch TV at all?

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5 minutes ago, DawnM said:

 

Do you watch TV at all?

Not TV. I watch Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Googleplay movies, Hulu.  I watch scripted shows, not TV personalities in situations where they're free to be themselves. We got a TIVO (the first DVR that came out) the month they became available.  Since then we haven't watched any live television or regular appointment watching type TV.  My kids never watched commercials.  I've had internet access as since it was available to the public.  Heck, a robot mows my lawn.  We're what's called early adopters of technology because my husband is a software guy.

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2 minutes ago, Homeschool Mom in AZ said:

Not TV. I watch Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Googleplay movies, Hulu.  I watch scripted shows, not TV personalities in situations where they're free to be themselves. We got a TIVO (the first DVR that came out) the month they became available.  Since then we haven't watched any live television or regular appointment watching type TV.  My kids never watched commercials.  I've had internet access as since it was available to the public.  Heck, a robot mows my lawn.  We're what's called early adopters of technology because my husband is a software guy.

 

Ok, I was including actors in that too, not just talk shows.  

For me, those are the same......you watch television shows whether they are live broadcasts or not.  I rarely watch live TV, but I do record things, and watch Netflix and Hulu.  

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1 hour ago, Homeschool Mom in AZ said:

I'm guessing my strong aversion to TV personality types is my general aversion to actor/performer personality types. I just don't respond well to the "Look at me! Applaud me! Look at me! Applaud me! Look at me! Applaud me!" personality types.

Oh yes, same here! That personality is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

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I don't watch any TV that involves "personalities." I get my news from NPR and stick to scripted television for the most part (and not even much of that these days). Every now and then I'll binge watch a home improvement or reality show that catches my attention, but not if the people in them annoy me.

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Well, a lot of them, which is why I don't watch TV.

But a couple who bug me a lot, though many people like them:  Ellen and Anderson Cooper.  I just never could stand them from the first minute, and still can't.

ETA also Oprah.  Just a great big drama queen.  I have tried, I really have, but nope. 

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Most of the TV I watch that's of the "TV Personality" variety is shows on Food Network, and the one I hate the most there is Giada. She is just so.very.fake.seeming. That rubber band smile....ick. I know people like her and all  but she just completely rubs me the wrong way. Also Alex Gornachelli (sp??) who judges (sometimes) on Chopped; we started being able to guess who would win based on her initial reaction to the contestants; once she likes one, that is it, she will bully (or so it seems) the other judges into going with her guy (and always it's a guy.....). 

 

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My exposure to TV personalities is pretty limited to sports commentators.  The only one who really, really drives me up the wall is Harold Reynolds.  If I’m stuck watching a national broadcast (baseball), I have to mute the TV and listen to the local radio broadcast instead.  And of course, his voice is the analyst on MLB The Show, so when DH plays that game at night right before I fall asleep, I end up having nightmares that Harold Reynolds is either banally pointing out the obvious in my life or failing to convert metrics into any sort of useful information.

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16 minutes ago, BarbecueMom said:

My exposure to TV personalities is pretty limited to sports commentators.  The only one who really, really drives me up the wall is Harold Reynolds.  If I’m stuck watching a national broadcast (baseball), I have to mute the TV and listen to the local radio broadcast instead.  And of course, his voice is the analyst on MLB The Show, so when DH plays that game at night right before I fall asleep, I end up having nightmares that Harold Reynolds is either banally pointing out the obvious in my life or failing to convert metrics into any sort of useful information.

My grandma used to mute the TV anytime John Madden was calling a football game.

There is a local football commentator on the radio who really bugs me.  He was a quarterback (I think) way, way back in the day, so I think the radio station feels like they have to keep him.

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I hate watching the drinking on The Today Show.  I think Kathie Lee and Hoda drinking wine (or pretending to drink, as they claim) and giggling through the show  is part of the drinking problem that is spiking in the mom demographic.  They made it cool to drink wine at 10 am.  😞

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We got rid of TV (and TV substitutes, like Netflix/Amazon/Roku/whatever) about 7 or 8 years ago.  When I see TV now, even "news" shows, at a doctor's office or in the hospital or whatever, everything looks so much more engineered than it used to.  I'm not sure if things are more engineered and used to be more natural (somehow I doubt this) or if it's just that I'm not used to seeing or immersing in the medium so the artificiality of it sort of intrudes and I can't suspend disbelief the way I used to be able to do to watch a tv show.

So none of it really annoys me, exactly - it's all so very obviously a play, an entertainment with makeup and lights and stage directions and etc.

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I don't watch much TV, and with the exception of Wife Swap (which I have always loved) and Cash Cab (ditto) it's mostly all scripted... but I have to say, I hate all Family Feud hosts. I don't even dislike the show that much, but I loathe all the hosts with a passion.

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2 hours ago, happysmileylady said:

n terms of actors....Johnny Depp bugs the STUFF outta me.  He just plays the same character every single time.  

OH, and...Jim Carrey.  Seriously.  His kind of comedy is very NOT funny to me, (sorry, making your butt talk doesn't make me laugh) and now he seems to think he's the greatest political cartoonist of our generation or something.  Please Jim...go away.

I totally agree..  

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For me, it is a lot of the voices of people on the science or NatGeo or History or whatever channel my dh watches.  The science channel with some voice saying "Ancient alien theorists suggest'  and such like but a lot of it is actually the voice of the people,  LIke the Mysteries in the Museum show is very interesting but unless I am having a particularly good day, I cannot stand that host- his voice grates to me and I hate the non- shaved, non bearded look too.  David Attenborough's voice and what he says drives me up the wall.  (Some actual scientist called it disaster porn yesterday with the whole hullabaloo about the walrus's suicides).  My daughter who is more respectful said somebody just hands him stuff to read and he probably agrees cause he is on some wonderful beach somewhere. ( And the wrong facts is one giant reason I prefer to watch the shows without dialogue)

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On ‎4‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 1:43 PM, Homeschool Mom in AZ said:

I watch scripted shows, not TV personalities in situations where they're free to be themselves. 

I remember the shock I felt when I was a teenager and started listening to interviews with celebrities for the first time.  The actors always seemed so pulled together in their roles (because they were scripted roles, duh), and I was so disappointed to find out that so many of them came across as self-centered airbrains.  It was a wake up call about not confusing a role with the actor playing the role.

I can't stand Rush Limbaugh.  My husband listens to a podcast about the weather and one of the people on the weather podcast sounds exactly like Rush Limbaugh.  It drives me bonkers.  The weather man is innocently going on about prevailing winds and high pressure storms and I find myself getting angry because I feel like I'm listening to Rush Limbaugh.  

 

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53 minutes ago, happysmileylady said:

Oh no you HAVE to watch Ancient Aliens as comedy.  I am pretty sure the show isn't meant as comedy but dang, it's so funny.  The narrator who says "Ancient astronaut theorists suggest..." reminds me of listening to Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek lol.  I am almost convinced that he's deliberately doing a parody of Kirk lol.  

I know, we laugh about it and quote it to each other when we are hearing some wooo thing but the guy's voice just irritates me.

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Fifteen plus years without TV. We don’t have an antenna of any kind either. I’ve heard clips of various talk shows. The View makes me crazy, Chris Matthews should be committed and CNN, is it really a news outfit or working for the DNC?

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The only TV I watch is at the Y and all that is playing are news shows. I can't stand any of the people so I just stare at the screen and zone out. But of all the personalities it is Anderson Cooper who makes me feel like I need to shower. He reminds me of a cobra. Blech. He comes on and I can't even look at the screen.

The last time I watched TV was when Seinfeld was on at 10pm, lol. No, wait, we watch Blues Clues but I cannot stand the new guy who replaced Steve. He just makes my head hurt from his sad attempt at talent.

Not sure I'd have the patience to watch TV on a regular basis...people annoy me too much.

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Jesse Palmer (does anyone else even know who that is?) We watch alot of college football and he is always on...which makes sense because he was a good college quarterback and played for the Giants for a couple years I think. But he is everywhere. He was on The Bachelor years ago and he just shows up everywhere. He hosts some baking challenges on Food Network. He's on Rooms to Go commercials. I think he has hosted the Rose Bowl parade or something. It's just one of those things that he is everywhere and it is annoying.

One of my college kids texted me one day. Said he was thinking of me because he saw some cable celebrity gossip show and Jesse Palmer was the host. LOL. My dd just knows it's the guy I don't like. 

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Just now, Thatboyofmine said:

Oh no!  I can beat that!  That guy who’s Aaron Rodgers estranged brother. I think he was on the bachelor or the bachelorette or something.  He announces for the SEC games and OMG, I might put him in a headlock if I ever meet him in real life.  It sounds awful, but every time he’s on, I think, no wonder Aaron stays away from this guy.   He’s incredibly obnoxious.   

 

Yes!!! I always say they must have the same agent. I think his name is Jordan Rodgers? We call him “a poor man’s Jesse Palmer” 😂

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Sigh.  I hate to do this, but we can’t be friends anymore.  😜    

Bwahaha! I have lost some friends over stuff like this before. Actually, we should be best of friends because all of those guys give me the heebie jeebies (I looked them up) which means I would never encroach on your crushes! And I bet you wouldn't encroach on mine...you might even feel like you need a shower if you knew who my crushes are. So let's shake and agree to be friends,

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18 hours ago, school17777 said:

Couldn’t watch The Today Show because of Matt Lauer

 

Did you dislike him before the divorce and allegations?  

I didn't really watch the Today show, but he didn't bother me when I did watch him.  Until now.  I think he got some "sexiest man" award and things went downhill from there for him.

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1 hour ago, DawnM said:

 

Did you dislike him before the divorce and allegations?  

I didn't really watch the Today show, but he didn't bother me when I did watch him.  Until now.  I think he got some "sexiest man" award and things went downhill from there for him.

I'm not School17777, but I did dislike Matt Lauer before his sexual allegations. I really liked him when he first started in the 90's. I think I started disliking him 10 years ago or so. I can't remember why other than he seemed like an arrogant jerk. 

Kelly

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On 4/23/2019 at 6:14 PM, BarbecueMom said:

My exposure to TV personalities is pretty limited to sports commentators.  The only one who really, really drives me up the wall is Harold Reynolds.  If I’m stuck watching a national broadcast (baseball), I have to mute the TV and listen to the local radio broadcast instead.  And of course, his voice is the analyst on MLB The Show, so when DH plays that game at night right before I fall asleep, I end up having nightmares that Harold Reynolds is either banally pointing out the obvious in my life or failing to convert metrics into any sort of useful information.

For me, it's Chris Collinsworth.  Back when dh and I used to watch football, we had to mute his smug, smarmy voice.  I couldn't figure out why he was commentating at the Olympics  He knows NOTHING about any sport that is not football (which is not an olympic sport.)  Why was he there?  

it seems like every doctor and dentist office plays HGTV in the waiting room.  And I can't stant Christina El Mousso (or whatever her last name is now.)  She'd show up at the site all dolled up in her "don't get dirt on me" white jeggins, beauty queen hair and makeup and "f-me heels."   I wanted to scream "get in there, get dirty and do some work!"  

And Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear (and now The Grand Tour.)  I watched several seasons of Top Gear with dh.  But as he started calling James May "Captain Slow", I called him "Captain Mean."  He became so irritable and childish that I though he might have had the "a$$hole" brain tumor or dementia or something. Nope.  Just a first class brat.  Then when he got kicked off the show for being a boorish jerk and decking a producer ... I was glad that he was gone (but sad for the rest of the hosts and crew.)  But when they rebooted for The Grand Tour, I had to leave the room and put on headphones any time dh wanted to watch it.    

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28 minutes ago, dirty ethel rackham said:

For me, it's Chris Collinsworth.  Back when dh and I used to watch football, we had to mute his smug, smarmy voice.  I couldn't figure out why he was commentating at the Olympics  He knows NOTHING about any sport that is not football (which is not an olympic sport.)  Why was he there?  

it seems like every doctor and dentist office plays HGTV in the waiting room.  And I can't stant Christina El Mousso (or whatever her last name is now.)  She'd show up at the site all dolled up in her "don't get dirt on me" white jeggins, beauty queen hair and makeup and "f-me heels."   I wanted to scream "get in there, get dirty and do some work!"  

And Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear (and now The Grand Tour.)  I watched several seasons of Top Gear with dh.  But as he started calling James May "Captain Slow", I called him "Captain Mean."  He became so irritable and childish that I though he might have had the "a$$hole" brain tumor or dementia or something. Nope.  Just a first class brat.  Then when he got kicked off the show for being a boorish jerk and decking a producer ... I was glad that he was gone (but sad for the rest of the hosts and crew.)  But when they rebooted for The Grand Tour, I had to leave the room and put on headphones any time dh wanted to watch it.    

QFT.  I also could not tolerate the way she treated her husband when they were married.  

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9 hours ago, DawnM said:

 

Did you dislike him before the divorce and allegations?  

I didn't really watch the Today show, but he didn't bother me when I did watch him.  Until now.  I think he got some "sexiest man" award and things went downhill from there for him.

 

Yes.  I felt he was pompous.

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On 4/23/2019 at 10:43 AM, Homeschool Mom in AZ said:

Not TV. I watch Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Googleplay movies, Hulu.  I watch scripted shows, not TV personalities in situations where they're free to be themselves. We got a TIVO (the first DVR that came out) the month they became available.  Since then we haven't watched any live television or regular appointment watching type TV.  My kids never watched commercials.  I've had internet access as since it was available to the public.  Heck, a robot mows my lawn.  We're what's called early adopters of technology because my husband is a software guy.

 

A robot? We have 1/4 acre and are not getting any younger...care to share?

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