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Studies show that people who watch more TV shows than most, which can count to as much as eight hours a day, are more prone to diseases and conditions such as obesity. The fact that so many people prefer to watch the television more than sports is basically one of the most prevailing reasons why there are so many overweight children, especially in the first world societal settings. Instead of going out to the yard or the park to ride a bike, fly a kite or play basketball and other sports with friends and family, most children just sit on the couch and waste time and days doing nothing but watching television.

Sometimes also when people watch TV shows too much they end up narrowing their creative juices. They limit themselves to the little things that they find on the tube and just copy those ideas from them. As a matter of fact, there are even instances wherein the television actually caters ideas that are not ideal or good for the development of the very young audiences that watch them, which malign their views of reality and totally damaging their values. Take for example those dozens of violent television shows that are unregulated and reach out to children and their effects have been notable in the history of the influential power of the media.

Surely watching television can be a good thing in itself, but even too much of a good thing can be bad. Perhaps its time that a little regulation be placed in order.

If you are like every other typical American or any other typical individual anywhere and everywhere in this world, then you probably watch TV. Yes, watching television has become one of the most popular pastimes since its invention, and has stayed on top ever since. This is because television is the most beneficial manifestation of the innovations of visual media. Through television people can find all sorts of things. Like reading a book, people can explore the world in the comfort of their own homes as long as they have a television set. When you watch TV, you expose yourself to all sorts of ideas and concepts that people who work in television production air on their shows.

Of course, the great things about watching TV do not come without a price. It's been apparent how television has made people visually dependent rather than action oriented. In other words, people have become very lazy. Studies have shown that most cases of obesity in America are caused due to excessive exposure to television. People don't want to entertain themselves with other things anymore such as sports or other activities that might otherwise have kept them from being overweight.

But like all other things, people who watch TV always have the choice to responsibly limit their TV time to what is beneficial. Also, they can choose which type of shows they want to watch on television, so that they still get the most despite the over commercialization of so many shows on air.

Tv Good Or Bad

On the surface it seems like a logically brilliant idea: take a film that audiences adored and extend it into a more digestible, bite-sized version that they could watch every week from the comfort of their homes. But carrying over the success of a movie into the television realm seems to involve a tricky and delicate science that no one seems to know the formulas to.

A television series adaptation of the Blade trilogy and the recent news of a live-action Star Wars television series coming to life near the end of this decade beg us to ask whether or not either will succeed. Of course, success in this sense can be interpreted in a variety of ways. Does it depend only on the quality of the show? Most likely not, since there have been movie-to-television cross-overs that were critically acclaimed but were only given a few months to run. Does it depend solely on the popularity of the show? Not as much as one would think. So what does success in this genre depend on?

Let’s take a look at some TV shows that were originally movies that ran for long periods of time, and then some that burnt out quickly to see if there is a visible pattern.

Distance Runners

-M*A*S*H*: Many people forget that M*A*S*H* was originally a movie (1970) that was met with approval in the theaters. It made its way onto television screens in 1972 and ran all the way to 1983.

-Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The movie was released in 1992 and was met with very mixed results. Somehow the show managed to run for seven solid years (1997-2003) as a television series with a huge fan base.

-Stargate SG-1: Stargate was a film released in 1994. It was met with mixed responses, but the show fared much better, running from 1997 all the way till now.

-Highlander: The film version hit theaters in 1986. Audience response was decent, but the TV series that was launched in 1992 found a faithful following. It ran until 1998.

-La Femme Nikita: Nikita was a film directed by Luc Besson that was released in 1990 and received good responses from audiences. The television series had a strong following and ran on TV from 1997 to 2001.

Short-Distance Losers

-My Big Fat Greek Life: Though movie studios underestimated My Big Fat Greek Wedding’s chances for success on the big screen, CBS overestimated its chances for similar triumph as a television series. This big fat disaster ran for seven episodes in 2003.

-Clueless: In 1995, Clueless did well in movie theaters as a comedy-romance. However, when the movie became a TV show in 1996 it was nothing more than a vain, painful, and lame television experience. The show somehow managed to remain on air until 1999.

-Ferris Bueller: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was a huge hit in 1986, but the TV series only lasted one miserable season in 1990. Ferris has had plenty of days off since then.

-Planet of the Apes: The Charlton Heston-infused movie did well in the theaters in 1968, but for some reason the TV version only lasted one season in 1974.

-Uncle Buck: Was the movie really that great in 1989? It was just a standard comedy that tried to teach youngsters the idea of appreciating your family. So was the TV series in 1990 really necessary? One season tells us “no."

There are countless other movie-to-TV shows that only lasted a few months, if that. Dangerous Minds, Fast Times, and Parenthood are just three of many, many failures in this genre.

The odds are against the soon-to-be Blade television series and George Lucas’ live-action Star Wars TV show. Though Blade does not really seem to be anything special, it will be interesting to see whether the vampires and monsters that carried the film trilogy will be able to do the same on television screens.

Star Wars does have an insanely huge and loyal fan base, the likes of which no movie-to-TV series has had the luxury of having, and could be the tipping point for the show’s potential longevity and success. But in no way will this guarantee the triumph of the adaptation. Neither will high caliber storylines or acting.

It seems that television audiences and studios are infinitely more fickle than their movie counterparts, so good luck to both the creators of Blade and Star Wars’ Lucas, both of whom will be at the complete mercy of factors that are virtually unknown.

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