The N

Yes yes...it is time that I step up on my soapbox once again and proclaim my love/hate relationship with the TV station known as "Noggin/The N".

A couple of years ago, when this channel first surfaced... I loved it mainly because of "DeGrassi...The Next Generation". Now they network has a myriad of shows about sex, drugs, and all kind of other ish. Yeah, what's the problem you may ask. The problem is that this network's demographics are pre-teens/teenagers with the occasional young adult such as myself. They aim this ish at teenagers which is not OK.

I don't so much have a problem with DeGrassi because honestly, most of the stuff they talk about on there is real and they don't so much focus on sex and drugs and drinking. Yes, they may have the occasional episode, but I believe it's necessary because it is a part of teenaged life. Now this new show called, "The Best Years" is not OK*. It's about this group of college students which reminds me of soft porn. Once again, this would not be a problem but it is right after Degrassi... so people are naturally going to watch it. Honestly, that show on MTV like 8 years ago called "Undressed" had more dignity than this show... it called itself what it was... lightweight porn for teens (and it was on at 11... a more appropriate time, not 8 damn 30).

And what, there was this commercial on last week (didn't see it on this week so I think some one may have complained and they took it off) where there's this dude from Degrassi who gets out of the car and then this girl from "South of Nowhere" tongues him down and then he turns around and this girl from "Best Years" tongues him down as well and then all three of them head down to the dance floor and proceed to bump each ways reminiscent of sex with dude in the middle (yeah I think they were supposed to be dancing but they were just all off beat and ish, it looked awful).

It just seems to me that that young teen generation is about nothing but sex. Yes, it has always been prevalent but just broadcasting it seems really weird to me. The N's tagline is, "It goes there"... but seriously, The Best Years is just dumb.

And no I'm not just talking out of my ass because I do watch DeGrassi... faithfully, but then again I am 23 and have been watching it since Junior year of high school when they were in middle school and the only thing they had to worry about was looking up porn on the computer (great episode by the way).

I'm not exactly sure how to feel about "South of Nowhere". The two black guys in it are cute, so I can't really complain.

All and all... the N lost a couple of points with me for "Best Years". Yeah, I'm sure all of the pre-pubescent horny teens love it, but come ON now. Be real man... be freaking rea.


* Not to mention COMPLETELY inaccurate. A freshman would never be a captain of a college basketball team regardless of how good they are. If dude is such a star, he would NOT be sharing a dorm room with "regular" people. And why are those people always hanging out at that bar? Hello... underage drinking much?