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The Most Popular TV Shows during the 2020 Pandemic

If you’ve been cooped up in your house or apartment for the last few months, you’ve probably watched a lot of TV (whether it be broadcast TV, specialized cable channels, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, CBS All Access, Hulu, HBO Max, or any number of other online services that offer programming for your coach potato channel surfing.

With that being said, here are the TOP 10 MOST POPULAR TV SHOWS that people in quarantine have watched early in 2020:

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Take an online cooking lesson with a celebrity chef

Celebrity chefs are just like every other really good professional chef out there – the only difference is that you know their names. You’ve eaten at their restaurants, you’ve read their cookbooks, you’ve watched them compete on Top Chef or be a judge on any number of Food Network competitions.

And as you’ve watched these food stars create interesting dishes on TV, or as you’ve eaten something incredible at a restaurant – haven’t you said to yourself: I’D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COOK LIKE A PROFESSIONAL CHEF.

Well, here’s an interesting opportunity for you to take advantage of:

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The perfect personalized gift for people who love TV

Buying the perfect gift for someone can be difficult – especially if you’ve already run through a list of all their favorite things over the years. How many coffee mugs, fun socks, or wacky t-shirts does one person need?

Web Watch may have stumbled upon the perfect personalized gift for the loved one in your life.

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How to watch streaming TV

There are dozens of paid streaming services, and what seems like hundreds of other free or ad-supported streaming channels out there these days.

The average household is subscribed to at least two different paid streaming services (as of this writing, it’s usually some combination of Disney+, Netflix, and Amazon Prime… but Hulu is making a strong case for it so be in the mix too… and there’s always AT&T’s HBO MAX and Comcast’s PEACOCK service coming out later this month. And let’s not even start with YouTube’s free or paid services. Whew!)

But the biggest question that people ask Web Watch is “how do you know which streaming service has the shows that you want to watch?

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What was the first music video aired on MTV?

By now, everybody knows that the first music video played on MTV was VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR. Yeah, yeah – how ironic.

BUT… do you know what the SECOND video to play on MTV was?

It was Pat Benatar’s YOU BETTER RUN.

That was quickly followed by the rest of the FIRST 25 VIDEOS TO PLAY ON MTV: (here’s just a few, in no order…)

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The Best Rankin/Bass TV Christmas Specials

Remember flipping through TV Guide each week as Christmas approached, looking for the replay of your beloved Christmas specials?

Today’s kids will never know what it’s like to be disappointed, as on-demand streaming and DVDs have turned today’s children into media devouring monsters.

Rankin/Bass Christmas Collection
Rankin/Bass Christmas Collection

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It’s true: Animated Children’s Films are More Violent than Films for Adults

We all grew up on Looney Toons, Tom & Jerry, Saturday morning cartoons – and old amusement park owners saying that they would have gotten away with it, if it weren’t for those meddling kids!

And if you were to sit down and watch those classic cartoons today – you’d see a rash of violence bestowed upon the characters to each other: faces blown off, coyotes plummeting to their deaths, anvils falling from the sky.

Hunters on a mission to kill. Coyotes on a mission to kill. Yellow parakeets on a mission to kill. Giant roosters on a mission to torture a dog.

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How obscure are the most obscure Saturday Night Live cast members?

We all know that Saturday Night Live has become part of the American weekend newscap. It’s a cultural institution, whether you fully appreciate their sophomoric humor or not.

And some cast members go on to fame and fortune, and can totally count SNL as their trampoline into the big times (Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon), while others can toil away for years and not become as big of a household name over time as you’d think (Tim Meadows).