I'll admit I'm a sucker for a good story, especially if I can watch it all unfold before my eyes. With television blowing movies out of the water in the originality department, I find myself glued to my laptop more than usual. That is right, I said my LAPTOP.

The reason I am placing emphasis on how I am viewing my favorites shows is because I feel as if the television and film industry are lagging a bit behind with technology. I own two TVs in my home and I rarely turn them on to watch 'televised programming' anymore. One sits in my bedroom and it is only used at night to help my husband fall sleep and in the morning to check the news before work. The second TV spends most of its time serving as a monitor for our XBOX to play games or to watch shows on one of the many apps available on our gaming system.

Suffice it to say, while my husband has a controller glued to his hand, I am watching something on my laptop. Like so many others, I do not watch 'TV' on the actual television anymore. So, I find it disheartening when I learn of a new show and I am unable to watch it because of all the red tape involved. I don't want to be the criminal who turns to illegal sites just to view a show I might love.

And while I am patiently waiting for said show to hit Hulu, Netflix, or Amazon Prime, that show gets canceled because of low ratings. Wake up people! We aren't watching your show because WE ARE NOT WATCHING LIVE PROGRAMMING ANYMORE!!! I know so many of us are tried of finding an original program with so much possibility, only to learn after watching the first seasoon that it was canceled.

*Firefly fans will never outlive their outrage over Fox's decision to cancel such an amazing show!*

When will the networks understand that there are so many of us out here, willing to pay for quality entertainment. We are willing to sit through commercials and fork out a few extra dollars to see original shows with spectacular plots and characters. I am not asking anyone to entertain me for free. Just give me an easier way to pick and choose what shows I want to see and when/how I am able to see them without making me feel ripped off by charging me per episode. Take the cable networks for example. They want me to pay ridiculous amounts of money to them to watch a show on a local station I could have watch for free not too long ago. And sure, times are changing so I will concede that may be asking for a little compensation to view those local channels isn't asking for too much; however, if you are going to ask me to pay ungodly amounts of my hardearned money to you when I can pay less than 10% that amount to view those shows on Netflix, you should damned well give me the option of what networks/channels I want to be included in my channel lineup.

Then there is the problem of movie theaters. Granted, I rarely go to the movies because Hollywood has been vomitting out filth for years; or worse, regergetated titles and stories that we could care less to see remade when there are billions of stories out there that have yet to be told. I, for one, HATE going to the movies. The experience is like forcing me to sit in a germfilled sea of fabric next to a smelly pig who eats, laughs, and talks throughout whatever epic tale I have waited years to see. Yes, I usually only go to the theater to see movies that I have been waiting forever to see and the experience is always a poor one.

What do I want? I want theatres to become a thing of the past and for the industry to realize most of us want to watch a new release at home. I would pay upwards of $15 dollars to stream a new movie at home where I can watch it the day it comes out. This way I can hang out with my best friend and we can pause it to take a potty break or chat about the exciting events as they unfold on the screen. I wouldn't even mind watching advertisesments before or during the movie as long as those advertisements weren't too long.

I can almost hear the naysayers shrieking about how streaming new movies online will result in pirating. Let me be clear when I address this, NOTHING WILL EVER STOP PIRATING!!! It is happening everywhere, taking away so much revenue from companies who worked hard and paid millions or billions of dollars to give me (Oh yeah and everyone else!) countless hours of viewing entertainment. But there are some of us who want to support the things we love and if we are given the right tools to do so, those companies could stand to make much more than they are now by sticking theirs heads in the sand and refusing to see the changes in front of them.

Netflix is killing its competition for a reason, forward thinking! Along with their interesting original series', they are even going as far as to pick up canceled shows with obvious potential to profit where others were to quick to use their ax. If you stop to think about how many people are using services like Netflix (Neflix claims to it will hit 60 million subscribers in 2015) and those who are pirating to find shows, there is only one conclusion to make.

We are not the generation of late night television. We no longer want to be forced to schedule our time around a TV show or a movie showtime. We are the generation of change and we demand you give us want we want or we will take it without saying thank you. Let us give back to you! Give us the option to live by the rules and we may surprise you. Make it easier for us to do so and some of us will gladly offer you a huge round of applause and a few dollars to add to your revenue!

Stop cowering to the cable companies and offer your programming online for a monthly fee. Hell, I watch so many shows on the CW network and Syfy that I would gladly fork over a membership fee to watch their programming through their website whenever I feel like it, as long as it was a reasonable fee. Even though I only watch one show on AMC, I love The Walking Dead so much that I would be willing to do the same for their programming and pray they added more shows for me to love in the future.

Likewise, cable providers like Comcast would be more likely to gain and keep customers if they would offer more options to choose your own channels with their programming. Take a peek at my lists below and you will see I watch less than 20 channels so why would I want to pay over a hundred dollars for a bunch of channels I will never even stop to view. With the way things are going, we need a change! I hear all the time that companies in the television and film industry are struggling and if nothing changes, it will eventually be too late for them to make a change.

I take my hat off to the great writers who have filled my days with all the great TV shows which have come into my life recently. I can only hope a change will come soon so that networks will see how many of us are really taking the time to enjoy their programming and they keep great shows around long enough for us to fully enjoy the story!

Shows I am currently following:

12 Monkeys (Syfy)
Agents of Shield (ABC)
American Horror Story (FX)
Arrow (CW)
Bitten (Space, Syfy (US))
Black Sails (Starz)
Constantine (NBC) Praying this gets a second season!
Continuum (Showcase, Syfy (US))
Defiance (Syfy)
Doctor Who (BBC)
Dominion (Syfy)
Elementary (CBS)
Extant (CBS)
Falling Skies (TNT)
Forever (ABC)
Galavant (ABC)
Games of Thrones (HBO)
Gotham (FOX)
Grimm (NBC)
Haven (Syfy)
Helix (Syfy)
Hemlock Grove (Netflix)
How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
In the Flesh (BBC)
Lost Girl (SHOWCASE, Syfy (US))
Once Upon a Time (ABC)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Orphan Black (SPACE, BBC (US)) 
Outlander (STARZ)
Penny Dreadful (SHOWTIME)
Resurrection (ABC)
Salem (WGN)
Sherlock (BBC)
Teen Wolf (MTV)
The 100 (CW)
The Flash (CW)
The Last Ship (TNT)
The Leftovers (HBO)
The Musketeers (BBC)
The Originals (CW)
The Strain (FX)
The Vampire Diaries (CW)
The Walking Dead (AMC)
True Detective (HBO)
Vikings (HISTORY)
Z Nation (Syfy)

Canceled shows I loved:

Too many to count!

Shows I wanted to love but gave up on:

Revenge (ABC)
Sleepy Hollow (Fox)
Supernatural (CW)
Reign (CW)
Intruders (BBC)
Beauty and the Beast (CW)

Upcoming shows I will check out:

iZombie (CW)
American Crime Story (FX)
The Messengers (CW)
The Last Man on Earth (Fox)
Heroes Reborn (NBC)
Daredevil (Netflix)
Wayward Pines (Fox)
Hindsight (VH1)
Westworld (HBO)
Damien (Lifetime)
Shannara (MTV)
The Magicians (Syfy)
Supergirl (CBS)
Teen Titans (TNT)
Ash vs the Evil Dead (Starz)
Jonathan Strange &Mr. Norrell (BBC)
Dark Matter (Syfy)
Sense8 (NETFLIX)
The Whispers (ABC)
And on, and on, and...

As you can see, I love SciFi and Fantasy. If you have any suggestions for new or renewed shows you love that were not mentioned above, I would love to hear them!