I guess you can say that one of the good things about our tv choices here is they are very limited. Which gives us more time to do things together as a family, or just be more active. We have a total of 29 tv channels. 17 of those are local Chinese Channels. The programming is unique and usually consists of some sort of wacky variety show. These channels are monitored by the government and "will be changed as and when required and decided by the Country".
The remaining 12 channels are in English and consist of a slew of news channels (CNBC, CNN, BBC), ESPN, Discovery, and Nat'l Geographic. We have some movie channels (HBO, SHOW, Cinemax), but these are hit or miss with the programming. And, like the US, seem to run the same movies over and over again. We also get a channel, AXN, that runs several prime time drama shows from the US (CSI, Numbers, 24, Las Vegas). It is hard to tell if they are from the current season or just reruns, since these are not shows we watched on a regular basis back home.
DVDs come cheap here and there is a store around the corner from us that offers 20% discount for each purchase. You can purchase new release DVDs for the same price it would cost to rent a movie in the US. They also have box sets of shows like Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, and Sopranos for about $10 usd.
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