TV, Watching TV, Radio Programs

Nowadays, television viewing is by far the most popular activity in most countries in Europe and America, where there are television sets in practically every home and it is probably that the average number of viewing time is at least fifteen hours a week. Some film makers supposed that people would stop going to see films at the cinema when a variety of TV programs on several channels were brought to people’s homes. Although that did not happen, the number of people who go to the cinema has gone down very much. But a lot of people still prefer to see films in color at the cinema rather than on a small TV screen.

Television includes large number of viewers. It has been calculated that some popular operas, such as Rusalka and Libuše, were seen by more people on TV in one evening than at all theatre performances since these operas were composed. Each week, Czech television shows several feature films. Several times a day there are news broadcasts, with both national and international news, documentary programs about the success of the economy and the arts and the sciences, discussions of present affairs, interviews with famous people, live sports programs and programs for schools and further education. Children wait for their bedtime story in the evening and their fairy tale on Sunday morning. Music lovers never miss any concert or performance. Often a successful serial is discussed by people over their lunch in the canteen or on their way to work. Various programs in which the members show their knowledge and talents are popular too.

Everybody in our country has at home TV. It is usually middle big object of cubic form. In the lower part of TV, there is usually control panel with which we can control the TV, for example we can turn up or down volume, switch over to programs, turn off the volume or all the TV and you can set your TV programs. Nowadays almost every TV is color, but in the past time there wasn’t color TV but they were only black and white. TV has various types of size. You can have every type you want. Small, normal size or gigantic. Nowadays almost every TV has its own remote control. You can comfortably sit in your couch and control your TV from your position.

Everyday I go home I usually listen to the radio. For me it is a way of relaxation. In the evening I watch TV news with my family and then I go to the bedroom and read, listen to music or write some letters. Sometimes I watch an interesting film or music program on TV or a video. From time to time I travel to the city and go to the cinema or to some interesting concert or theatre with my friends. When I go to the cinema there are almost always showing some good movie. I like comedies and romantic films. I don’t enjoy action movies at all. Most often I go to the cinema with my boyfriend. Sometimes it is quite difficult to select the movie that we both like. I usually go to the cinema once a month, because in these days it is a little expensive hobby. I think that cinema is useful not just for our hobby and relaxation, but through film and the movie screen we learn a lot of new and interesting things.