What I saw on telly From: New Straits Times | Date: June 6, 2006| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Francis Dass
New Straits Times
06-06-2006
What I saw on telly
Byline: Francis Dass
Edition: Main/Lifestyle

THE unthinkable has happened to me: I am not addicted to TV anymore. I only switch on the silly box when I want to watch something.

That said, the things I still look forward to during the weekends nowadays are animated series The Simpsons, Sunday repeats of Scrubs and, of course, the occasional peep into my flavour-of-the-year channel: the propaganda-laden CCTV-9.
The Simpsons, into its 17th year now and still going strong, has not lost any of its piranha-sharp razor teeth when it comes ...

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