Where did the TV go?

Didn’t television rule people’s lives back in the day? I remember coming home every day from school and rushing to the television so I could watch my favourite show, The Simpsons. Literally, every school day I would go to after school care and when my mum came and picked me up I would tell her to drive faster so we wouldn’t miss the 6 o’clock slot.

But The Simpsons isn’t even on channel 10 anymore. Or any other channel in Sydney.

And the more I look at it, the more I realise, it’s not The Simpsons. It’s TV. TV’s changed. And when I say changed, I mean no one really likes it any more except people who don’t know how to use the Internet. Why would you wait for your specific, favourite show to come on at a certain time that the broadcasting network decides, when you can choose your own time, whenever you like on the Internet? The Internet provides all things a television does, but with much greater convenience. All you really need is a good Wifi signal, and a willingness to download illegal pirated content and not legally purchase any of it. And to be honest, there aren’t many people you’ll find these days who aren’t willing to bend that part of their moral compass. You get it for free, you get to watch it whenever you like, and you pretty much will never get caught for stealing because it’s almost impossible to monitor all of it.

So no more TV. No more racing home so I don’t miss the 6 o’clock slot. No more excitement to be built up. No more anticipation. The hours spent watching television during my childhood are now just a memory. Do you think there will still be broadcasting stations in the future? Or maybe just monitors where we can download all our favourite shows? Because it seems like that's the only way people are getting their fix of programs these days.