It’s time for the Top 7’s annual look at what your alternates are for this Sunday in case you don’t want to watch the Superbowl.
Counterprogramming is a valued skill for any program director, so it’s key to gear your choices to the people who don’t watch the Superbowl, and since I have no idea who these people are, you’re just going to have to imagine the people who are watching shows like the following instead of the Superbowl.
7. Sleepless in Seattle, Showtime

Since it's another Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks movie, I can use this opportunity to go on a rant about the movie You've Got Mail. Is there a worse place in history for Dave Chappelle to be? Why in holy hell did he agree to be in this movie? Ever since I saw it, I can't forgive Tom Hanks for being in this heaping pile of crap, or myself for seeing it. Take someone on the verge of violence and have them watch the opening scene where Meg Ryan bounces around peeking to see if anyone is watching before checking her e-mail, and I guarantee you that it's going to throw them over the edge.
There may be worse movies than this, but at least something like From Justin to Kelly is entertainingly bad. This movie legitimately makes me angry.
6. World’s Strictest Parents
Somehow I doubt that this particular title lives up to its name unless each episode ends with the parents torturing and murdering their children. A kid in my childhood neighborhood’s mom used to come outside and blow a whistle when it was time to come in for the evening.
No matter what he was doing—he could have been hitting in the last inning only needing a ground-rule double into the trees to win the game—he would immediately start sprinting off in the direction of his house. It was one of the more entertaining things I can remember seeing.