In addition to my comment in
the previous thread, here are a few other things I've noticed:
-My girlfriend can tolerate hour-long shows, but not very often. When The Game Show Channel was uploading Millionaire episodes taped off of GSN a while back, we would occasionally watch those but she would get a bit restless towards the end. Also, she got really into Raid the Cage when I showed her an episode but didn't want to watch it the next day since it was a bit too overstimulating.
-There's a certain balance between lively and staid that I have to hit. She usually finds Price is Right annoying because of how hyper the contestants are, but sometimes I can convince to sit through a half-hour one. I showed her a Cullen episode once for the novelty--she recognizes him from TTTT and Blockbusters--but the black-and-white shows don't usually do anything for her.
-I've gotten her into SOTC recently, mostly with Mort Kamins' episodes and the beginning of the syndie run. I actually showed her an Australian episode from 1984 tonight and she even liked that.
-She finds 60s Password boring.