The Fernsehen "Situation"

"Fernsehen" is German for television (or 'to watch television'). If you recall from an earlier post, we had a very positive initial experience with "Fernsehen" when we found "The Proposal" the first night...in English!  The fun was short lived.  Although we have found many US shows broadcast on our basic cable (lots of "House", "Grey's Anatomy"...must like medical shows...), most tend to be only in German...no dual language ability.  However the occasional "Cold Case", "CSI" or "Blue Bloods" (I guess they like cop shows too!) have shown up in English...and on Saturday night..."Gossip Girl"!!  I knew there was a reason I didn't watch those shows when they were originally broadcast...they're now new to me!  (kind of like "Dallas" for those of you who used to watch Fox in Japan...as Wendy said, can't remember anymore who shot JR, so it's all new to me!)  However, thank goodness, the Swiss have all the exposure they need to real American culture..."Jersey Shore" is on almost every night.  Interestingly enough, it only has German subtitles, the English (or whatever you call what they speak) audio is still the original...must be too hard to dub.  I think I'll continue to say I'm from New York rather than Jersey....

In case you're wondering it says:  "I said: 'Sure, why not?'"