TV psychics

It’s really amazing what the big TV networks show on daytime TV these days.

Everything from a convicted felon teaching a child how to cook inverted pancakes to a group of women discussing the most intimate details of their personal lives.

Do they know they are on the air across the entire country?

Seriously.

Some of the things they talk about – wouldn’t have even come close to being talked about in my old high school locker room.

Today I caught a verified psychic on a daytime TV program.

This gravelly voiced woman sat there and with a deadpan expression told an audience member, "There are three angels with you today. I can see them."

"What are their names?" the woman asked.

"Angels don’t have names."

"Has my mother, who recently died, found rest and peace where she is at?" another woman asked.

"There’s no rest and peace on the other side," the psychic said. "We are very busy and very active over there."

"What is the name of the man I will marry?" a young woman asked the psychic.

"Mark," the psychic said. "You will marry him around Christmas 2007."

The young woman looked a little disappointed as she sat down.

I guess she was hoping it would be a different name.

"I have a terrible disease, and I was wondering if my baby will get the same disease later in her life," a woman, who looked very worried, asked the psychic.

"Your baby won’t get it," the psychic woman said. "It’s not part of the genetics passed from you to your child."

The woman smiled a broad smile of relief and happily sat down.

I’ve often wondered about the accuracy of these psychics.

If there are so many bona fide psychics in the world, why is it none of them predicted what happened on 9-11. That would have been good information to have ahead of time – especially for the people in those buildings. Why haven’t they accurately predicted any other disasters? That’s the kind of information that’s even more useful than what gets discussed on the TV shows.

I wonder if the young woman will return with her husband "Mark" in January 2008 and talk about how uncanny the accuracy of the psychic lady’s prediction turned out to be.

Somehow I doubt that will happen. You never really see those kind of follow up programs.

The host of the program and the people in the audience all seemed to believe what the psychic was saying – I guess I’m the only one who doubts her "special" abilities.

Since we don’t have cable, it’s hard for me to be too critical of daytime television as a whole, but judging from what is currently running on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, it seems the industry has sunk to an all time low.

I can remember the days of Donahue when programs of this kind addressed issues of substance and engaged in real meaningful discussions that often led to beneficial change.

It seems those days are long gone and have been replaced by psychics, daddy paternity testing, and celebrities talking to their celebrity friends about their fabulous celebrity lives.