YOU SAID:
Mom is watching a boring TV show
INTO JAPANESE
Mom は、退屈なテレビ番組を見ています。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
MOM saw a boring TV show.
INTO JAPANESE
MOM は、退屈なテレビ番組を見た。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
MOM saw a boring TV show.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.