The most annoying thing on T.V

Juggalo

It is the ads for the ringtones. Non-friggin-stop. And the never show just one it's always ad for ringtones, ad for something else, same ad for ringtones, ad for something else, etc. Seriously, I counted seven times a ringtone ad came on during a break. What is the deal?

What is your most annoying thing on tv be it presenter, show, ad, channel, etc.

mike65

You want a list?!


Julian on UTV

Any RTE event that requires hooking up more than one live feed.

Ads for Alcohol which suggest you will be pretty and young and well off if you drink thier product.

DOGs

Soaps adding more and more episodes.

ITV Sport

Mike.

BuffyBot

Jennifer Aniston's Barclaycard ad - I've only seen it twice and it's already driving me nuts..

conZ

Those new 'Dont Smoke' ad's.

They're so poorly made.

OfflerCrocGod

Big Brother MUST DIE!!!.

Zoton

Vodafone ads
Motorola ads
DOGs
Soaps (every last one of them)
Reality TV (all of it)
Ads for insurance
Ads for loans
Sky One's "All New" claims for programs, what happened to the days when a repeat was a rare thing, and new programs were commomplace?

Stephen

All "reality" shows. Utter ****.
The ringtone/crappy logo ads.
lawyers/claims/insurance/loan ads, most channels on sky digital feature at least 3 of these per ad break.
That poxy E! channel. <it's good to be <insert random celeb> cos they have loads of money! bling!>

tman

Originally posted by Stephen
The ringtone/crappy logo ads.

yep. 1 ad per break would be bearable... when they're nearly breaching double figures every ad break on mtv, they begin to grate.

Big Brother - sweet jesus, cancel this **** already!
my flatmate started watching it once he heard one of the contestants had been mowing the lawn in the nip:rolleyes:
I'VE GOT 20GB OF PORN ON MY PC, YOU'RE WELCOME TO WATCH THAT!

Bard

ringtone ads? Yes... Annoying as hell.

Big Brother?... Dunno if it's annoying really... Chose not to watch it as I thought it was peurile cretinous tripe.

Giblet

Ringtone ads definatly, Insurance ads. The newlyweds on MTV, because my brother and his girlfriend watch it ALL the ****ing time!!!!

Dr. Dre

Yeah, pretty much everything mentioned so far *nods*

But that feckin vodafone ad with yer one gettin her nails done, "did you get the spreadsheet....."
Grrrrrrr, It's putting me in a bad mood now just thinking about it.....damn you juggalo!

PBC_1966

Hmm... Where to start?

I'll skip over the things I've already complained about in another thread and think of a few more specific things.

* The Motorola cellphone sponsorship of some movies/programs. At the start and end of every commercial break you get that horrible "Hello Moto" nonsense with a cacophony of noise. Ugh! As I usually tape everything and watch it later I try to skip over it all, but sometimes you're just not quick enough on the controls!

* The BBC's constant plugging of certain shows. (Does RTE do this as well?) Eastenders is a good recent example, with their "Everybody's talking about it" clips. Everybody is not talking about it -- Large numbers of us never watch it and I know quite a few people who say they used to watch it but gave up because it became such depressing drivel.

* Got to agree with those grumbling about the " reality" shows. Those incessant plugs for "Big Brother" are enough to put you off. I saw about 15 minutes of it some months ago, only by accident I hasten to add. What a load of complete and utter garbage. The TV execs who commissioned and continue to support this trash must have succotash for brains.

* All of the "Trading up", "I Want That House" and similar real-estate shows which clearly have a certain agenda to show a range of houses despite the house-hunter's specifications. Somebody might say that being in a rural area is essential, but they will still include a house stuck in the middle of a development in a city. Somebody else might tell them their absolute maximum budget is, say, £120.000 but they'll show them one with a comment like, "This is a little over your budget at £180.000." I dont call 50% extra a "little" over-budget!

* Add to that the foreign real-estate shows in which they emphasize all the great points and don't point out potential snags. It's all very well gushing about some £50.000 villa in Spain, but too often they make no mention of the high percentage that needs to be added to that for legal fees, government taxes etc., Or maybe to someone who is thinking about becoming self-employed in Spain they make no mention of the fact that the Spanish govt. wants you to pay about £50 per week in social security contributions before you even start to make a profit. (Yes, I did make inquiries about that once!) It would also be nice if just for once they would point out all the immigration red tape as well.

Is that enough to be going on with?

mike65

Property is the new pornography.

Mike.

Tusky

Ring tone adverts ( every second ad on MTV ), CRIBS !!!! The simpsons ( die ) , Insurance ads during the day , 2-8 2-8 2-0 etc...

When they brake up films for the news...Mutant X , That show on E4...dont know what its called.

That program on E4 - As If !!! I HATE IT.

robbie1876

The theme tune to Euro 2004.

The Real B-man

can i interest you in for 5 ringtones a week for €5 each?

*insurance ads
*personal injury
*Actimel
*safestyle uk windows
*adult chat lines

Creamy Goodness

them ringtone ad's with eamons song in the backround
big brother 5
e4 in summer turns into big brother channel
mtv
Channel U - brought to you by the Hectic Squad - actually this just makes me laugh so hard as to how anyone could watch and enjoy this tripe

weemcd

the new wella shockwaves ad annoys me more than anything on television, its so uber gay, i dont see why shock waves are tryhin to sell their products using trend whore faggots with trendy but 80's style gayness. The man in that ad is such a fheg with his fookin makeup and anti gravity hair ****e. ive wanted to rant about this ad for a while now, thank god ive got it off my chest.

oh insurance ads, "when there's blame theres a claim" etc.:rolleyes:

Ellesmere

Day time television. All those cookery programmes, especially 'Ready steady cook' and its clones. They're on every channel at the same time, so if you flick over there's another one on the next channel. And they're always doing stuff that no one in their right minds would cook. Or using ingredients you can't find in normal shops that could potentially hospitalise you.

And then the 'Richard & Judy' format, aarrgghh! Trisha, Ricky lake, half them are publicity seeking liars. I mean why would anyone air their dirty laundry to the nation like that. Or else all the stuff for pre-schoolers nowadays, anyone over five can't have a laugh at them like you could at 'sesame street' or the 'Clangers'. I just end up putting on a news channel or Discovery (while being an excellent channel has too many repeats).

Big Ears

Originally posted by robbie1876
The theme tune to Euro 2004.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
how could u ?

silly sailor

The simpsons ( die )

i must disagree, i have to say that simpsons is one of the few redeeming features of tv these days. it's like a good wine, it gets better with age.

that, south park and sopranos are the only things that make tv worth watching.

smoke.me.a.kipper

ringtone ad - 57113 - with eammon in the background :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

ringtone ad - 57777 - five, double seven, double seven..... bleep :mad: :mad: :mad:

RTE Formula1 coverage - i prefer ITV. think RTE make a hames (sp?) of it.

MTV in general - some of the shows I like but if they are going to dedicate the channel to just shows and not music at least dont show the same thing 3 times a day, for 7 days. (the movie awards are wrecking my head at the moment)

The loan company ad - so many differant ones, the hurdle race, the gameshow.... arghhhhhhh!!

TV3 - *sighs*

mike65

Loose Women ITV right now!

Mike.

irishgeo

that "thing" that presents Telly Bingo.

The Real B-man

Originally posted by irishgeo
that "thing" that presents Telly Bingo.

Classic! B21 Thats B for Balls:D

Mossy Monk

the most annoying thing is that weather presenter who does the european weather on network 2

nuala something or other is her name

jor el

Originally posted by smoke-me-a-kipper

ringtone ad - 57777 - five, double seven, double seven..... bleep :mad: :mad: :mad:

Aaaaaargh, the fooking bleep at the end of that ad, it annoys the crap out of me. That and their little five, double seven, double seven jingle. Grrrr :mad:

I blame the parents, giving their 10 year olds mobile phones and money so they can spend €2 to have Britney or Justin tagged on their display, or better yet a "romantic poem", WTF!




<sigh>, I feel better now that my little rant is done.
Right now though, the most annoying thing has to be the Big Brother channel, aka E4. Switch on TV in the morning before work, flick around, gets to E4, ah how interesting, people asleep in bed! How tick is that?

Roller Toaster

Omnibuses of **** like Hollyoaks and Eastenders filling up the weekend morning schedules.
Also Karen Patterson on BBC Newsline, she sounds like she has a nasal infection all the bloody time.

OLDYELLAR

its the tv3 news right because the news is over then you have the weather and next ting you know one last ting from the news jus to bug you.annoys me so much and then half an hour later another repeat of the same friggin news , reminds me of inspector columbo you think you got away with not watching the news so your sittin there watching the weather and then bang and one final ting from the news . JEEES

Evil_Bilbo

I just got cable about 2 months ago and I want to go back to my 4 Irish Channels. Fair enought - there's feck all on - but at least you dont get mad when there's feck all on.

My major gripes at the moment:

Newlyweds - Jessica Simpson is playing at oxegen. I'm seriously going to egg the b!tch and see if she puts it on her stupid fcuking program. WHORE

Ringtone/Logo adds - especially "My band" and "Eamonn". 10 times in a row. Really drives me mad. I cant stand it.

MTV - cribs, punk'd, the fabulous life of "put Annoying Celeb's name here"

Bad reality tv - I like the odd program sometimes (Wife swap was funny once or twice), but "how clean is your house"? C'mon, your running outta ideas.

Any of those "do up your house" type programs (my woman loves them - whitener.)

WORST OF ALL - those bloddy adds for snack bars "Good friends deserve a snack in the mouth". I mean JESUS. Throw in a few actors from "Camera Cafe", The big bow wow (ouch - I hated that) and whadaya got? A slap onthe arse, a ripped shirt and some fcuking ponse jumping out of a cupborad. WHAT???

SH!TE SH!TE SH!TE.


THOSE SNACK BAR ADDS SUCK BIG FAT SWEATY BALLS

PBC_1966

Roller Toaster,

Completely off-topic, but what's the significance of the 200-year-old UK flag in your post?

frodi

All of MTV. You know that it has lost its' way when my 8 and 10 years olds find it good. They have lost interest in Nickelodeon. What happened to the Music in MTV?

irishgeo

Originally posted by frodi
All of MTV. You know that it has lost its' way when my 8 and 10 years olds find it good. They have lost interest in Nickelodeon. What happened to the Music in MTV?

Hopefully they might find it hidden in someone house on cribs one day.

Basq

Originally posted by frodi
All of MTV. You know that it has lost its' way when my 8 and 10 years olds find it good. They have lost interest in Nickelodeon. What happened to the Music in MTV?

What's funny about that is MTV actually have a new ad with a guy singing and playing his guitar badly (intentionally) and he's singing about all the new shows on MTV (something like 'new Dirty Sanchez, new Viiva La Bam..... etc) and then he stops and the voiceover says...

"MTV in July.... no music, just great shows" or something like that!

Stark

They sound like they're taking the piss out of Mundy or something. "What? You call this music? It's not commerical enough!!".

elvis2002

Big Brother on E4 and all those annoying tv pr0n stations on sky now

irishgeo

Originally posted by elvis2002
Big Brother on E4 and all those annoying tv pr0n stations on sky now

I know off topic but p0rn pays. still the biggest succes on the internet.

MrVestek

Is it illegal to access porn on a public computer? (stupid net cafe) hehe...

frodi

Not illegal, just stupid!

steveland?

Those ringtone ads are something else... i dont need to hear "i dont want you back" obviously made by some nerdo on his casio keyboard hooked up to his mac seven times per ad break. Plus the phone wallpaper ads... the people who send in for them must have more money than sense, have ya seen the costs of them



Anyway...

>> The fact that MTV shows barely any music on it anymore
>> The fact that they seem to buy four episodes of everything and play them over and over and over and over and over....
>> The fact that they seem to keep touring their own presenters cr@ppy bedsits and claim its "all new"
>> Their tv show "marathons". It's not like they wont be showing them all that day otherwise or anything :rolleyes:
>> The fact that TMF basically shows the exact same things as MTV (but they show spongebob at nights so that makes up for it)
>> Most reality tv
>> Ross
>> The Aero ads at the beginning and end of each ad break on RTE and the Stella ones on channel 4.
>> The fact that theres how many hundreds of episodes of the simpsons but you still end up seeing the same ones over and over
>> Cheers being on so damn early on channel 4
>> That thing with the olsen twins (any of the ten million tv shows they've done)


I could go on...

LoneGunM@n

Everything stated above [except the simpsons of course] ... but most of all the fact that I get very little to sit & watch tv in the evening & when I do sit down, there's sh@g all on!

plus the fact that all the good movies are on really late & if I sat up to watch them I'd be zombified in work the next day!!

A bit off topic here, but does anyone else have this problem ... a good movie is on TV late at night & doesn't finish till 3ish [so about 3 hours of lost sleep], but you're so tired that you end up feeling like you've hit by a bus for about a week before you get back to normal?

blobert

Pretty much anything Sky has on in the evening time. "Boobs Uncovered" or something to that effect. Although that sounds like a pretty good show, I take it all back.

emertoff

Originally posted by OLDYELLAR
its the tv3 news right because the news is over then you have the weather and next ting you know one last ting from the news jus to bug you.annoys me so much and then half an hour later another repeat of the same friggin news , reminds me of inspector columbo you think you got away with not watching the news so your sittin there watching the weather and then bang and one final ting from the news . JEEES

I have a related gripe. It's to do with the sports results. To be fair, RTE News do it as well as TV3. It's the standard silly scripting that seems to go hand in hand with sports news. I'm mean phrases like:

"That's your sport for now"
Its not MY sport stupid.

"Let's take a check on those results"
"Here's confirmation of tonights fixtures"

And other silly phraseology such as the "Sports Desk"

Funny, everytime I hear the above two I can mentally envisage someone in the studio with a clipboard and a pencil, saying "Check!" after each fixture/result.

On the same topic, I hate Sky Sports News. A 24 hour news channel does not work for sport and is unnecessary. Most of the time the bimbos just plug the live games.

On the same topic,;)

mike65

Originally posted by emertoff


And other silly phraseology such as the "Sports Desk"

I'm more annoyed by ppl who say phraseology.

All sports presentation is cliche.

Mike.

brendor

What really gets on my wick at the moment are the ad things for budwiser or miller during the Sopranos just before and after the ads. The whole idea is pathetic and the accents are complete w@nk - they sound more Welsh than american

Mr E

The nivea ones before and after ad breaks in 24 are just as annoying.

Heathen

Originally posted by Zoton
Ads for loans

i know... they are the worst ever!!!!!

i feel like ringing up and getting a load just to shut them up!!

steveland?

Originally posted by Macker Eire
i know... they are the worst ever!!!!!

i feel like ringing up and getting a load just to shut them up!!

I think theyre work is done

jmcc

Originally posted by Mossy Monk
the most annoying thing is that weather presenter who does the european weather on network 2

nuala something or other is her name

Ah the one who needs subtitles. I never knew that the Dublin accent was mutating at such a rate. Even the plonkers in the UK royal family do not talk with such strangulated vowels.

Maybe it is something to do with the European weather being shown by those gob****es in RTE when all that people want to know is if it will be raining or sunny tomorrow.

Regards...jmcc

daggeredge

The most annoying thing?

I'll answer that with Euro 2004!!!!

Sorry not alone is it a load of tripe (it is....don't deny it)but everywhere you turn half the bloody stations are showing the exact same guy kicking the exact same inflated round thing!

All the tv Schedules are mucked up because of it.
I mean they took Top Gear off the air for three weeks just 2 fit it in...TOP GEAR !

pure and utter crap for anyone not interested in watching football.

and I know people are going to use the "but it wouldn't be on so much if people weren't interested" (screw face up while saying where appropriate) defence but lets face it more things on the earth than football!

oh yeah and i am a bloke!

daggeredge

actually I'm going to move this to a new thread as well....