Television

volvick

Is it just me or is TV crap and before anyone says something like "don't watch it so" I sorta have no choice at the moment. TG I have sky (basic may I add) and there is so much crap on the TV I can't see how 1 people watch so much and 2 why we pay a TV licence if we don't watch RTE.

So is it just me or do many feel the same?

Biggins

Your not alone.

landsleaving

You do have a choice, you're already online aren't you? Watch somthing on the interwebs.

Uriel.

Are you being forced to watch it? Seriously? How could you have "no choice"?

Badgermonkey

When Good Threads Go Bad 5

Watchin' it right now.

TeddyTedson

TV died in the 90s my friend.
Films too, rare to see a good one.
On the plus side, porn is rampant on the internet these days.

mink_man

Graham Norton on 3E at the moment is pretty good

Saila

one mans bear crap is another mans treasure, bear grylls is a great example of this

volvick

Uriel. wrote: »

Are you being forced to watch it? Seriously? How could you have "no choice"?

House bound, the house is clean, nothing else to do than tv and net. Answer your question?

landsleaving

Badgermonkey wrote: »

When Good Threads Go Bad 5

Watchin' it right now.

On tonight's episode:

An innocent debate about a flag turns into a full on battle for territory,

Posters get hot under the collar about gay marriage,

and Your Ma gets blasted - with what? Stick around to find out!

TV has been crap for years, the decline began in the late 90s. I hardly watch anything now.

Saila

volvick wrote: »

House bound, the house is clean, nothing else to do than tv and net. Answer your question?

when I was a young lad there were books and magazines

Oh_Noes

Yeah I agree. The internet is slowly but surely taking over from traditional television. Sky and the likes will be a thing of the past in a decade or so.

volvick

Saila wrote: »

when I was a young lad there were books and magazines

just finished 6 years of college - don't want to see another book for 6 years

Turtyturd

Saila wrote: »

one mans crap is another mans treasure, bear grylls is a great example of this

One man's piss is the same man's sustinace?

Krusader

Karsini wrote: »

TV has been crap for years, the decline began in the late 90s. I hardly watch anything now.

True, due to reality tv shows and pop idol rubbish that gets constantly beamed into our homes. MTV was cool in the 90's, my 67 year old mother watches it now that's how bad it's got

cml387

Karsini wrote: »

TV has been crap for years, the decline began in the late 90s. I hardly watch anything now.

It was crap when they introduced colour and did away with the test card.

ben.schlomo

Biggins wrote: »

Your not alone.

His not alone what?? :rolleyes:

ben.schlomo

plenty of good shows available, depende what you are into. The Wire, Dexter, Rescue Me to mention but a few.

RichieC

wouldn't bother with it... football only.

Saila

Turtyturd wrote: »

One man's piss is the same man's sustinace?

I should have said one mans bear crap, I was too subtle

cml387

cml387 wrote: »

It was crap when they introduced colour and did away with the test card.

Returning to a trade test transmission...

http://www.thesystempredicts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Testcard_F.jpg

beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

bonzodog2

cml387 wrote: »

It was crap when they introduced colour and did away with the test card.

I can remember a test card in colour, think it was when BBC2 started. But I did grow up in UK though.

Biggins

bonzodog2 wrote: »

I can remember a test card in colour, think it was when BBC2 started. But I did grow up in UK though.

LOL

I remember it in black and white.

Biggins

ben.schlomo wrote: »

His not alone what?? :rolleyes:

...in thinking TV has often got worse.

There is the exceptionally good programmes still but they are becoming more rare and intermixed with a lot more frequent rubbish.
As others have already said, previous decades seem to have been better over all.

Biggins

Biggins wrote: »

LOL

I remember it in black and white.

*nerd hat on*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lh1DXRLilE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chft6GVtNWM

ejmaztec

mink_man wrote: »

Graham Norton on 3E at the moment is pretty good

Thank you for reminding me how bad TV is.:(

cml387

Well here's a lineup of classic television from the RTE schedule of the 30th August 1969 (younger viewers will need to be reminded that this was the only channel available to most of the country).


17:35 The Bugs Bunny Show Classic fun with Bugs and friends.
1800 The Angelus
1801 Children's Magazine
1805 Sports Final Sports results from RTE.
1815 The News An early-evening round-up of the latest headlines from the RTE newsroom.
1820 Bozo the Clown
1825 Orlando
1855 The Doris Day Show Family comedy series.
1925 Steady As She Goes
1955 An Naucht News in Gaelic.
2000 Don't Wait for Tomorrow
2100 Greyhound Racing
2130 The Main News, Sport and Weather Saturday's main evening news round-up from the RTE newsroom.
2145 Film: The Comedians
2335 The Late News Final news round-up from RTE.
2340 Closedown

Pauleta

TV is just very diluted. Thursday nights are also very poor.

18AD

Naked Gun 2 1/2 is on. Night made.

While on the internet

At this stage the tv is just on to give the impression that there're people in the house.

Terry

TeddyTedson wrote: »

TV died in the 90s my friend.
Films too, rare to see a good one.
On the plus side, porn is rampant on the internet these days.

There's porn on the internet?
Where?

OP; the telly is bad because people watch reality shows.
Reality shows rarely have to pay their subjects, so TV executives, in an effort to make more money for themselves, seek out oddballs and film them.

The reality tv thing will die out in time because people will eventually get sick of seeing shallow idiots trying to get their 15 minutes (yep, Warhol was right).

As soon as Osama Bin Laden takes out Simon Cowell, things should return to normal.