Quality of TV programmes

bonzodog2 · 03-02-2010 10:28PM #1

What do you think of the content of TV today?
Personally I think its 99% mind-rotting drivel. But that's just my opinion. If you like it, I've got no problem with you watching it.....

03-02-2010 10:31PM

Farily ****e tbh. bit like this post ^^

Mike 1972 · 03-02-2010 10:31PM

I rarely watch the damn thing anymore.

Its all celebrity nose picking and suchlike

FannyMcGee · 03-02-2010 10:32PM

It hasn't been the same since they got rid of 'Why Don't You?'.

minidazzler · 03-02-2010 10:33PM

Some bad some good.

I like FlashForward, Lie to Me, Bones, 24 and NCIS, they are good shows. I don't like Lost, Desperate Housewhores, SATC or The Hills, because it's utter ****e.

It's a mixed bag really!

rednik · 03-02-2010 10:34PM

Thank Heaven for sport.:):)

Overheal · 03-02-2010 10:34PM

The pickings in the last year have definitely been crap.

Me suspects the Network Execs are wary of gambling money on anything new and edgy.

Another season of LOST? Really NBC?!

MaybeLogic · 03-02-2010 10:35PM

There's some alright stuff.
HBO dramas are good, BBC docs I like, Dispatches,Newsnight,C4 News stuff like that.
I'd say 99% drivel was a bit harsh.

SoupyNorman · 03-02-2010 10:35PM

Satellite TV, Computers and the Japanese are all to blame in some way I feel.

bonzodog2 · 03-02-2010 10:38PM

Personally I like the odd film, documentaries (tho' there's only so much wildlife ya can watch, but respect to D Attenborough et al). Historical stuff and dramas with a good story do it for me

The Express · 03-02-2010 10:39PM

Absolutely catmalodeon, particularly daytime UTV and TV3, like animated versions of a shelf-load of wimmins' magazines. Mindless celebrity trash.

Killed By Death · 03-02-2010 10:40PM

I miss Rentaghost

phasers · 03-02-2010 10:51PM

I love television, BBC 4 in particular is a great channel.

DazMarz · 03-02-2010 10:52PM

My estimation of television has gone downhill rapidly since The Sopranos and Frasier stopped being made.

Nowadays, the only programmes that I believe are being made that are of any quality whatsoever are South Park, Mad Men, Mock The Week (although that has slipped a bit since Frankie Boyle left) and Attenborough documentaries on BBC. And then sports coverage.

Apart from that, television has descended into mindless trash that will turn this generation into zombies. For shame...

Herb Powell · 03-02-2010 10:58PM

I barely watch TV, when I do it's usually a movie or documentary

fryup · 03-02-2010 11:59PM

I think Bruce Springsteen sumed it up perfectly........."57 channels and nothing on"

SoupyNorman · 04-02-2010 12:02AM

CSI is at the core of all that is wrong, sick, corrupt with TV these days. Thank you for this Bruckheimer you cnut.

Dennis the Stone · 04-02-2010 12:03AM

Just like books, music and films. You have to sift through a lot of mind-numbing garbage to get to the good stuff.

m@cc@ · 04-02-2010 12:03AM

TV is pretty crap these days. I miss shows like the Krypton Factor and the Crystal Maze. Here in Oz at the mo, they have The Biggest Loser followed by So You Think You Can Dance 5 TIMES A WEEK!!!

ColmDawson · 04-02-2010 12:04AM

I think being 99% shit is probably an inherent part of any art form/creative pursuit.

Liam Byrne · 04-02-2010 12:06AM

There's about 5 programmes that I'll try to catch.

Qi
Two and a Half Men
Family Guy
Flash Forward is bearable, but it's not as good as it looked from the first 2 episodes
Frasier
The Simpsons
CSI

If I need background wallpaper I'll stick on Voyager or maybe Mock the Week.

The problem is that 99% of the above are repeated ad-nauseum, so you can't allocate time to watch them, or bother rushing home to see them - you don't know if it'll be a repeat.

So yeah, 99% of it is pure ****e; even more so if you were to include all of the channels that Sky imposes on the EPG lists that no-one watches.

m@cc@ · 04-02-2010 12:09AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

There's about 5 programmes that I'll try to catch.

Qi
Two and a Half Men
Family Guy
Flash Forward is bearable, but it's not as good as it looked from the first 2 episodes
Frasier
The Simpsons
CSI

I'd go a along with that list, just substituting Flash Forward for Scrubs and NCIS for CSI.

Daemos · 04-02-2010 12:10AM

SoupyNorman wrote: »

CSI is at the core of all that is wrong, sick, corrupt with TV these days. Thank you for this Bruckheimer you cnut.

Interesting opinion, care to elaborate on it?

SubrbanOblivion · 04-02-2010 12:11AM

Generally can't be bothered with tv, most of it is crap.

dr.fuzzenstein · 04-02-2010 12:18AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

There's about 5 programmes that I'll try to catch.

Qi
Two and a Half Men
Family Guy
Flash Forward is bearable, but it's not as good as it looked from the first 2 episodes
Frasier
The Simpsons
CSI

If I need background wallpaper I'll stick on Voyager or maybe Mock the Week.

The problem is that 99% of the above are repeated ad-nauseum, so you can't allocate time to watch them, or bother rushing home to see them - you don't know if it'll be a repeat.

So yeah, 99% of it is pure ****e; even more so if you were to include all of the channels that Sky imposes on the EPG lists that no-one watches.

Two and a Half men? You stuck that in there for a joke right?
I can onbly watch about 30 seconds of that before vomiting blood.
The best thing that's been on in recent years has got to be Drawn Together.
I'd need nappies to watch that show, cause I'm constantly pissing myself.
And I will never get over Bionic Woman being cancelled, she was hot.
Does anyone else notice that the gap in volume between the program and the ads is growing ever wider?
My telly's volume goes from 0 to 100, during the program it's usually around 20-30, during the ads I have to turn it down to around 6-7 or get my head blown off...
That alone is enough reason to cancel Sky, get a freeview box and just download all the telly and movies I want to watch from the internet.
Who's with me?

Jeanious · 04-02-2010 12:20AM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Two and a Half men? You stuck that in there for a joke right?
I can onbly watch about 30 seconds of that before vomiting blood.

+1....worst show on telly by about 8 country light-years!

Daemos · 04-02-2010 12:22AM

coyle wrote: »

+1....worst show on telly by about 8 country light-years!

-1, it's one of the few comedies I can watch without throwing the remote at the TV, I love it

dr.fuzzenstein · 04-02-2010 12:25AM

Bring back Star Trek, original cast and crew.
Bones and Scotty would have to be computer animations, but with today's technology...

Jeanious · 04-02-2010 12:27AM

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

-1, it's one of the few comedies I can watch without throwing the remote at the TV, I love it

-infinity+1!

While i of course agree with ya that most comedies these days are hogwash (especially yank ones), seriously, Charlie Sheene is the single woodenest sitcom actor ive ever seen, the plot and storyline are non-existent, and the whole show seems to exist to portray that sheene tw@t as some sort of (borderline paedophile) lothario-type figure....utter gunk!

mike65 · 04-02-2010 12:27AM

Its on CBS Action at 9 pm every night!

SoupyNorman · 04-02-2010 12:27AM

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

Interesting opinion, care to elaborate on it?

OK.

Every single episode follows the same format to the letter...Murder, Forensic analysis that is so far from the actual reality of how Forensic examinations take place it's almost cartoonish.

Add in Characters with no depth or acting range, no character development thrown in for good measure.

Then we have the over complex storyline, so stupidly complex that it does not even make sense...it's sole purpose is to make the viewer work out who the culprit is and if the viewer does this then it was from nothing more then a guess (sorry viewer you didnt think it through like you thought)

Package it all up with Bruckheimers production company who give us UBER glossy graphics, special effects and vibrant colours which are mainly used to mezmorize people into not focusing on the fact that the story is about a midget who hung himself using a scissor lift wheelchair.

The smugness, OHHHHH the humanity. Knitting their clues together, with their shades on, prodding at evidence with pens while on their haunches, the woman is always wearing a pantsuit....

I feel kinda ill at this point, would you like me to continue?

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