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Annoyed with TV

Tue, 1 May 2007, 09:27 am
Labrug47 posts in thread

Just wanted to moan about something. TV Scheduling. I am sick of it being abused by the Free-to-air stations. Shows getting knocked about, certain shows going into triple overtime, pushing back the shows you really want to watch.

I have a big problem with Big Brother. Why dedicate so much time to a concept which should have died before the first ep aired in Australia. I thought we (as Aussies) were a bit smarter than that.

As you might tell, I am no fan of BB, and even less of a fan of the regular late running shows, last minute timetable changes and regular rescheduling that seems to be the standard mode of operation for TV Today.

Last night, my wife and I had to wait nearly 1/2 an hour for a show just because another show had preferential treatment and was allowed to go well overtime. It is simply not good enough.

I thank you for you time in reading this small rant. For more ;-) use the Yahoo 360 link to my personal blog.

Absit invidia

Jeff Watkins
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who can also sing and dance
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It's all so obvious that

Tue, 1 May 2007, 09:36 am
It's all so obvious that there is a conspiracy between DVD sales and TV programming. Who won when The West Wing was killed on 9? DVD salespeople. Who won when Futurama got taken off the air? DVD salespeople - and now the TV cast/crew, because DVD sales brought it back. Seriously, stop buying DVDs and maybe they would program it better. What most people don't realise is that the people who own and run our Aussie networks are pretty much Americans. The same people and own and run the American networks, and the same people that own the copyrights, and make millions in merchandising. And how about we convince someone in Australia to produce more than their yearly quota of Aussie content - which is completely biased towards international content. And let's convince the Federal Minister for Media that she's wrong about the new laws, which actually see smaller media outlets being gobbled up by larger ones, and allow large international companies to overtake our radio, TV and print media in one fell swoop... Don't get me started (why is there no angry smiley when you need it?) The Prompt Copy Store www.store.thepromptcopy.com Sticky Apple Legs www.freewebs.com/stickyapplelegs Puppets in Melbourne www.freewebs.com/puppetsinmelbourne Treading the Boards www.treadingtheboards.thepromptcopy.com

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