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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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Farscape came out while I

Tue, 1 May 2007, 12:15 pm
Farscape came out while I was living in the UK and like all SF shows of any kind in the UK was labelled teenage and shown on Sundays at 5.00pm. I was working most of the time. I liked what I saw however and now you've jogged my memory I might see if I can rent the DVD's. I was interested to observe that the ABC's new Robin Hood made by the BBC which has been on now for about 3 weeks or so wasn't that far behind Australia's got talent and BB in the ratings despite being a bit ordinary and obviously intended for young teenagers. There is obviously a market for drama. The funny thing is that Home and away and neighbours seem to be getting a bit desperate given the ads I've seen lately for the plots. It's nice to see Rowena Wallace working again though. Is that all there is? Well if that's all there is my friend, then let's keep dancing. www.tonymoore.id.au

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