Annoyed with TV
Tue, 1 May 2007, 09:27 amLabrug47 posts in thread
Annoyed with TV
Tue, 1 May 2007, 09:27 amJust 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
Perth based Actor/Performer
who can also sing and dance
Fight/Sword Choreographer
Virgin Director
Unreal Reality
Wed, 6 June 2007, 09:20 amThere is a definite feel of low respect to BB and similar shows. Even this Tribal thingy on TV at the mo., how could you dump a middle-class family, very comfortable with life, into a real-life tribal environment and let them believe that they may be going to a hotel/resort? I felt sorry for the families that they were allowed to believe that. I found it hard to get into and only watched it because the wife was keen.
Admitedly the show has redeemed itself a little with the families actually having a go and trying to live tribal, but for the first few eps, it was what I term Hyper-Reality. I feel the most of the 'Main-stream' reality TV shows are really mis-labled. The "reality" they portray is exagerated and overly stressed - Hyper-reality. It is a caricature of real life like those Newspaper Political Cartoons with exagerated Eye-brows, Noses and Chins.
While there are people who obviously enjoy watching others suffer in real life under unusual and often very stressful circumstances, living in evironments where they are asked (even forced one might say) to be deceitful, hurtful, personally agressive and so forth, all in the name of creating "reality", I find it a very hard pill to take. I fail to see the reality in it at all.
I can almost hear the pending comments of 'What about Temptation, 1 vs 100, Family Fued?' These are game shows where the players know the ground rules, are on equal footing and have a clear idea of the outcome. It is not an attempt to create "Reality" as such. It is the Game Show aspect that makes shows like Survivor and the Great Race barely acceptable in my books. I could watch but have no interest in them, although I did quite enjoy the Mole. When the participants are all aware of what is going on then OK.
For me, "Reality" TV is simply no real.
I went on a bit longer than I anticipated. Alexis, as for a waste of time and money? Obviously from the hordes of fans the show must have (otherwise the show would have been axed) the network and producers would have disagree with you. It's getting them ratings and obviously a bit of cash on the side. As for me, I find it a waste of time while I am waiting for my prefered TV Entertainment. I am also happy to say that I do not waste a cent of the show. ;-)
Absit invidia
Jeff Watkins
Perth based Actor/Performer
Fight/Sword Choreographer
Virgin Director
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