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
As they are
Wed, 13 June 2007, 03:01 pmDocumentaries are Documentaries and for that I am glad.
Shows where the entertainment is a clearly defined competition, with clearly defined goals (Temptation, Deal or No Deal) are Game Shows in their truest sense. Even Idol and similar would fall into this category.
Shows which place contestants into an ongoing, and potentially unfamiliar environment, but are achieving a clearly defined goal such as money are Reality Game Shows. Race Around the World, Survivor, etc.
Big Brother and so forth, Fishbowl TV, where contestants are thrown into a totally unrealistic environment, forced to get along with people that have been specifically selected to create the most amount of friction, compete in to occasional weird challenge which potentially humiliates those involved, and to have every second of you life filmed by hidden camera and piped out to a voyeristic audience who will then pay for the show through thousands of phonecalls and text messages, all eager for the next contestant to snap.
Absit invidia
Jeff Watkins
Perth based Actor/Performer
Fight/Sword Choreographer
Virgin Director
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