What Has Happened To Weekend Tv?

[anotheoldgit]

Once Saturday and Sunday nights were the two nights when most of the family gathered around the TV, with their sweets and chocolate to watch a good game show, a variety show and perhaps a good film, not any longer I'm afraid.

[goodgoalie]

Your son, I mean....

[Cloverjo]

No, I haven't tried West Wing, sam. Perhaps I should?
I love Veep, which is also about American politics, but is a satire.

[Baldric]

///The Generation Game is coming back, with Mel and Sue at the helm///

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse :o(

[Cloverjo]

Goodgoalie, I'm not sure. He did go on a school skiing trip age 16, but don't know if he was still tripping over his skis. :)

[sapelesam]

The West Wing is character driven and gives a real insight into the workings of the White House. It may be fiction but feels very real.

[goodgoalie]

Ha ha - funny the things one remembers about ABers from reading random posts!

[Cloverjo]

I like Mel and Sue, separately. Generation Game will not be watched in this house whoever presents it. I'm leaving if OH puts it on.

[Spicerack]

The BBC don't get enough money to make decent programmes?

https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-41134385

[Spicerack]

DAT pidgin him remind me of someone..

[andy-hughes]

sapelsam - //The West Wing is character driven and gives a real insight into the workings of the White House. It may be fiction but feels very real. //

All good American drama, and their comedy, is character driven, and that is their huge strength.

I am really enjoying digesting the entire box set of The Mentalist , and every major, and most minor characters have sufficient depth that you invest time in caring about them.

I also love the way, in common with all the best long-running dramas from America, they re-introduce characters and plot lines maybe from a couple of series previously, without explanation, they just expect you to know what is going on because a) you have watched up until then, and b) you have sufficient intelligence to have digested that went on, so you don't need it explained to you again.

It's the direct opposite of UK documentaries where they have a thirty-second ad. break, and then re-cap on what you just watched a few minutes previously - TV for the hard of thinking.

[chessington]

Victoria is brilliant on a Sunday and Call the midwife when that is on, also we have had a treat with Cuckoo calling, still got the last one of them to watch as recorded it

[maggiebee]

Does nobody go out any more? I love going out for live music and good company on a Saturday night though will admit to watching Casualty on catch up.