why, why, why ?

[funkymoped]

why is television so BAD ?!?!

bruce springsteen wrote a song some years ago, 57 channels and theres nothing on.... it has been said many a time that were 10 years behind the americans. well, guess what... our t.v. has caught up with theirs.. now we have loads of channels but there`s nowt to watch... perhaps thats why we all pay to use the internet !

[andy-hughes]

It's the law of diminishing returns. The more channels we have, the less reasonable entertainment there is to fill them with.

Culture, and television is a massive reflection and catalyst of culture, is changing at a rate unknown to previous generations. The 'fame' culture is intriniscally linked with television, and the competition for viewers' attenmtion is fiercer than ever before.

The BBC has to balance its public service remit to 'entertain, educate and inform' against commercial channels driven by ever-decreasing shares of advertising revenue, which must be fought over more intensely than ever.

The end result is 'instant' TV - little time to develop ideas or talent, the relentness need to pull viewers means that the likes of Only Fools and Fawlty Towers - both slow starters, and now national institutions, would have been pulled before finishing their first series.

Be seriously selective, there is good material out there, it's just not as routine and easy to find as it used to be, but it is there. Oh, and Big Brother is on its way back ....!

[dot.hawkes]

get away with you, try paramount comedy it's fanatstic, laff all day!

[kevb0444]

Hmm kinda get sick of all the repeats....

[B00]

Im with you there FM, I was all giddy when we 1st subscribed to Sky, there was i thinking I'd have loads of great channels instead of crap on just the 4 - now I got about 100 crap channels instead!

[SizzleSquid]

ive got over 100 sky channels//most are crap at any given time of the day.

[unruliejulie]

I can flick through every channel on Sky and still find zilch to watch. Don't think i'm gonna subscribe to the whole package when my 12 months are up. I always seem to end up watching one of the 5 main channels, not channel 5 too often, just the excellent House.Theres always something on at 9 that i enjoy so i wouldn't say nothing! Nearly time for Big Brother again. Yipee!!!! I bet you love that don't you funkymoped???? lol I do!

[funkymoped]

yes, in a sort of "i hate it" kind of way ! if you tell anyone...........................

[bellasasha]

whaddya mean bad????

desperate housewives, lost, friends, 2 and a half men, most haunted, deal or no deal, everybody loves raymond, king of queens, eastenders,the simpsons, er, my wife and kids....and of course big brother!!!!

[sheffwed39]

guess what. i phoned sky the other day to downgrade from the full package now the footy s finished and would you believe it.it was my lucky day. they will let me keep the full package for the next 3 months for just 30 quid instead of 42. bless em.:)

[funkymoped]

proves my point ay Sheffwed.. bella, you sound like a spokesperson for the "T.V. is thriving" party.......:-)

[unruliejulie]

wait till BB starts, theres gonna be no room for any other questions, i can just imagine it!

I love House, the street, desperate Housewives,Eastenders,the Apprentice (up untill last week),jonathon Ross the itv dramas (most) to name just a few!

[LeMarchand]

I'm having the opposite problem: between a full (excluding sport) cable package and the net I am having to be strict on what I watch as there's too much good stuff at the moment. A few series are ending soon (though it'll be time for "Deadwood" to start) but that should give me a chance to catch up on the taped stuff!

(I tend to watch US dramas/crime/SF).

[Dan Glebitts]

true there is a load of rubbish on telly but i think 'lost', 'friends' and 'The Mighty Boosh' are all winners

[rugeleyboy]

friday night is the only time i watch tv!!

[ScreaminTree]

Because we live in a culture of such intellectual decadence that fellow posters on Answerbank (in close proximity to this question) go "WOOOO!!!! Big Brother is on again!!!" as if it's the f****** Second Coming and not a cause for mourning.

[unruliejulie]

nothing to do with intellectual ScreaminTree!!! just good old fashioned voyeurism! if you don't like it, its simple, don't watch!!!. Its just good fun so i do find it a bit annoying to have my intelligence brought into question! Oh well, each to their own! enjoy the next 13 weeks!!!

[Dan Glebitts]

13 weeks!!!! is that how long they are in there for??? wot a waste of time......

[unruliejulie]

great isn't it Dan!!!!!! If you think you're sick of hearing about it already, you just wait!!! I love the programme but even i get sick of it in the newspapers. It must be annoying for anyone not into it.

[ScreaminTree]

It is julie, it is...

[unruliejulie]

bit like poor people who can't stand Wimbledom (me) or the footy! Blame the tabloids, mind you, saying that, its even on the News and all the daytime progs! Like i say, i can sympathise! :-( Im not thick or a moron though, not by a long shot! as some would suggest if you enjoy this light entertainment.