Britain's Got Talent, Britain's Got More Talent, X-Factor, American Idol, Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Where the hell has all the decent TV gone?
When I tune in, I usually stick to the same channels and watch more or less the same type of shows. I mostly watch American sitcoms and Sky Sports, watching Manchester United wining and Liverpool losing, or coming home early at 12.10 and catching Scrubs, which has provided me with many hilarious quotes to exchange with my fellow blogger and good friend, Sam Cook. I'm love laughing and reflect that in my shows, Flight of the Conchords, Family Guy, Only Fools and Horses but NOT King of Queens. However, reality shows have become like a television Starbucks, they're everywhere and taking out the smaller shows as they conquerer our screens.
Britain's Got Talent is a showcase for all the weirdos in Britain to come crawling out of their mother's basements, and either doing some shitty magic act or dressing up as woman and singing "I Will Survive" (Damn Gloria Gaynor). To be honest, I have no idea why grown men would choose Lilly Savage or Edna Everage as a role model. I will hold my hands up and say I watch The X-Factor in the opening stages where all the crap and disillusioned people make asses of themselves, because it's painfully funny. Watching a middle class 18 year old Birmingham single mother with nine kids telling Simon Cowell she'll be the next Mariah Carey just tickles my pickle...
Im a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! annoys the shiz out of me. Reason One: The title of the show is false advertising by using the word "celebrity". I guarantee you, your mother or father (if you are below 17/18) will say "Oh I remember her! She slept with some guy from Grange Hill" or "Yeah didn't he used to be the ugly guy in East 17?" or something along those lines.
I can handle watching Soaps like Hollyoaks or Eastenders (Phil's an alcoholic. Again!) but mainly because it gives verbal ammunition when chatting to girls. I would enjoy the abolishment of these shows, having them replaced with something - anything. I just think the TV writers have given up and companies have found a way to exploit the idiots of the country whilst people at home phone in and give money to ITV and the like, effectively saying "I wish to see more of these idiots. I would like more idiots of this calibre please, quench my idiot thirst".
My message as TV Messiah is simple: Watch Scrubs, Two and a Half Men and Gillette Soccer Saturday!
When I tune in, I usually stick to the same channels and watch more or less the same type of shows. I mostly watch American sitcoms and Sky Sports, watching Manchester United wining and Liverpool losing, or coming home early at 12.10 and catching Scrubs, which has provided me with many hilarious quotes to exchange with my fellow blogger and good friend, Sam Cook. I'm love laughing and reflect that in my shows, Flight of the Conchords, Family Guy, Only Fools and Horses but NOT King of Queens. However, reality shows have become like a television Starbucks, they're everywhere and taking out the smaller shows as they conquerer our screens.
Britain's Got Talent is a showcase for all the weirdos in Britain to come crawling out of their mother's basements, and either doing some shitty magic act or dressing up as woman and singing "I Will Survive" (Damn Gloria Gaynor). To be honest, I have no idea why grown men would choose Lilly Savage or Edna Everage as a role model. I will hold my hands up and say I watch The X-Factor in the opening stages where all the crap and disillusioned people make asses of themselves, because it's painfully funny. Watching a middle class 18 year old Birmingham single mother with nine kids telling Simon Cowell she'll be the next Mariah Carey just tickles my pickle...
Im a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! annoys the shiz out of me. Reason One: The title of the show is false advertising by using the word "celebrity". I guarantee you, your mother or father (if you are below 17/18) will say "Oh I remember her! She slept with some guy from Grange Hill" or "Yeah didn't he used to be the ugly guy in East 17?" or something along those lines.
I can handle watching Soaps like Hollyoaks or Eastenders (Phil's an alcoholic. Again!) but mainly because it gives verbal ammunition when chatting to girls. I would enjoy the abolishment of these shows, having them replaced with something - anything. I just think the TV writers have given up and companies have found a way to exploit the idiots of the country whilst people at home phone in and give money to ITV and the like, effectively saying "I wish to see more of these idiots. I would like more idiots of this calibre please, quench my idiot thirst".
My message as TV Messiah is simple: Watch Scrubs, Two and a Half Men and Gillette Soccer Saturday!
1 comment:
Finally a post that isn't football related (well..).
Reality TV is car crash television really, it's almost sad to see how rubbish like 'I'm a Z Lister Get me on TV' and Britain's Got (no) Talent' are so popular.
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