I'm A Viewer... I'm Outta Here
Well it had to happen... I'm all Reality TV'd out. After getting all excited last week about the impending start of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, I have to report that I have given up on it after just one episode!
I can usualy stick with shows that require some kind of viewer loyalty, shows with long runs such as 24 can keep me coming back for more week after week.
It used to be the same with reality show, Big Brother (vanilla & celebrity), X Factor, The Salon and I'm A Celeb'. This one particularly was always an easy show to follow as it was the shortest run out of all of them. The last 2 series of BB lost me half way through, annoying little twats who I don't mind having their 15 minutes of fame, but I do mind when it goes on for months!
But, now I A C has gone the way of all of the other shows.
I think I ( and I'm sure ITV) are a little disappointed at David Gest's relative normality. Far from the freakish, diva like drama queen we were expecting he comes across pretty sane.
He certainly seemed to throw himself into it during the first episode and from what I have heard he has quite a good sence of humour.
This and his apparent self awareness has come as a surprise.
ITV really has lost the plot in terms of programming and giving the audience what it wants. These days ( and the BBC to a lesser extent) find a format and use it till its dead. In the 90's it was make over shows, as we enter the 00's its sadly reality show after reality show.
Even when ITV do attempt drama its usually just an excuse to use the latest soap star who has decided that they are to big for the Street or the Square.
At least the Beeb attempt to try and do something new. Bleak House was stunning and the return of Doctor Who has once again allowed familys to sit down and watch TV together, instead of kids pushed of to their rooms with their own TV, Video and/or DVD or worse still a computer!!!
Planet Earth is worth the licence fee on its own ( not realy, but you get the point )
TV companies treat us the same way that supermarket do, they make us believe we want something we don't really need, we don't need to watch Faith Brown soaping up her huge tits, or watch Jan Leaming needing a slap. They trick us in to watching 5 episodes of Corrie or 6 episodes of Emmerdale ( I neither no nor care how many times Eastenders is on), on the off chance that something might happen... but it never does happen, at least not untill they have milked it dry for a couple of months and then we get a very disappointing climax ( and we all know what they are like.. no?... oh, just me then)
So, I hope that they have fun in the jungle, but I'm saying goodbye. Oh, and can someone tell Toby Anstis to take off that bloody bandana, he looks like he's receiving chemotherapy!
I can usualy stick with shows that require some kind of viewer loyalty, shows with long runs such as 24 can keep me coming back for more week after week.
It used to be the same with reality show, Big Brother (vanilla & celebrity), X Factor, The Salon and I'm A Celeb'. This one particularly was always an easy show to follow as it was the shortest run out of all of them. The last 2 series of BB lost me half way through, annoying little twats who I don't mind having their 15 minutes of fame, but I do mind when it goes on for months!
But, now I A C has gone the way of all of the other shows.
I think I ( and I'm sure ITV) are a little disappointed at David Gest's relative normality. Far from the freakish, diva like drama queen we were expecting he comes across pretty sane.
He certainly seemed to throw himself into it during the first episode and from what I have heard he has quite a good sence of humour.
This and his apparent self awareness has come as a surprise.
ITV really has lost the plot in terms of programming and giving the audience what it wants. These days ( and the BBC to a lesser extent) find a format and use it till its dead. In the 90's it was make over shows, as we enter the 00's its sadly reality show after reality show.
Even when ITV do attempt drama its usually just an excuse to use the latest soap star who has decided that they are to big for the Street or the Square.
At least the Beeb attempt to try and do something new. Bleak House was stunning and the return of Doctor Who has once again allowed familys to sit down and watch TV together, instead of kids pushed of to their rooms with their own TV, Video and/or DVD or worse still a computer!!!
Planet Earth is worth the licence fee on its own ( not realy, but you get the point )
TV companies treat us the same way that supermarket do, they make us believe we want something we don't really need, we don't need to watch Faith Brown soaping up her huge tits, or watch Jan Leaming needing a slap. They trick us in to watching 5 episodes of Corrie or 6 episodes of Emmerdale ( I neither no nor care how many times Eastenders is on), on the off chance that something might happen... but it never does happen, at least not untill they have milked it dry for a couple of months and then we get a very disappointing climax ( and we all know what they are like.. no?... oh, just me then)
So, I hope that they have fun in the jungle, but I'm saying goodbye. Oh, and can someone tell Toby Anstis to take off that bloody bandana, he looks like he's receiving chemotherapy!
Labels: bbc, I'm a celebrity, itv, soap, tv
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