TV gone bad! (formerly "The Jordan show" thread)
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you guys don't know the half of it.
try watching:
Real Chance of Love
Daisy of Love
Rock of Love
America's next top model
Jon & Kate +8
it will make you take your own life....
try watching:
Real Chance of Love
Daisy of Love
Rock of Love
America's next top model
Jon & Kate +8
it will make you take your own life....
Honestly, I don't know how you guy's can stand it!
The only compensation for you is that you have hundreds more channels of crap to avoid than we do!
Hmm... I was hoping you guys would discuss the reasons of TV's dumbing down... But if you just want to continue the this sucks and that sucks chat, fine. I'll move the thread back.
In response to Jay's question, I think TV always has and always will be the biggest form of propaganda and putting absolute dross on it may well be the way they (whoever they may be) dumb society down so that we accept what is going on around. The news is the most biased show on telly. Lets face it, whenever there has been a **** up by the government (the gun left in starbucks, the dossier on a train, the usb device with children's details etc etc etc) the next day swine flu comes along and we never hear any more of what happened to the incompetent fool who should be held accountable. We then don't hear a peep about swine flu until the next thing comes along that the government want to cover up. As far as I'm aware, the thicker we all are the more we accept and the less we care or decide to ask questions so flooding the system with all this mundane reality rubbish makes sense. What doesn't make sense is why so many idiots watch it. I suppose I'd watch them shows too if I didn't have so much drying paint to watch.
There has been a significant dumbbing down of tv and it is not only the shows its the presenters as well. The way that the program is delivered is that it treats everyone as if their IQ was below 100. I now find myself watching programs that I would never watch before and in some cases I will opt for a DVD but it has to have enough production value and not be stupid like dude where's my car and others to that genre.
As for this soo called celebrities being on tv all the time it is sad that young people are using them as role models and are aspiring to be like them, they should set their sites a lot higher because they only way that these people are famous is by doing stuff that no self respecting person would do themselves.
Do we realy want the next lot of celebrities to be brainless people who had nope hope of being on tv. Wait they are already doing that with reality programs.
As for this soo called celebrities being on tv all the time it is sad that young people are using them as role models and are aspiring to be like them, they should set their sites a lot higher because they only way that these people are famous is by doing stuff that no self respecting person would do themselves.
Do we realy want the next lot of celebrities to be brainless people who had nope hope of being on tv. Wait they are already doing that with reality programs.
The worrying thing about all this is that maybe the majority of the nation are idiots. Maybe the average IQ of society is below one hundred. I suppose the only way to become a celebrity and keep celebrity status is to entertain people and maybe the majority of people are so stupid that they do get entertained by these so called celebrities. I for one am not one of these people but there are plenty of stupid people around, maybe more than anticipated. Have you ever seen an intelligent person on Jeremy Kyle for instance?
Car crash TV is cheap to make. There are no ludicrous fees to pay the principals as it seems the individuals involved are eager to drop any semblance of decency to appear on the box for their 15 minutes of fame.
Personally, I don't think it's a general dumbing down of the population or of the programs.
The viewing figures have been steadily dropping with the increase of available channels, leading to channels specialising in niche target audiences.
This is borne out by C4's decision to axe 'Big Brother,' their former 'Sacred Cow'
Although their viewing figures had waned, 'Big Bother' was still pulling figures of 4 million ish which is not a bad shout for a program by todays standards. C4's execs have made the decision in the light of research which shows that viewing figures for the whole channel are down sharply, due probably to the fact that discerning viewers now think of C4 as the BB channel.
I find the recent decision by the BBC licensing authority to no longer compete for viewing figures encouraging as this will lead to and is indeed yielding some interesting programs giving us viewers a degree of choice.
Presuming that digital TV is now giving programmers real time information as to who and how many are watching their shows (Rather than the old fashioned 'Kettle on' test) the answer is to change channels!
Vote with your feet!
Where do I think it's all leading? The TV will lose it's exalted position in the corner of the room, replaced by the PC monitor. We will have total control over what we watch by watching our programs online.
The established TV channels will be digging deeper and deeper into 'interactive' TV where the viewer is encouraged to phone in on premium rate numbers rather than relying on dwindling advertising revenue. Also the advertisers are able to better identify their target audiences and that's where they will concentrate all their resources.
My prediction is to expect far more X Factor etc. on network TV. The day's of zero to hero reality stars will be around for sometime to come!
The downside of it all is that the budgets won't be available for quality programs on network or alternative stations.
Hopefully, the BBC will be able to fill the void.
Personally, I don't think it's a general dumbing down of the population or of the programs.
The viewing figures have been steadily dropping with the increase of available channels, leading to channels specialising in niche target audiences.
This is borne out by C4's decision to axe 'Big Brother,' their former 'Sacred Cow'
Although their viewing figures had waned, 'Big Bother' was still pulling figures of 4 million ish which is not a bad shout for a program by todays standards. C4's execs have made the decision in the light of research which shows that viewing figures for the whole channel are down sharply, due probably to the fact that discerning viewers now think of C4 as the BB channel.
I find the recent decision by the BBC licensing authority to no longer compete for viewing figures encouraging as this will lead to and is indeed yielding some interesting programs giving us viewers a degree of choice.
Presuming that digital TV is now giving programmers real time information as to who and how many are watching their shows (Rather than the old fashioned 'Kettle on' test) the answer is to change channels!
Vote with your feet!
Where do I think it's all leading? The TV will lose it's exalted position in the corner of the room, replaced by the PC monitor. We will have total control over what we watch by watching our programs online.
The established TV channels will be digging deeper and deeper into 'interactive' TV where the viewer is encouraged to phone in on premium rate numbers rather than relying on dwindling advertising revenue. Also the advertisers are able to better identify their target audiences and that's where they will concentrate all their resources.
My prediction is to expect far more X Factor etc. on network TV. The day's of zero to hero reality stars will be around for sometime to come!
The downside of it all is that the budgets won't be available for quality programs on network or alternative stations.
Hopefully, the BBC will be able to fill the void.
thats very impresive insight. wish i could see sum stats to back it up but am guessing its bang on the nail.
p.s i hate x factor went from a singing contest to a who you like most contest.