I watch a bit of telly, but find the nature of programming so slow and repetitive these days.
I watched Millionaire Drop once about a month ago. In an hour long show, there was a grand total of just eleven questions. They could have asked three times as many, but there is so much repetition of what has already been said and all the jingles and light scene changes. The same innane format as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Too many ad, breaks!
I often watch Homes Under the Hammer which has no ad. breaks. The show focuses on very few properties. Do we care about watching the auction to see who wins?
Do we need to listen to the overexcited presenters stating the obvious and not telling us anything useful - like factoring in the cost for the developer's own labour, or useful informative stuff about the defects that are found. They never discuss the capital gains liability, the estate agents fees ETC. They don't present the full picture. We do get airey fairy journalistic waffle!
Do we need to watch a full repeat of the clips of the properties with all the same commentary when they revisit to see the results?
Do they need to show a pair of agents walking up the street to do the final valuation?
And then there's the innane music backing!!
X-Factor - padded out with regal, but quite pointless entrances from the judges, the excessive ad breaks, the numerous "dial such and such if you want....to win", the general padding out is tiresome.
Celebrity Get Me Out Of here. Same nonsense!
Dont't you hate the "and coming up" banner which precedes and spoils what is going to be shown later in the programme? These are invariably thrown in just before an ad. break, presumably so you don't switch to another channel. It's like an admission their programme is lame!
BBC News - always stuck on the topic of the day resulting in the blacking out all other news. Scant headlines that are designed to provoke controversy/raise your interest, stupid racey jingles when the headlines come on - why? We have already tuned in and are watching, so I don't get why they have to seemingly try to keep our interest.
TV is so dumbed down, so ploddingly slow, so repetitive. I need to switch off. Forget new technology with HD this and 3D that, the content is dreadful!
What programmes get on your tits? What production techniques wind YOU up?
