BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???

Subject: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: Blowzabella
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 07:12 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/whatson/beonashow/

Judgig from what the beeb have in store for us in 2006, things are going to go from bad to worse!!!

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: Sorcha
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 08:27 AM

Nope. None at all. Rent films. Turn it off. Sell it. Put it in the bin. Shoot it with a .44

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: jacqui.c
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 08:27 AM

And I thought American TV was bad.........

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 10:24 AM

I watch (mostly) the local news and the weather channel. We have four televisions in the house (long story!) and watch MAYBE four hours per week -- the local news and the weather channel.

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 12:42 PM

I have 60-70 channels of 'regular' stuff...(a lot of which IS crap) plus many, many free movies available on demand.

If I WANT to watch TV, I can 'almost' always find something of interest on one of the travel, wildlife (Discovery), local access channels (even replays of a folk festival), local news, Cable news, C-Span (3 different C-Span....last night I watched FDR on Dec. 8, 1941 asking for declaration of War against Japan, plus the ensuing debate in Congress).
If all else fails, I can watch 24/7 films of various Music/Art media from free Showcase or even listen to Jazz or Soothing sound as I go to sleep by choosing one of 30-40 music channels.

Yes, I'm in a major metropolitan area with cable TV/Internet bundling.

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: Cluin
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 01:32 PM

All part of the plot. Make it so objectionable that people will wean themselves off of it. Then they'll be primed to jack themselves into The Matrix when they get it up and running in a couple of years.

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: Bee
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 01:51 PM

I've been so disappointed by Discovery in Canada. It used to be about wildlife, science, environment, etc., but over the past couple years it's all bikes, cars, industry, and junk. Daily Planet is the only show left worth watching, for me.

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: Cluin
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 02:02 PM

About the time A&E shrugged, said f__k it all and dove headlong into the pooper. "Dog the Bounty Hunter"? On A&E? WTF?

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: Paul Burke
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 05:39 AM

Planet Earth on BBC last night. Brilliant. Jaw- dropping. I almost always hate TV, the only programs I watch normally are either League or Union.

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 06:52 AM

"Judging from what the beeb have in store for us in 2006..."

If it was "in 2006" I could grin and bear it for a couple of weeks. I have a horrible feeling it's 2007 they're talking about..

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: GUEST,jOhn
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 08:27 AM

That shark programme on telly last night was good, but the rest of it was shite.

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: Bagpuss
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 08:49 AM

All the good drama seems to be one off last ever episodes of things I liked: Green Wing, This Life, Bodies.

Sigh

Subject: RE: BS: NO Hope for Decent Telly???
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Dec 06 - 01:37 PM

Cable in the Maritimes is AWFUL. All home fix it, real estate,decorating and other crap that is cheap to make and is repeated over and over. Arts and E is all murder and mayhem, TLC is dreadful. I watch Bravo quite a lot and CBC newsworld but the rest is junk. Cable companies really need to give us more choice. I pay for a lot of unwatchabble telly.