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TV is Dead
« on: March 16, 2008, 06:52:46 PM »
I don't know weather it's an age thing , but i've gone right off Telly , the more channels there are the worse it seems to get ?
Apart from David Attenborough's recent " Life In Cold Blood " and  " Shamless " i'm hardly watching the box at all .
Anyone else think TV is a dead loss ? or are there some programme's i should be checking out , Someone told me  " Kevin and Stacey " is brilliant ? (beammeup) (smoking3)
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Re: TV is Dead
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2008, 12:44:22 AM »
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are there some programme's i should be checking out

Nope. TV's dead.

Dead, defunct, deceased, done, toast, over: an ex-medium. You should see the crap they dish out here: pure schmuckwork of the lowest over focus grouped order. See the American Idol thread, for example....
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2008, 12:56:15 AM »
i know exactly what you mean DaveRam! TV is just complete rubbish these days,
the only show i've wathed recently are Ashes to Ashes (which is pretty good) & nothing
else! i do have a tv but never watch it, i don't know why i have one really!  :P
i find that Entertainment on television is dead these days, i love all these old
tv shows from the past & a lot of comedies, but nothing really draws me in.
another thing is that i just find tv genrally annoying! ??) is it me or do the adverts come
on too loud in-between programmes? ::)
i have one of those digital boxes & i now find every channel complete tosh!!  :D
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Re: TV is Dead
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2008, 01:02:33 AM »
everything on tv is about gossip or reality tv.
the only show I really watch is House or like bio shows. or Heroes and Bones. but I do like Award shows.
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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2008, 02:05:59 AM »
TV is poo...No offence to the U.S. but we are following with too many channels of ads in the UK and Europe. Call me old fashioned but I liked a few channels that the whole nation gathered round to watch. Maybe brain washing but a good sense of identity in society at least....It's all fragmenting aaargghh! lol
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2008, 02:59:58 AM »
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Nope. TV's dead.

Dead, defunct, deceased, done, toast, over: an ex-medium. You should see the crap they dish out here: pure schmuckwork of the lowest over focus grouped order. See the American Idol thread, for example....

Well that was a little insulting wasn't it?  :-/ And a little condescending too I might add.   :P
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« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2008, 06:10:54 AM »
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Well that was a little insulting wasn't it?  :-/ And a little condescending too I might add.   :P

Ooop...! Sorry; I got carried away with my own schtick (it happens every four minutes or so) and wasn't paying attention- I should have said "see the videos posted in the American Idol thread." I'm still trying to get them out of my mind....
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« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2008, 10:20:22 AM »
i still enjoy TV as much as I ever did, and don't mind US TV. They've given us the best shows of the last few decades - Friends, frazier, ER, The Simpsons, The Sapranos, Seinfeld.....
TV now - I really enjoy Lost, Gavin and Stacey, My Name Is Earl, tons of history stuff on, Top Gear, Jamie Oliver , plenty of good UK drama.
I think some of you are being ruined by excessive choice. I only have terrestial, so can't endlessly channel surf looking for something "perfect." You're more tempted to give shows a go.
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« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2008, 10:41:14 AM »
Help is on its way: TV on demand is coming to your house pretty soon. I must admit that I already enjoy an evening 'youtubing' better than watching telly.
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« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2008, 10:54:22 AM »
poor tv.
i love watching naruto after a long tiring day. and prison break, my name is earl and heroes too. or random movies.
seriously, hating tv is overrated.
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« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2008, 11:20:15 AM »
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Help is on its way: TV on demand is coming to your house pretty soon. I must admit that I already enjoy an evening 'youtubing' better than watching telly.

Kevin you have said a lot of good stuff there, I love earl, gear & mears a but I go along with Bobber on this. Problem is, my girlfriend always watches the soaps anyway when it is on which is depressing enough. lol
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Re: TV is Dead
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2008, 02:16:17 PM »
I go with DVD's mostly myself; and, like Bobber says, Youtube's often a good bet for material.
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« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2008, 04:10:32 PM »
I'm tending to watch more DVD's to , although i did watch a double bill of Gavin and Stacey last night which i enjoyed , so i'm going to check out the first series which i missed , it's quite funny .
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« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2008, 01:47:01 AM »
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Ooop...! Sorry; I got carried away with my own schtick (it happens every four minutes or so) and wasn't paying attention- I should have said "see the videos posted in the American Idol thread." I'm still trying to get them out of my mind....

Oh suuuurrrrreeee ya did!  ;)
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« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2008, 02:14:29 AM »
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Oh suuuurrrrreeee ya did!  ;)

Oh, crud: outed again. :B
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« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2008, 08:49:23 PM »
Pushing Daisies and Ugly Betty are the only two shows I really follow. Aside from that, it's just Idol (my guilty pleasure) and re-runs of old sitcoms. I also watch Bewitched on DVD!
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« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2008, 09:08:24 PM »
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Pushing Daisies and Ugly Betty are the only two shows I really follow. Aside from that, it's just Idol (my guilty pleasure) and re-runs of old sitcoms. I also watch Bewitched on DVD!

I keep watching Blackadder and Fawlty Towers. :)
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« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2008, 03:15:31 AM »
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I keep watching Blackadder and Fawlty Towers. :)


your the man!!! they are the kind of shows that stand the test of time! :)
i'm always having marathon sessions of watching re-runs of Monty Python,
Father Ted, Fawlty Towers, goodnight sweetheart & bewitched. to mention a
few!  :)
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« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2008, 04:09:27 AM »
I wish somebody would reissue The Prisoner. Haven't seen it in years. The old ITC catalog was released over here by A&E (and included Python, The Avengers, and a lot of Gerry Anderson), but I stupidly didn't buy a set and now it's gone. I suspect somebody else has the copyright now.  
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« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2008, 08:53:42 PM »
The Prisoner is now re-showing again in the UK, i love it & have it on dvd,
The Avengers is my fav show from the 60's, and i love the sci-fi stuff
like Lost in Space. such wonderful tv then!, where has it all gone?? :o
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