TV prog's past their sell by date

NickintheLakes
NickintheLakes Posts: 258
edited March 2012 in The bottom bracket
Here's mine:

1) Shameless - smart black comedy for first two series and then got stuck in a going nowhere groove.

2) The One Show - dull and pointless early evening 'filler'. And what's with all the (feathered) bird features?

3) Question of Sport - amazingly still lurching on. Sue and the current two captains are just not entertaining plus the format is so lame.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Top Gear.

    I enjoyed the first few series of Hustle but that started to run out of ideas so only carried on watching for Jamie Murray and, latterly, Kelly Adams. Likewise New Tricks has lost some of the light heartedness that used to make it enjoyable viewing.

    All programmes involving telephone voting for a favourite (not that they were ever much good) although I still watch Strictly to ogle the professional dancers.

    There's not much on TV that can make it to a third series and still be fresh IMHO, even two is often a push. The writers will know they haven't got the material but the TV companies like to milk success until the udders are empty.
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    Pross wrote:
    Top Gear.

    Yes! I'm sorry but it's not about cars any more, it's a scripted 'comedy' with three middle age podgy tw@7s getting to live out their automotive, childhood fantasies at the license payers expense.

    Last series. I just hit series link on Sky + and forwarded to the bits about cars and then just skipped the rest. Easily got a few episodes down to 15-20 minutes.

    Fifth Gear (when it's on) is on for less than 30 mins, with adverts and still manages to cram in more car porn. Though all their guests tend to be past-it cricketers for some reason?!
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  • random man
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    Countdown - the format is dull and outdated, Rachel Riley wears frumpy frocks theses days and Nick Hewer looks like he's just passing time to supplement his pension.
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    Life on Mar's and Ash's to Ash's seem a bit old hat. They seem to be stuck in another decade.
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    Alinshearah wrote:
    Life on Mar's and Ash's to Ash's seem a bit old hat.

    is your keyboard faulty..? It appears to be inserting an apostrophe before every 's' you type in....
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    verylonglegs wrote:
    Songs of Praise.

    Amen to that.....
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    upperoilcan wrote:
    verylonglegs wrote:
    Songs of Praise.

    Amen to that.....


    :lol: very funny!

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    random man wrote:
    Countdown - the format is dull and outdated, Rachel Riley wears frumpy frocks theses days and Nick Hewer looks like he's just passing time to supplement his pension.

    She's looking bloody hot on The Bank Job at the mo'!!!
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    joshr96 Posts: 153
    jordan_217 wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Top Gear.

    Yes! I'm sorry but it's not about cars any more, it's a scripted 'comedy' with three middle age podgy tw@7s getting to live out their automotive, childhood fantasies at the license payers expense.

    Last series. I just hit series link on Sky + and forwarded to the bits about cars and then just skipped the rest. Easily got a few episodes down to 15-20 minutes.

    Fifth Gear (when it's on) is on for less than 30 mins, with adverts and still manages to cram in more car porn. Though all their guests tend to be past-it cricketers for some reason?!

    Totally agree. I've got an old video of Top Gear that plays in a VCR. I remember watching it a while back. It was filmed in 1999 or something and it was actually about cars. Now its more about what they do with cars. Jeremy's humor is really not funny anymore and is pretty childish for his age. Hammond can't be taken seriously (not a joke regarding his height) and that leaves us with James. He is really the only good, funny one on there but he does much better in his own shows.
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