Big Brother Axed

Had he upset his smaller siblings?

There is some hope for the quality of British TV then... I was beginning to think that the decline into endless realty TV cr^p was inevitable...

But ITV have axed the Southbank show as well!!!

Big Brother Axed by a blunt axe.

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But ITV have axed the Southbank show as well!!!

A million times too high-brow these days.

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Originally posted by Roy T:
Big Brother Axed by a blunt axe.

You only need a blunt axe to cut through the MUSH.

Thank heavens that ridiculous talentless load of old crap is going! Now get rid of X factor pop idol,celebrity whatever whatever and other "reality" voting shows as well and we might get some decent viewing. The only reason it's on is because its cheap to make and they can raise the money via the viewer phone calls.

No doubt they will find something equally drab and purile to replace it.

Shame about the South Bank show as that was occasionally interesting.

Oh dear what a dreadful shame it was such a wonderful program.

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Originally posted by GrahamFinch:
Thank heavens that ridiculous talentless load of old crap is going! Now get rid of X factor pop idol,celebrity whatever whatever and other "reality" voting shows as well and we might get some decent viewing. The only reason it's on is because its cheap to make and they can raise the money via the viewer phone calls.

No doubt they will find something equally drab and purile to replace it.

Shame about the South Bank show as that was occasionally interesting.

The only reason it's on is because its cheap to make and they can raise the money via the viewer phone calls.....


....Which is unfortunately only part of the answer ....X Factor and Britain's Got Talent have massive viewing figures (especially in this multi-channel age) ITV's remit is to make shows with mass market appeal and whatever else may be said about X Factor it appeals to it's own demograph perfectly.

Shows that members of this forum may describe as "decent" will almost certainly often not even appear on the radar of the mass viewing public ...TV/Ch 4 will only stop producing these shows when the British public stop watching them (ie BB's figures have been dropping for years)

..In essence ....blame our fellow citizens for Big Brother or X Factor's success not the TV company's that produce them!

Jet,
Of course I agree with you but feed em crap and they will watch it.

Lowest denominator TV. I would not object to one sort of this show but once one is successful they roll out all the other copycat programmes. And they drag on to get the phone calls in. Look at the various voting fiascos.

Yeah I know I am a grumpy old fart these days but I love a good drama, or comedy or nature documentary, some TV music programmes BBC 4 sessions, Jools etc and the footie.

Just as well I have a decent Naim hifi for when the celebritydancepopshagging on ice comes on!

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Originally posted by GrahamFinch:
Jet,
Of course I agree with you but feed em crap and they will watch it.

Lowest denominator TV. I would not object to one sort of this show but once one is successful they roll out all the other copycat programmes. And they drag on to get the phone calls in. Look at the various voting fiascos.

Yeah I know I am a grumpy old fart these days but I love a good drama, or comedy or nature documentary, some TV music programmes BBC 4 sessions, Jools etc and the footie.

Just as well I have a decent Naim hifi for when the celebritydancepopshagging on ice comes on!

..Absolutely! ..mebbe's we should have a thread recommending quality TV progs in the same way we do with records?

....And yes BBC Four is an excellent channel!

Disgraceful. What chance have the untalented and obnoxious now got of finding fame and fortune?

Fan... Bloody... Tastic BB Gone !!!!

Unfortunatly "VIEWING FIGURES ARE EVERYTHING" in modern TV terms so they will just replace it with some other crock of sh-t which I am sure will be just as devastingly insulting to the intelligence of any normal thinking person as BB was !!!!!!

God Bless ££££££££££££££££ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ etc.....................

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Originally posted by tonym:
Oh dear what a dreadful shame it was such a wonderful program.

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Originally posted by Nobbyright:
...er? YouTube, Myspace, Facebook, Twitter...

Naim Forum?

So that's what you really think of us Adam?

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Originally posted by Nobbyright:
I'd say there's a big difference between this and Facebook. That's my personal opinion though.

Ah...so that's why we can't have avatar's...I'm hopeless on this techy stuff.

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Originally posted by tonym:
Oh dear what a dreadful shame it was such a wonderful program.

Not to worry, I'm they'll be plenty of re-runs on one (or two) of the cable channels soon.

I'm certain that the only reason it has been axed is because the "great british viewing public" are fed up waiting for the live, no holds barred shagging that was always promised but never delivered. The viewing figures must have dropped and the sponsers will be looking elsewhere.

Probably the replacement program, whatever it is, will be even more dire.

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Originally posted by Adam Meredith:

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Originally posted by Nobbyright:
...er? YouTube, Myspace, Facebook, Twitter...

Naim Forum?

havent got time for facebook or big brother to busy listning to music.

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Originally posted by syd:
I'm certain that the only reason it has been axed is because the "great british viewing public" are fed up waiting for the live, no holds barred shagging that was always promised but never delivered. The viewing figures must have dropped and the sponsers will be looking elsewhere.

Probably the replacement program, whatever it is, will be even more dire.

Shucks - I think you're right but for a moment I thought the TV viewing masses had come to their senses.

Fender (Strat)

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Originally posted by Musicman21:
Fan... Bloody... Tastic BB Gone !!!!

Unfortunatly "VIEWING FIGURES ARE EVERYTHING" in modern TV terms so they will just replace it with some other crock of sh-t which I am sure will be just as devastingly insulting to the intelligence of any normal thinking person as BB was !!!!!!

God Bless ££££££££££££££££ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ etc.....................

Or as Michael Grade said when he was at the BBC.." Making POPULAR TV programmes is easy. All you have to do is show live sex & public executions"

The lowest common denominator indeed.

Oh dear, it seems it is back on!