tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928365.post114727561726621429..comments2023-08-29T13:15:33.193+01:00Comments on Talking Pish: A New LowTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15521431602532603447noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928365.post-1147766919391705872006-05-16T09:08:00.000+01:002006-05-16T09:08:00.000+01:00Uh hu, that's their remit. That is what they are s...Uh hu, that's their remit. That is what they are supposed to be doing. It's not what Channel 4 are supposed to be doing. The point of creating E4 was to have a dedicated entertainment channel, so why is dreck like "King Of Chavs" turning up on the main channels schedules? <BR/><BR/>For the gazillionth time, I'm not holding up Channel 5 as any great example of a brilliant TV station; I'm asking why a channel created to be essentially a slightly hipper version of BBC2 is broadcasting crap on a regular basis. <BR/><BR/>Am I not being clear? <BR/><BR/><BR/>In any case, we're way of the point of the post, which was that "The Fonejacker" is awful.Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381653089102792103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928365.post-1147709116959120282006-05-15T17:05:00.000+01:002006-05-15T17:05:00.000+01:00but five also gives us little more than American i...but five also gives us little more than American imports, cheap, poor quality factual programming and out-dated reality pap. And Trisha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928365.post-1147680786171842412006-05-15T09:13:00.000+01:002006-05-15T09:13:00.000+01:00Thanks for commenting Ross. I suppose it is a bit ...Thanks for commenting Ross. I suppose it is a bit outlandish to say that 5 has "overtaken" 4 but I was trying to point out that 5 are improving which can't be denied, and that 4 has been on the slide for some considerable time, to the point where commissioning editors no longer seem to know what they are doing. <BR/><BR/>This view is supported by the fact that the vast majority of CE staff were sacked and replaced around about January amidst something of a creative cull at the station. <BR/><BR/>Take a look at the schedules and seriously tell me that 4 are producing the same volume of quality programmes they were 10 years ago. The quality of imported programmes and movies has dropped as well. <BR/><BR/>A few years ago, you’d have expected to see a decent bit of cinema on 4 on a Sunday night, now you are far more likely to get something like “10 Things I Hate About You”. <BR/><BR/>Nothing wrong with that in and of itself; it’s just not 4s remit. It seems to me that 4 are chasing a demographic already catered for by 5 in that sense, probably in response to 5s increasing popularity. <BR/><BR/>I’m not championing entertainment based broadcasting, I’m just wondering why channel 4 are lowering their standards.Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381653089102792103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928365.post-1147437404080572952006-05-12T13:36:00.000+01:002006-05-12T13:36:00.000+01:00Don't you just love irony? Ross, you clearly form ...Don't you just love irony? Ross, you clearly form no part of the 'educated UK', judging by your shoddy grasp of grammar.<BR/><BR/>You've also failed to offer an argument. Having a point is the very foundation of discussion. So back to you Ross. Let's see if we can hear that, um...bell, next time.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15521431602532603447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928365.post-1147392909308484172006-05-12T01:15:00.000+01:002006-05-12T01:15:00.000+01:00LOL - did you mean to say those thins out loud? Ov...LOL - did you mean to say those thins out loud? Overtaken by channel 5? Are you SERIOUS? Hello... listen (ding dong) yeah, that's a bell... the educated UK would rather wipe there arses with the contents of channel 5 than accept that channel 4 had been overtaken by it... Come on... you come across as some kind of Sun or Express reader (or BMI flier for that matter!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com