Saturday night TV viewing?

[Admiral of the Humber]

The prom thingy is on the 28th June....I will be bankrupt by then.

[Admiral of the Humber]

Dennis is going to think he's published a very popular topic.....

[Admiral of the Humber]

woolfie even......

[Dark Knight]

once he see's it's us two he will know it's just us having a chat

[Wina G]

Have you been drinking AOTH ... on a school night

[Admiral of the Humber]

Hi Wina,

Not on a school night ....I'm just high on life!

Night night.

Rob x

[Jaczs+]

Saturday Viewing hardly worth the bother to be honest nothing I really want to watch.

[oldbluefox]

The News, Match of the Day, Football League Show (for those who are still awake).

I must confess to enjoying Take Me Out. Paddy McGuinness is as mad as a box of frogs but some of those girls are a bit scary.

[Jaczs+]

Never seen it Foxy but maybe I should apply

[oldbluefox]

It's like a jazzed up Blind Date Jaczs, except you can see what you're getting. You'd have to be either desperate or an exhibitionist to be on it. Sorry you don't qualify

[Jaczs+]

Darn it I could have been famous or is that infamous hmmmmmm well either way I could have been a somebody I am going to have to get an ology now

[wolfie]

woolfie even......

No problem.


You and Menace please carry on, well not literally!!!

It's great to have a thread, wot I started, at the top when I clicked on new posts just now.

Some measure their popularity by such milestones

[Jaczs+]

LOL Wolfie you must have felt so proud

[Kendhni]

The old terrestrial channels keep getting worse! Weekend viewing is particularly poor.
I thought I would try a new show by Richard Hammond (Secret Service -not sure what night it was on) and, quite honestly, it was dumbed down garbage (and that is being kind about it).

[paultheeagle]

Sunday nights are good on BBC1 at the moment..Blandings, with Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders is a good laugh...Call the Midwife, is wonderful with Jenny Agiter and the brilliant Miranda Hart and then there is The scary Ripper Street.

All great viewing...Apart from The Football League Show, Saturday night is complete pants...Casualty is okay but that's all....They even repeat that awful dross...Mrs Brown's Boys...what a load of rubbish that is.....Saturday night should be the best night, like it was in the 'good old day's'

[Romig1]

It's not just the dumbed down nature that I object to (as I mentioned previously, I can enjoy a bit of trash here and there).

What bugs me is the habit of repeating things within a programme, whereby the content keeps jumping around between items and each time an item is updated we have to have a period of rehashing what we've already seen.

The commercial channels are the worst as they recap after each ad break. Try watching something like Restoration Man or Locationx3 and just see how much is repeated.

I guess this is to save money, as each minute of recapping and showing the same footage is a minute less of production costs.

[Kendhni]

Saturday night should be the best night, like it was in the 'good old day's'

I agree Paul, and as a kid I remember Saturday night TV being a highlight.
You usually had a couple of kids shows (e.g. cartoon, Doctor Who) followed by the news, then there was a family entertainment show (Morecambe & Wise, Two Ronnies, Mike Yarwood, Generation Game), followed by a movie, the late evening news, Match of the day and maybe even a late movie.

I have all but given up on the old terrestrial channels.

[Kendhni]

What bugs me is the habit of repeating things within a programme, whereby the content keeps jumping around between items and each time an item is updated we have to have a period of rehashing what we've already seen.

A pet hate of mine too. Basically that is down to cost cutting. They used to do an edit of the programme to suit BBC and a second edit to suit a channel with advertising .. now they simply do a single edit that spends half the show telling you 'what-we-are-going-to-tell-you' or 'what-we-have-already-told-you'.

I used to love Watchdog but it went down the route .. makes me think they have very little material to fill the slot. It also went down the route of 'That's life' where they get their teeth into a story and let common sense go out the window.

[Romig1]

"what-we-are-going-to-tell-you' or 'what-we-have-already-told-you'."

Summed-up perfectly, Ken!

[oldbluefox]

We get this on the weather reports. I know what the b****y weather has been, want to know what it is going to be. It's a weather forecast for goodness sake!!!

The inane little scenarios annoy me. On Strictly we have little playlettes which are so bizarre and waste time. Similarly we have much the same on Dancing on Ice where we have to endure Great Aunt Dorrie from Timbuctoo arriving unannounced. I would rather see more skating, thank you. Much the same has happened to X Factor and Britain's Got Talent. Take away this rubbish and the adverts (in ITV's case) and there is very little content left.

Fortunately you can catch up on documentaries on the computer but you shouldn't really have to.

[Gill W]

Saturday nights may be duff, but Sundays rre great at the mo, what with Ripper Street, Call the Midwife and Mr Selfridge.

[Wendy F]

Saturday nights may be duff, but Sundays rre great at the mo, what with Ripper Street, Call the Midwife and Mr Selfridge.

Yes I have to agree Saturday nights are rubbish Sundays are better, love Call the Midwife and Ripper Street.
That Mrs Brown's Boys does my head in, glad other people think so as well, thought it was just me

[Lulucat]

Saturday night should be the best night, like it was in the 'good old day's'

I agree Paul, and as a kid I remember Saturday night TV being a highlight.
You usually had a couple of kids shows (e.g. cartoon, Doctor Who) followed by the news, then there was a family entertainment show (Morecambe & Wise, Two Ronnies, Mike Yarwood, Generation Game), followed by a movie, the late evening news, Match of the day and maybe even a late movie.

I have all but given up on the old terrestrial channels.

Was one of those cartoons the Pink Panther Ken? I remember Saturday afternoons after Grandstand had finished watching the Pink Panther followed by Doctor Who, and the Generation Game - oh happy days. I loved the Pink Panther. And I always remember crying at the Generation Game episode when they had to ballroom dance with dummies and the arms and legs started to fall off - would that be funny now do you think??

[Romig1]

Lulu, I remember that sequence on a Saturday.

Happy days indeed.

[Dennis The Menace]

I miss 3-2-1