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I agree about British comedy. These days when something special does come along, it is usually over-quoted, over repeated and generally shagged to death until you get utterly bored with the whole thing. Well, I was with Little Britain, anyway. In fact, so many of the decent new output is on the digital channels anyway so not as many people can watch. The best shows need to be made available to *everyone,* like on BBC Two. Maybe one day they might decide that 77 cookery shows are enough for one channel and cancel one of them to make way for a decent show. And Mr. Knife is right, although the Simpsons and Family Guy are faves of mine, I could never really get into the American sitcoms.

For all his posturing and sometimes directionless questioning, I love paxo.

Dr Lobster* wrote:...for those of you who share accommodation with somebody else or regularly watch dvd/tv with a friend or associate, which part of their viewing makes you feel like you want to rip out your soul and give it to michael grade?

My Ex still still used to come round to stay every weekend from Friday afternoon to Monday morning for about 18 months after we finished (we are still good mates). However, that meant I had to grimace at the never-ending replays of "Keeping Up Appearances", "Vicar of Dibley" and "Most Haunted" - very kindly supplied by UKTV and Living on special weekends where they would show entire series end-to-end.

When these 'specials' weren't available it was "Zone Reality Channel" which I found about as amusing as a collection of "cuddly" baby/puppy/kitten clips from YouTube. I would console myself with the fact that I could watch whatever I wanted on the other four days of the week.

I have no great fondness for US humour, basically because they don't develop one beyond the age of 7. I liked Friends when it started, but it soon went off the boil and I stopped watching. "Celebrity West End Kick-Boxing Ice-Skaters" aren't my scene either.

I've done this already, haven't I? Think my hatred for certain shows (or rather personalities) is well documented.

I would also like this year's Big Brother to include at least 30 'wannabees', all introduced on the first night.

The house could then be hermetically sealed and we would withness the delights of hypoxia as they enjoy their final hours. The programme would be over within 36 hours, the producers arrested, and C4 forced to abandon the idea for ever!

As a bonus, we would also be rid of 30+ publicity-seeking time-wasters and gain 13 weeks of summer bliss!

Ronnie Rowlands wrote:I could never really get into the American sitcoms.

American sitcoms are filled with cheap shots and poor insults... so as a Metopol member, you really should like them!

cdd wrote:American sitcoms are filled with cheap shots and poor insults... so as a Metopol member, you really should like them!

An erroneous assumption, cdd.

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Well, all I can say is thank christ for British TV. We get a lot of crap on our screens from the US, as well as some utter tripe that we produce for our own domestic consumption. Honestly, most TV executives must be on drugs to accept some of the stupid ideas that get put to them for TV shows. American sitcoms in particular can be truly awful.

I'm going to add Rock Rivals to a list that includes any soaps, rugby and cricket coverage, Top Gear, Friends, Weakest Link, X Factor, Big Brother. I could go on, but I don't want to bore anyone.

rfrancis51284 wrote:rugby coverage, Top Gear

Heathen. Philistine.

I can't stand Ray Mears popping up and forcing me to turn Dave over to Sky Sports News for an hour.

I do find Top Gear entertaining, although most of the car talk's pretty boring and Clarkson's reprehensible.

On another note, I saw an advert on C4 a couple of weeks ago for a show called Rude Tube. This seems like the ultimate example of TV bosses just not understanding the web video thing at all. Why would anyone want to watch a selection of Youtube clips chosen by someone else at a fixed time in the week, on their TELLY rather than just go on Youtube and watch stuff of their choosing whenever they want?