Do you guys think British Television has gotten worse?

Excluding Netflix and Online Streaming, if you were to go on your TV Guide (If you still own a TV) now and look at whats on and the rest of the week, would you say there's really anything on their that grabs your interest? And American Imports nor reruns of shows that have ended don't count, lets make it fair.

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Reply 1

superstudent-not

8

not reallyyyy i only ever watch netflix and youtube tbh the last time i've watched tv was when........ :confused:

Original post by Popsiclez

Excluding Netflix and Online Streaming, if you were to go on your TV Guide (If you still own a TV) now and look at whats on and the rest of the week, would you say there's really anything on their that grabs your interest? And American Imports nor reruns of shows that have ended don't count, lets make it fair.

Reply 2

username402722

19

I think that when Greg Dyke ruined ITV and then the BBC that was the era when things got worse. Hasn't changed much over the last 5 years, apart from some good drama, and the BBC showing the disgraceful transphobic rubbish called Mrs Brown's Boys.

Reply 3

superstudent-not

8

omd every time that i hear about that show my blood boils what a crappy tv show

Original post by barnetlad

I think that when Greg Dyke ruined ITV and then the BBC that was the era when things got worse. Hasn't changed much over the last 5 years, apart from some good drama, and the BBC showing the disgraceful transphobic rubbish called Mrs Brown's Boys.

Reply 4

absolutelysprout

21

no but maybe i'm too fussy :lol:

i think the last thing i watched on like freeview telly was a comedy-drama called there she goes. taskmaster will be coming to dave next month and i'll definitely be watching that. other than that, no; it's been crap for a while now. some good stuff pops up from time to time like bodyguard. go-to is always netflix now.

Reply 5

the bear

20

University Challenge is still going strong :h:

and the Boat Race

( once a year :emo:

)

Reply 6

Notoriety

22

Is Tom & Jerry still on?

Reply 7

Popsiclez

OP

21

Original post by Notoriety

Is Tom & Jerry still on?

e.e that bad is it desperate time calls for desperate measures

Reply 8

SimpleMathsPhys

6

Clearly someone can't take a fecking joke hehehehe

Original post by barnetlad

I think that when Greg Dyke ruined ITV and then the BBC that was the era when things got worse. Hasn't changed much over the last 5 years, apart from some good drama, and the BBC showing the disgraceful transphobic rubbish called Mrs Brown's Boys.

Reply 9

Themysticalegg

21

Generally still better than US TV for me, so they're doing something right still!

Reply 10

Emma:-)

Entertainment Forum Helper

19

I think one issue is that quite a few stuff is repeated a lot.

Reply 11

moonlight98

15

Yeah I used to watch Eastenders religiously years ago but it’s so dead now

Reply 12

TheMcSame

19

To an extent, one could argue to the point. No doubt that Netflix exclusives and whatnot have had an impact. The problem is that, much like music, we look at past Television with rose-tinted glasses. Most of the old stuff people know about is the good stuff, the stuff that deserved to live on. Today, we've got the good and the bad, the good stuff will live on and the bad stuff will be forgotten.

In short? Is it worse? Purely television, it's possible, mainly due to online streaming exclusives that may have otherwise been released on TV (I.E The Grand Tour). If we were to include streaming, I'd imagine it's simply just a case of rose-tinted glasses when looking at shows from the past.

Original post by Themysticalegg

Generally still better than US TV for me, so they're doing something right still!

My main gripe with US TV is that adverts seem much more frequent. To top it off it's usually the same long ass, boring adverts about medicines.

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