Channel 5 – are you serious?

For the first time in ages I was channel surfing whilst working and came across Big Brother. Yeah, and?

What is the fun in watching a load of people in a “constructed” studio “house” screaming and shouting and swearing at each other and eating raw chilli’s in a cupboard whilst talking to a voice? I decided to watch out of curiosity, until I got a headache – all of ten minutes. A total waste of broadcasting time and no doubt many £100,000’s of money.

If this is what evening TV has come to I can understand why the Government wants to no longer fund TV licenses to over 75’s, many of whom their only comfort in an evening is their humble television set.

I admit to being a “soap” addict, at least there is some(dubious) level of realism. Why is it that when I was growing up with just three channels, there was always plenty to watch that was informative and entertaining instead of the hundreds of channels of trash that is available nowadays?

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