Who decides what to put on the telly?

[tyred]

I bought my first ever telly a few years ago, when I got into F1 again. Until that point, I'd been going to friends' houses or pubs to watch the races, and I thought "this is ridiculous, buy a TV set". Since then, I've watched the F1 and the occasional Moto GP race, and nothing else. I've never been one for the telly, even when I was a kid.

Much the same here. If it wasn't for F1 and occasional other motorsports and maybe snooker, I would probably never switch my TV on. The only other thing I might watch from time to time are history programmes. 

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i take it you lot all have flat tellies then, as no-one has helpfully derailed the thread with discussions about photo frames, vases and wii sensors…

 

[porteous]

I have a flat screen, HD ready TV with amazing sound. I saved up for years, watched the technology getting better and better and bought it last year, about the time the programmes I actually wanted to watch had declined to about 5 hours a week (50 mins of which is "Shaun the Sheep"!

It is a sad reflection that the only films I enjoy now are those where the entire cast has been dead since 1985!

Funny, I had always thought the natural viewers for most modern television output spent their evenings getting blind drunk, then fighting and/or throwing up in city centres?

 

[porteous]

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[Maz]

On Virgin "TV choice" is the complete series 1,2 and 3 of the Big Bang Theory - multiple hours of delight

Good call, cisamcgu. Love that show.

 

[Night Train]

We watch very little 'live' tv nowadays because most of it is of no interest or on at times that don't suit. Most of what we watch is recorded

That's what I tend to do, even when I am in to watch it live I will record it and watch something else already recorded. It means I can remove all the crap and reduce an hour's broadcast to about 40 minutes of viewing time.

Quite by accident, don't ask, I watched "The Joy of Stats" last Monday at 11pm, BBC4 I think. Why are good programmes like that hidden away so late at night? Statistics can be very boring, but somehow the subject was presented in a very interesting way. It can still be seen on iplayer, this evening.

That's the sort of thing I tend to try and find and record. I often spend ages scrolling through looking for stuff like that.
The only non factual programme I watch at the moment is 'Being Human' on BBC3.

I think they assume that if you have a higher level of IQ and a scientific interest then you will have worked out how to set the record timer without having to raise a child to do it for you.

I avoided the X Factor, and similar programming at home but at work we have the 'Xmas Factor' and we are sort of obliged to watch different departments performing acts on video and then vote on them. We will spend the last working hour before Christmas watching a live performance of the winning act.
Actually, some of it is really funny but I can't vote for my own department.