Blogging drunk is best left to Mr. Bingley, but she makes an excellent point about hackneyed American TV programming being pumped down Euroweenie throats. I’d rather be judged by “Gilligan’s Island”.
It could also be a matter of the people on the purchasing end unable (or unwilling) to afford the higher cost of a quality show, and bypassing it in favor of schedule filler.
I can also discern some self-fulfilling going on – Euros say the Yanks are shallow, they don’t watcht the quality stuff when it’s on, therefore the supply goes down and wretched (and cheap, remember) krep goes up in its place, thus reinforcing the initial belief that Yanks are shallow.
Personally, if COPS and such is so popular there, then I’m not sure which is the shallow end of the big pond, you know what I mean?
Personally I’m not surprised that Springer/Povich/Lake is a staple of Brit TV. It’s a distraction from their own chav’s and yobbos.
(Then again the chav’s and yobs are probably the core audience.)
Blogging drunk is best left to Mr. Bingley, but she makes an excellent point about hackneyed American TV programming being pumped down Euroweenie throats. I’d rather be judged by “Gilligan’s Island”.
Rachel is hilarious; I adore that gal.
It could also be a matter of the people on the purchasing end unable (or unwilling) to afford the higher cost of a quality show, and bypassing it in favor of schedule filler.
I can also discern some self-fulfilling going on – Euros say the Yanks are shallow, they don’t watcht the quality stuff when it’s on, therefore the supply goes down and wretched (and cheap, remember) krep goes up in its place, thus reinforcing the initial belief that Yanks are shallow.
Personally, if COPS and such is so popular there, then I’m not sure which is the shallow end of the big pond, you know what I mean?
Congratulations, THS. 🙂
On the plus side they show lots of John Wayne movies over here. Very enjoyable.
It’s Friday night and time for some “thinkin’ drinkin’…
Maybe they should get the Military Channel. Lots of Brit-bashing on that. Then they could see what some Yanks think of them.
I’m surprised that Falcon Crest was still on the air anywhere in this galaxy let alone this planet.
Personally I’m not surprised that Springer/Povich/Lake is a staple of Brit TV. It’s a distraction from their own chav’s and yobbos.
(Then again the chav’s and yobs are probably the core audience.)
“It’s quiet out there.”
“Yeah, too quiet.”
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I didn’t know THS was a contestant on ANTM. Why hasn’t she put Ty-rant in her place yet?
Kate, I assumed the caption meant THS had ousted Tyra as host of ANTM, hopefully in as bloody a coup as possible.