http://shifty-176.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] shifty-176.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] andygates 2008-05-09 11:23 am (UTC)

Oh come on guys, it's Sky 1, FFS. You should know by now that BSG (or whatever other half-decent show they've bought) is not going to be the norm. The norm is lowest-common-denominator fill between the adverts which are supposed to pay the bills. The arse has fallen out of the TV market in the last few years, so it's all about bums on seats for advertising revenue. That means boys toys and explosions (brainiac and its ilk), and eye candy. Throw in a dash of prurient exposé and that's about it, especially now that the phone-in vote revenue has gone titsup. The late Alistair Cooke had a phrase for it: Content-Free Television.

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