This piece (edited) I wrote for a thread on a TV forum site. I thought it SO good, I decided to extend it a little and add it as a post in its own right on my blog. <\/p>\n
___________________________________________________________<\/p>\nI’ve been turned off by the “same old format” tripe of X Factor (singing reality contest in the vain of Pop Idol). The sob stories, the “average” singers that get through, the groups always being booted out never to win.<\/p>\nI watched some of the opening shows, but as soon as it got to “boot camp”, I well and truly tuned out.<\/p>\nI was excited by the return of Strictly Come Dancing (the original UK format of the new worldwide “Dancing With The Stars” franchise), but only watched the 1st week of mens and the 1st week of ladies. Now I’m equally sick of that and haven’t watched it since!<\/p>\nWhy DOES reality TV dominate Saturday nights so much now? And WHY oh WHY are we going down this American route of if you have a successful show, you should churn it out season after season with no changes in format to keep it interesting?<\/p>\nThank goodness there’s going to be a break from the “Maria\/Joseph\/Nancy – search for the next musical theatre star” Andrew Lloyd Webber lead shows next year.<\/p>\nAs soon as Strictly Come Dancing and X-Factor are finished we’ll get Dancing On Ice in January.<\/p>\nI wish I could shout from the roof tops “Reality TV is dead, long live Variety!” But no one can even do a good variety show anymore.<\/p>\nThere are still aspects of Saturday nights at certain times of year to look forward to, thank goodness, like when Doctor Who is on air. But Saturday nights USED<\/span><\/span> to be a TV entertainment shining beacon! Now the light is flickering and almost extinguished. <\/p>\nR.I.P. Saturday night TV. It was good while it lasted.<\/p>\nThis piece (edited) I wrote for a thread on a TV forum site. I thought it SO good, I decided to extend it a little and add it as a post in its own right on my blog. ___________________________________________________________ I’ve been turned off by the “same old format” tripe of X Factor (singing reality contest … <\/p>\n