British v American TV

**kiwi** · December 7th, 2009, 11:07 AM

Many thanks, davecsm

I grew-up watching a lot of American comedy shows & police dramas & actions movies through the late 60s and into the 70s & beginning to mid 80s. Also, during that period I also watched British stuff. I'm Scottish.

Which was better? Through the late-sixties, American stuff was better. The comedy show Hogan's Heroes was one of my favorites. In the 70s British TV was really gaining ground with the likes of the Sweeney & investigative journalism like World in Action - which has an Iconic opening sequence, I think, both musically & visually.

In the 80s I think British TV was better to a point in time were I'm not sure, mid-80s maybe? America still had some great comedy shows, Like Soap but basically I gave up watching TV. I had started my first business by then & had no time.

Later in the 90s I heard a lecture by a prominent professor of Media studies warn about the dangers of 'cheap TV' by which he was warning us about 'Reality TV' & how it would destroy TV as we had grown-up understanding it.

It doesn't matter if it is 24 people living in a house with CCTV or your neighbors re-decorating your house while you do theirs - it's still the same - cheap & nasty.

There was a clip of the local version of 'Britain's got talent' (No. It hasn't.) posted on the net. It showed this teenage girl, who had dreamed all her life to be a singer. Sadly, she did not have the voice to be a singer. While it was filmed beforehand & the local 'judges' (of talent ... ???) got tore into her like frenzied sharks feeding. The end result?

She's in F. tears.

That's bad enough but did they really need to air it on TV?

No.

But they did. Prime time, too.

She was a child. 17. - Go on destroy her dreams in public, that's human compassion.

Not only shown on TV but ended up on the net. I only saw it because someone sent it to me, I still do not watch TV. They thought like a lot of people that it was funny.

TV is rubbish these days.

And as Ned's Atomic Dustbin used to sing, Kill your Television

Kiwi

View Poll Results: wfw
British Sitcoms	20	71.43%
American Sitcoms	8	28.57%
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December 7th, 2009, 11:07 AM	#8
kiwi I'm a hornisod Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Here @ VEF Posts: 1,422 Thanks: 6,194 Thanked 69,666 Times in 1,447 Posts	good debate Many thanks, davecsm I grew-up watching a lot of American comedy shows & police dramas & actions movies through the late 60s and into the 70s & beginning to mid 80s. Also, during that period I also watched British stuff. I'm Scottish. Which was better? Through the late-sixties, American stuff was better. The comedy show Hogan's Heroes was one of my favorites. In the 70s British TV was really gaining ground with the likes of the Sweeney & investigative journalism like World in Action - which has an Iconic opening sequence, I think, both musically & visually. In the 80s I think British TV was better to a point in time were I'm not sure, mid-80s maybe? America still had some great comedy shows, Like Soap but basically I gave up watching TV. I had started my first business by then & had no time. Later in the 90s I heard a lecture by a prominent professor of Media studies warn about the dangers of 'cheap TV' by which he was warning us about 'Reality TV' & how it would destroy TV as we had grown-up understanding it. It doesn't matter if it is 24 people living in a house with CCTV or your neighbors re-decorating your house while you do theirs - it's still the same - cheap & nasty. There was a clip of the local version of 'Britain's got talent' (No. It hasn't.) posted on the net. It showed this teenage girl, who had dreamed all her life to be a singer. Sadly, she did not have the voice to be a singer. While it was filmed beforehand & the local 'judges' (of talent ... ???) got tore into her like frenzied sharks feeding. The end result? She's in F. tears. That's bad enough but did they really need to air it on TV? No. But they did. Prime time, too. She was a child. 17. - Go on destroy her dreams in public, that's human compassion. Not only shown on TV but ended up on the net. I only saw it because someone sent it to me, I still do not watch TV. They thought like a lot of people that it was funny. TV is rubbish these days. And as Ned's Atomic Dustbin used to sing, Kill your Television Kiwi __________________ Love All The People To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by kiwi; December 7th, 2009 at 11:13 AM..

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