It's interesting that the subject of free-to-air television has recently cropped up here. Today, I had to spend some time rooting around with a laptop, because the owner couldn't get it to stream video off the Ch7 website. Whilst the shows I saw on offer looked pretty abysmal in general, I'd like to pay special attention to the "movies" page. If the screenshot below is too small, you should be able to click on it for a larger version.
Points Of Interest
- I can't believe Seven are still joined at the hip with Yahoo. It even looks like you need a Yahoo account to use certain features on the Seven website. Jesus Christ Seven, if there's one company you shouldn't be relying on for the responsible management of customer accounts …
- There's only two ads on this page and they're both for LottoLand.
- Like a lot of modern websites, they've opted for a colour scheme of light-grey text on a lighter-grey background. In the screenshot above, I've actually darkened the text considerably, in order to make it legible
- Take a look at the film selection! Now, keep in mind I haven't watched any of these pictures (hell, I've never even heard of any of them), but look at the thumbnails/title/descriptions. It seems to be comprised entirely of straight-to-video/tv erotic thrillers. It looks like a service-station's "weekly rentals" rack from 1991. And no, this wasn't "one page" of movies, this was the entire friggin' catalogue. Bloody hell; do people actually watch this rubbish, or is this why television stations are struggling?
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Quality V quantity - they fail on both fronts. It's like who on earth watches those shopping shows. The way they prattle incessantly about some boring necklace is truly mind boggling
I sometimes wonder what kind of viewership those channels get Squib. Look at how popular makeup videos are on Youtube.
Or shows like The View/Circle. It's crap.
I even hate Ellen though - but not because of the show or who she is, because of the audience. When I'm at work, and someone's watching it in the other room at lunchtime, it's loud enough that all I can hear is the incessant screaming and catcalls coming from the audience and it drives me mental.
Having said that, I have an unaccountable love for some forms of reality TV.
While I'm aware of Ellen's existence, Suze, I don't think I've ever actually seen her show. It's like Oprah Winfrey, right?
What reality TV are you into. I think the most embarrassing show I've ever been into was a "documentary*" series on dangerous fish, called "River Monsters".
*It's wasn't on the same level as "documentaries" like "Ancient Aliens", but it was on the way.
Masterchef, Survivor, The Amazing Race, and last year a friend of a friend was The Bachelorette, so we were "obliged" to watch that too, haha. Other shows such as Ice Road Truckers and Outback Truckers (the latter being far more interesting), and Highway Patrol are shows I will watch if I catch them and there's nothing better on.
Some of my rellies who come and stay here watch Outback Truckers, so I've at least listened to a few episodes of that one. A lot of it seems awfully staged. But I suppose that's the same with all "reality" TV?
Quite so.
I don't know how much staging is involved in shows such as Survivor or The Amazing Race though.
You know, I've been aware of "The Amazing Race" for decades, but I don't even know what the premise of the show is.
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