I'm Already Watching.......

Does this sound familiar.......You've either had countless cross-promotional adverts leading up to or you've taken the TV guide and sought out the air-time for a specific event, and your well aware;
what it is
when it's happening
who's in it
and what they'll be doing

but no no no thats not good enough for network exec's they need a senior commentator to introduce the program tell you what it is, when its happening, who's in it and what they'll be doing because Joe Punchclock can't be trusted to use his own initiative to watch a program.

why are we treated like such idiots and patronised with such contempt as we are to dumb to know a certain program is without some Senior Commentator to introduce it??? And since when have these so-called experts even gained the experience to know what they're talking about.

Take for example the finest sporting event the world has ever seen that brings strength, physical prowess, tactical savvy, cunning and most of all courage which will come to our screens this may/June, no its not dive-ball its the pinnacle of man hood (and sport) State Of Origin. Now this is a eagerly anticipated fixture so much so that id say the vast majority of people watching it would not only know when its on and where it is....But *shock horror* they would know the teams too and I can say with some certainty they would know what there doing during the game aswell.

yet before we are given the privilege or watching this fixture channel 9 send in there senior sports anchor Ken "the male model from mudgee" Sutcliffe to say:
KS:"welcome to the rugby league"
Audience: "thanks ken for I had no idea....I was flicking channels"

KS:"what a game we have for you tonight here at telstra stadium"
Aud: wow really telstra...Never seen that place before said whilst frantically trying to remember where the Olympics was held

KS:"the big question is can Mal's Maroons match it with Murray's Men....from NSW" trying to outline the fact that as a senior sports anchor one must use assonance or not talk at all.
#$%*OFF and #$%*OFF now stop stealing the first 15 minutes of my show just go away and die....or better yet go and play a game of league do you even know anything about the game????

and after we've been privileged enough to be graced by his presence and deemed "informed enough to watch the show" he passes on to the rabs in the senior commentary position who is mumbling under his breath how he wishes he was at the swimming, his self confessed "true calling in life" who doesn't care anymore about the game because enthusiasm his reserved for Hackett and Thorpe and penetrating the Melbourne market.

meanwhile at this aforementioned pinnacle of sporting events the ABC commentary team who have a real passion for the game and respect their audience deliver an entertainment package that all people can enjoy. Even Roy & HG have enthusiasm and are funny, which suppliments a lack of technical knowledge about the game.

It may suprise you that Senior Commentator phenomenon isn't confined to rugby league what about the ridiculous rotation policy 9 had for the Commonwealth games it was harder figuring out who it was hosting than it was to figure out which commonwealth country you were watching getting smashed by Australia.

I suggest only tuning into a show 10 to 15 mins after the start time and pray that Bruce Macaveny isn't going to get a tear in his eye based on lobster racing or some other obscure event which his knowledge level is dictated by the press release he read 5 mins earlier. These impostors who are making TV more "friendly " for ma and pa type people to watch must be stopped. Not only for there over possessive screen time but the way they draw out the end of each sentence like crunching taaaaaaaackkkkkkle.

be an ex-player/athlete with some EXPERIENCE or get off my TV

Big Oxygen Thieves

Lets start with big brother.....

Now going into its 6th season, it would be mildly tolerable IF it weren't hosted by the inept, unfunny, untalented, undeserved of a D-grade profile bitch to ever grace the Australian Television Screen. Meanwhile the real talent on the show; Mike Goldman is relegated to competing with Friday Night Football or the haven for hardcore BB fans and pill poppers alike; bb uplate as they are the only ones who would still be watching at that time.

The fact is this show has been run and abandoned in so many countries yet network executives in ours have deemed it enough of a cash cow to bring it back to invade the once outstanding 7 o'clock time slot held by Sienfeld re-runs. So you can understand my pain now that we are one of the only countries left, voyeuristic enough to give give this oxygen thief collective the time of day in the ratings enough to warrant its existence. And in doing so subject the rest of the public (people like me) to this rubbish.

Ok now that's off my chest I will say this, I'll accept its on the air as people (I use the term loosely) do watch it but I will not accept the fact that channel 10 refuses to give this airtime hog a decent host.

This is not confined to big brother take the biggest loser for example, this show had the capacity to draw a large following and what do channel 10 do? They wheel out some no-name ex fat bitch so deemed by herself....Ajay Rochester. Who's that you say????? Great question I don't know either, but I do know this, she will fall off the face of the earth as quickly as she appeared tucking into leftover board meeting donuts on the way out.

Why wouldn't channel 10 take an existing personality from another show who's tried and true and perhaps needed some profile lifting, and let them host the show as they did in The world's Brainiest...... whatever with Sandra Sully?

Instead we're stuck with Gretel Killeen, *sigh* if she could screw her face up any more she would look remarkably like a cats Ass, she can't read an autocue she can't control a live audience she can't say anything original or funny and her physical appearance offends me.... I'm sure she dresses herself in those rags too.

Its almost like the network wants to drive people away because they're sick of running it, which makes no sense as channel 10 run well behind 7 and 9 in the ratings however it would make sense to cross promote their "talent" instead of handing the reigns over to these no-name hacks.
Hosting is crucial to a shows enjoyability which brings me to my next point Network Senior Commentators....

All,
I extend my warmest welcome to all who read my Blogs on The Pressing Issues, and My friends lets be honest there are a many many Issues that are pressing with the world in its current climate. I can't, however cover them all but I will endeavor to get to the most important ones which happen to be close to my heart. They will be diverse as I keep abreast of most issues but there is a common theme through all which you will see in the coming weeks/months.

anyway on to the issues.....