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