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I was going to post this earlier but the forum messed up...
Well lets not target Greg. At the end of the day, he's joined the entertainment industry and its just a job for him. Thats how I see it. If you continue to go on thinking Greg and the rest of these presenters are conning us all because they host such a trashy interactive show you'd be wrong. There are rules and regulations with any job and they are purely abiding to them whilst entertaining the viewer. Its the bosses who are in control of these moneygrabbing shows that we should be slating. I often imagine the likes of Charles Allen is rubbing his hands together like Mr Burns from The Simpsons whilst I watch the likes of Quizmania. Yes, I watch only for the live late night entertainment value and to comment where needsbe. I would never ring in but people do ring in, and yes, they are targeting the drunks and the poor student types because the bosses know this is where the money comes in.
Another thing I must state, with regards to Quizmania being created by Debbie King and Chuck Thomas, it makes you wonder if anybody with experience in TV, however big or small, can walk into ITV HQ with an idea for a show and it is instantly given its own slot on TV. This also goes for Ant and Dec's Pokerface. But, okay, they have however proved successful and thats another story. Something about the current situation of ITV there.
I do believe there is a 'interactive quiz show' bubble and I think in time it will burst, but the more people that phone up - the more these shows are going to continue....thats where the funding is.
Alexia posted:
The through the day ones on ITV Play are targeted at the bored and the poor, at single mothers, teenagers, poverty-stricken students - in fact, the same people targeted by Ocean Finance, Lombard Direct and all the other "consolidate your debt into one managable payment" crowd.
You're not "catering for" them, you're exploiting them. While people ring up huge phone bills trying to get through to try and win money, you're happily poncing about in front of the camera in a pink fluffy studio (you can tell Debbie King created QM can't you) giving the answers away when you're all falling asleep at 3am - and collecting your appearance fee while you do it.
And as for that last paragraph, well I won't even try to dignify it except to say that it was totally offensive, inappropriate and totally irrelevant. I enjoyed creating that sig graphic because it symbolises the feelings of so many users on this forum who feel that ITV as an entity is now the laughing stock of the British TV industry.
So much of what made ITV watchable has gone, so much so that only F1, football, Corrie, the Bill and boxing gives ITV any credibility. Simon Cowell holds ITV to ransom almost with his "talent" vehicles; Dancing on Ice was a clear ripoff of Strictly Come Dancing; CITV has been culled beyond belief, regionalism is dead and ITV News is just a sneering broadcast version of the right wing press. If you accuse me of wishing death on Charles Allen you'd be wrong, but I would want those who've ruined ITV called to account.
And I've never believed that the user on this forum called "Greggybaby UK" is the real Greg Scott, so you can drop the charade now. You are obviously a very sick individual pretending to be Greg, and you should refrain from representing him in the future. Or, if you really are the real Greg, posting comments like that, you should think carefully about how your comments could be used. There are users on this forum with connections which could be exploited to your disadvantage should they choose to. Be warned.
You're not "catering for" them, you're exploiting them. While people ring up huge phone bills trying to get through to try and win money, you're happily poncing about in front of the camera in a pink fluffy studio (you can tell Debbie King created QM can't you) giving the answers away when you're all falling asleep at 3am - and collecting your appearance fee while you do it.
And as for that last paragraph, well I won't even try to dignify it except to say that it was totally offensive, inappropriate and totally irrelevant. I enjoyed creating that sig graphic because it symbolises the feelings of so many users on this forum who feel that ITV as an entity is now the laughing stock of the British TV industry.
So much of what made ITV watchable has gone, so much so that only F1, football, Corrie, the Bill and boxing gives ITV any credibility. Simon Cowell holds ITV to ransom almost with his "talent" vehicles; Dancing on Ice was a clear ripoff of Strictly Come Dancing; CITV has been culled beyond belief, regionalism is dead and ITV News is just a sneering broadcast version of the right wing press. If you accuse me of wishing death on Charles Allen you'd be wrong, but I would want those who've ruined ITV called to account.
And I've never believed that the user on this forum called "Greggybaby UK" is the real Greg Scott, so you can drop the charade now. You are obviously a very sick individual pretending to be Greg, and you should refrain from representing him in the future. Or, if you really are the real Greg, posting comments like that, you should think carefully about how your comments could be used. There are users on this forum with connections which could be exploited to your disadvantage should they choose to. Be warned.
I was going to post this earlier but the forum messed up...
Well lets not target Greg. At the end of the day, he's joined the entertainment industry and its just a job for him. Thats how I see it. If you continue to go on thinking Greg and the rest of these presenters are conning us all because they host such a trashy interactive show you'd be wrong. There are rules and regulations with any job and they are purely abiding to them whilst entertaining the viewer. Its the bosses who are in control of these moneygrabbing shows that we should be slating. I often imagine the likes of Charles Allen is rubbing his hands together like Mr Burns from The Simpsons whilst I watch the likes of Quizmania. Yes, I watch only for the live late night entertainment value and to comment where needsbe. I would never ring in but people do ring in, and yes, they are targeting the drunks and the poor student types because the bosses know this is where the money comes in.
Another thing I must state, with regards to Quizmania being created by Debbie King and Chuck Thomas, it makes you wonder if anybody with experience in TV, however big or small, can walk into ITV HQ with an idea for a show and it is instantly given its own slot on TV. This also goes for Ant and Dec's Pokerface. But, okay, they have however proved successful and thats another story. Something about the current situation of ITV there.
I do believe there is a 'interactive quiz show' bubble and I think in time it will burst, but the more people that phone up - the more these shows are going to continue....thats where the funding is.
