NG
Wasn't the whole point-of-difference for the NTAs that they were awards chosen by the public? Otherwise they are just a copy of the BAFTA TV or RTS awards? (The latter seldom talked about outside the industry)
noggin
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What a sh*tstorm that was.
It's time for a shake up of the NTA's.
I'm sick of the James Grant clique having a heavy influence on ITV programming.
I feel very bad for Channel 4, they rarely get a fair chance.
With that being said, I feel as though the show will work much better in the style of the highly successful EMMY Awards in the US.
No public voting (look what happened last time
#Brexit). All important votes cast by an industry panel of television bosses and programme makers.
A change of host is needed to freshen things up, along side a fresh new look and proper opening title sequence.
The public will get to vote for Best Newcomer and Best Serial Drama.
It was a cr*p show tonight and I hope everyone at Indigo Television is ashamed of themselves.
It's time for a shake up of the NTA's.
I'm sick of the James Grant clique having a heavy influence on ITV programming.
I feel very bad for Channel 4, they rarely get a fair chance.
With that being said, I feel as though the show will work much better in the style of the highly successful EMMY Awards in the US.
No public voting (look what happened last time
#Brexit). All important votes cast by an industry panel of television bosses and programme makers.
A change of host is needed to freshen things up, along side a fresh new look and proper opening title sequence.
The public will get to vote for Best Newcomer and Best Serial Drama.
It was a cr*p show tonight and I hope everyone at Indigo Television is ashamed of themselves.
Wasn't the whole point-of-difference for the NTAs that they were awards chosen by the public? Otherwise they are just a copy of the BAFTA TV or RTS awards? (The latter seldom talked about outside the industry)
DM
Any captures?
One of the swear bombs got blanked out on +1. The slide used was the old design!
Any captures?
WH
The Special Recognition Award is not the same as a lifetime achievement award and past recipients have been at various stages of their career.
Whataday
Founding member
Just for historical perspective, Ant and Dec won the Special Recognition Award in 2002. Yes, 2002. 2019 they are ITV stalwarts, but 2002, really, getting that award for what??
The Special Recognition Award is not the same as a lifetime achievement award and past recipients have been at various stages of their career.
JM
JamesM0984
The end credits of the National TV Awards tonight.. #NTA2019 pic.twitter.com/NyNuySwaBl
— Ben Morris (@benmorrisillo) January 22, 2019
Wow. It wasn't quite Brits 1989 or Eurovision 1991, but not one for the history books!
IS
I blame the public, I think perhaps a way of shaking things up would be to have a panel vote for 50% of the vote and the public the rest
Which defeats the whole point of the thing.
It doesnt mean that TV is stale, far from it. The NTAs were invented to give the popular but not critically acclaimed stuff an award. If you want to see all the really good programmes get recognised, watch the Baftas
Nothing says how stale British TV is more than the NTAs. The same winners (from the same nominees) year after year after year
I blame the public, I think perhaps a way of shaking things up would be to have a panel vote for 50% of the vote and the public the rest
Which defeats the whole point of the thing.
It doesnt mean that TV is stale, far from it. The NTAs were invented to give the popular but not critically acclaimed stuff an award. If you want to see all the really good programmes get recognised, watch the Baftas
FA
Whatever your views on Piers Morgan he spoke what we were all thinking about the National TV Awards this morning from the actual show and Ant & Dec winning to the James Grant management group.
Chris Moyles also discussed this morning how for a programme celebrating the best of TV it’s a terrible production, mentioning the mics being left up and giving an example of how names should be read out.
Chris Moyles also discussed this morning how for a programme celebrating the best of TV it’s a terrible production, mentioning the mics being left up and giving an example of how names should be read out.
HC
And for Grampian to tick box on providing a couple of hours of peak time programming to the network each year..
The NTAs were invented to give the popular but not critically acclaimed stuff an award. If you want to see all the really good programmes get recognised, watch the Baftas
And for Grampian to tick box on providing a couple of hours of peak time programming to the network each year..
TI
I heard a couple of uses of dogsh*t on some Australian drama BBC Two was showing at 3PM a few weeks ago.
Well according to Ofcom s**t is only a medium swear word so I guess that's why they're letting it in.
I heard a couple of uses of dogsh*t on some Australian drama BBC Two was showing at 3PM a few weeks ago.
SW
Well, indeed, and expecting the National Television Awards to do anything else is expecting them to be something they were never intended to be. They were devised by ITV to entertain the mainstream ITV audience and that means highlighting programmes the mainstream ITV audience knows and likes. That's what the show is meant to be, a piece of inherently pointless light entertainment. As mentioned, if you want to know the shows the industry and the critics prefer, there are other ceremonies that do that. It's like arguing the Smash Hits Poll Winners' Party should be honouring the same things as the Mercury Music Prize.
Anyway, they've always been a bad programme, I remember the very first in 1995 - the only one presented by Eamonn Holmes - and the next morning on The Big Breakfast Keith Chegwin and Paul O'Grady were talking about what an awful show it had been, how boring Eamonn was as host and how dull it had all been.
It doesnt mean that TV is stale, far from it. The NTAs were invented to give the popular but not critically acclaimed stuff an award. If you want to see all the really good programmes get recognised, watch the Baftas
Well, indeed, and expecting the National Television Awards to do anything else is expecting them to be something they were never intended to be. They were devised by ITV to entertain the mainstream ITV audience and that means highlighting programmes the mainstream ITV audience knows and likes. That's what the show is meant to be, a piece of inherently pointless light entertainment. As mentioned, if you want to know the shows the industry and the critics prefer, there are other ceremonies that do that. It's like arguing the Smash Hits Poll Winners' Party should be honouring the same things as the Mercury Music Prize.
Anyway, they've always been a bad programme, I remember the very first in 1995 - the only one presented by Eamonn Holmes - and the next morning on The Big Breakfast Keith Chegwin and Paul O'Grady were talking about what an awful show it had been, how boring Eamonn was as host and how dull it had all been.